Baltic Competition - Estonian Films
The Diary of Vaino Vahingu / Vaino Vahingu päevaraamat
Rainer Sarne’s world-premiering documentary finds fertile material in the 16 years worth of daily journals left behind by controversial writer and psychologist Vaino Vahingu: a life lived on the borderline of art and suffering.
The Best of Salieri / The Best of Salieri, ehk mina, eesti režissöör
Also world premiering at PÖFF25, Manfred Vainokivi’s documentary manifesto takes aim at fame, ego, film festivals and classical composers: sometimes through a megaphone, sometimes from the comfort of a bathtub.
u.Q.
Uku Kuut's musical and personal journey is the focus of Ivar Murd’s u.Q.: an underground creative explosion, told through 8mm, VHS and BETA tape. u.Q. is also a world premiere in Tallinn this year.
Tell Me
Telling last year’s Corona virus story through a stream of anonymous voicemail messages set to film, Tell Me’s lead director and concept originator is Estonia’s Marta Pulk, working together with filmmakers around the world. The film premieres in Jihlava this year.
Sandra Gets a Job
Kaupo Kruusiauk’s tragi-comic Sandra Gets a Job, finds somewhat-serious scientist Sandra bumping up against an increasingly challenging array of potential new employers.
Baltic Competition - Lithuanian Films
Pilgrims / Pilgrimai
Laurynas Bareiša’s debut drama won Venice’s Orizzonti side competition this year. Indre and Paulius revisit a terrible personal tragedy, on a road trip of shared trauma.
Cinephilia / Sinefilija
Algimantas Puipa's satirical comedy premiered in competition in Warsaw. It stitches together 9 stories, swaying between fantasy and reality, but all orbiting the truths and illusions of filmmaking.
Runner / Bėgikė
Maria runs at full speed - after her boyfriend, toward freedom - through Andrius Blaževičius’s second, frantic and kinetic feature. Runner premiered in Karlovy Vary's side competition “East of the West” this summer.
The Generation of Evil
Uncovered secrets, dirty politics and a good bit of murder drive forward Emilis Vėlyvis’ The Generation of Evil. The film has its world premiere at PÖFF25.
Baltic Competition - Latvian films
The Year Before the War / Gads Pirms Kara
Peter Mahder gets himself in the strangest situations while traveling through Europe in 1913, meeting Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Freud and other historical figures. The Year Before The War is nominated for 11 Latvian film awards, after premiering in Rotterdam.
Homes / Mājas
Laila Pakalnina's documentary takes up a humorous new perspective on the everyday lives of Latvians, framed through the windows of their own Homes.
Upurga
Uģis Olte’s debut feature is the final world premiere in PÖFF's Baltic Competition this year. An unadventurous adventure guide gets lost in mystic Latvian countryside, searching for his tour party and himself.
DETAILS
Baltic Competition
The Diary of Vaino Vahing / Vaino Vahingu päevaraamat (2021, Estonia, Director: Rainer Sarnet) | World premiere
The Best of Salieri / The Best of Salieri, ehk mina, eesti režissöör (2021, Estonia, Director: Manfred Vainokivi) | World premiere
u.Q. (2021, Estonia, Director: Ivar Murd) | World premiere
Tell Me (2021, Estonia/UK/France/USA/Canada/Germany/Colombia/Brazil/Argentina/Kosovo/Jordan/Peru/Turkey, Directors: Marta Pulk, Rodrigo Baptista, Agustin Barrutia, Sebastian López Borda, Rupert Clague, João Carlos Couto, Tom Hamburger, Quentin Lazzarotto, Cesar Malaga, Tanya Marar, Ashley Mosher, Sonja Ortiz, Brett Pedersen, Fermin Pedros, Pablo Radice, Norika Sefa, Wei Shen, Gerónimo Tanoira, Natu Trcina, Lucia Valdemoros & Kevin Zayat) | Estonian premiere
Sandra Gets a Job (2021, Estonia, Director: Kaupo Kruusiauk)
Pilgrims / Pilgrimai (2021, Lithuania, Director: Laurynas Bareiša) | Estonian premiere
Cinephilia / Sinefilija (2021, Lithuania, Director: Algimantas Puipa) | Estonian premiere
Runner / Bėgikė (2021, Lithuania/Czech Republic, Director: Andrius Blaževičius) | Estonian premiere
The Generation of Evil (2021, Lithuania, Director: Emilis Vėlyvis) | World premiere
The Year Before the War / Gads Pirms Kara (2021, Latvia/Lithuania/Czech Republic, Director: Dāvis Sīmanis) | Estonian premiere
Homes / Mājas (2021, Latvia, Director: Laila Pakalnina) | Estonian premiere
Upurga (2021, Latvia, Director: Uģis Olte) | World premiere
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