The winner of the Baltic Event Works in Progress Award will receive a prize of 3,000 EUR to help with promotion and distribution in the Baltic States.

Marge Liiske, Head of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event said in a statement: “On the occasion of the centenary of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and the 101st anniversary of Finland, we are pleased to present 11 new films from the region, telling our stories from the past to the present from very different angles, by both debutants as well as established and awarded filmmakers. Our intertwined history and culture is also evident in the pleasingly plentiful coproductions, both on the traditional Estonian-Finnish-Latvian-Lithuanian-Polish axis as well as in the slightly more unusual direction of Spain-Ethiopia.”

Baltic Event Works in Progress 2018 selected projects:

Goodbye Soviet Union (Estonia, Finland)
Directed by Lauri Randla
Producer: Peeter Urbla
Coproducers: Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari
Produced by Exitfilm (Estonia)
Bufo (Finland)

Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (Spain, Estonia, Ethiopia)
Directed by Miguel Llansó
Producer: Sergio Uguet de Resayre, Kristjan Pütsep, Miguel Llansó
Coproducer: Guna Stahovska
Produced by Lanzadera Films (Spain), Alasti Kino (Estonia)

Rain (Estonia, Poland)
Directed by Janno Jürgens
Producer: Kristjan Pütsep
Coproducer: Karolina Galuba-Kowalska
Produced by Alasti Kino (Estonia)
Coproduced by Furia Film (Poland)

Sandra Gets a Job (Estonia)
Directed by Kaupo Kruusiauk
Producer: Anneli Ahven
Produced by Kopli Kinokompanii

Truth and Justice (Estonia)
Directed by Tanel Toom
Producer: Ivo Felt
Coproducers: Armin Karu, Madis Tüür
Produced by Allfilm

Aurora (Finland)
Directed by Miia Tervo
Producer: Max Malka
Produced by Dionysos Films

Dogs Don’t Wear Pants (Finland, Latvia)
Directed by J-P Valkeapää
Producers: Aleksi Bardy, Helen Vinogradov
Coproducers: Alise Gelze, Aija Berzina
Produced by Helsinki-filmi (Finland)
Coproduced by Tasse Film (Latvia)

Maria’s Paradise (Finland, Estonia)
Directed by Zaida Bergroth
Producers: Daniel Kuitunen, Kaisla Viitala
Coproducers: Evelin Penttilä, Liisa Penttilä-Asikainen
Produced by Elokuvayhtiö Komeetta (Finland)
Coproduced by Stellar Film (Estonia), Kaiho Republic (Finland)

24 hr Sunshine (Latvia)
Directed by Juris Poskus
Producer: Madara Melberga
Produced by FA Filma

City on the River (Latvia, Czech Republic, Lithuania)
Directed by Viesturs Kairišs
Producer: Guntis Trekteris
Coproducers: Julietta Sichel, Kestutis Drazdauskas, Peter Pagauss
Produced by Ego Media (Latvia)
Coproduced by 8Heads Productions (Czech Republic), Artbox (Latvia)

The Flood Won’t Come (Lithuania)
Directed by Marat Sargsyan
Producer: Ieva Norvilienė
Produced by Tremora