Selected. Shorts

Juritis
Jurītis

2026 / Latvia / comedy

Director: Matīss Saulītis
Cast: Kaspars Kārkliņš, Madara Viļčuka, Eduards Johansons, Toms Liepājnieks, Mārtiņš Upenieks, Kārlis Josts

Latvian, with English and Lithuanian subtitles, 25 min

This is a story about three gay men that never got to meet.

Dickflip

2025 / Poland / drama

Director: Dominik Hadziewicz
Cast: Dominik Hadziewicz, Hubert Woliński, Dominik Magietda, Mateusz Baranowski

Polish, with English and Lithuanian subtitles, 15 min

Transgender Sambor tries to win the favor of a group of skaters.

Black Shawl
Czarna chusta

2025 / Poland, Ukraine / drama

Director: Kamila Boichenko
Cast: Iryna Ostrovska, Oksana Cherkashyna, Yelyzaveta Pavlenko

Ukrainian, Polish, with English and Lithuanian subtitles, 25 min

Lesya and her daughter Anya are living in a refugee camp, grappling with the torment of blackmail related to the disappearance of Lesya’s husband, who went missing during the war a year ago. In the camp, Lesya reconnects with her old friend Maria, a widow who, like Lesya, is haunted by the loss of a loved one. As their bond deepens, the women find solace in each other’s shared grief. However, Anya begins to suspect that her mother’s relationship with Maria is evolving into something more than just a friendship.

I Want My Inner Dog to Wear Pearls

2025 / Belgium, Romania / animation

Director: Valeriu Andrișcă
Cast: Bernice Cherrett

English, with Lithuanian subtitles, 30 min

Diaspora siblings Victor (he/they) and Alexandra (she/they) travel back to Romania for a wedding. In a tense social context marked by TV politics, social media censorship, synthetic online revolution and the offline increase of hatred acts, Victor takes the opportunity to document their family’s history of weaving rugs just to discover that even tapestry can result into a debate about gender, tradition, stolen spaces and resistance. At the table Alexandra and Victor seem to have the same values, but slightly different approaches. Only facing the hostility of other villagers, they come to question the importance of queer unity.