10th-16th April, 2026

Baltic Competition 2 | Networked Lives | Splendid Palace

Baltijas konkursa mērķis ir izcelt un godināt Baltijas valstu talantīgākos īsfilmu veidotājus, piedāvājot skatītājiem daudzveidīgu un aizraujošu kino pieredzi.

Baltijas īsfilmu konkurss ir nozīmīga festivāla daļa, kas veltīta Latvijas, Lietuvas un Igaunijas režisoru darbiem. Šeit tiek demonstrētas filmas, kas izceļas ar oriģinalitāti, māksliniecisko kvalitāti un spēju atspoguļot Baltijas reģiona kultūras bagātību.

Programmas kuratore - Astra Zoldnere

Splendid Palace (Elizabetes iela 61, Rīga), Straumes zāle

Available from: 14.04.2026 17:30

Available Until: 16.04.2026 17:30

Films

Family album / LT / 11'

Family album / LT / 11'

Emilija Juzeliūnaitė

Separated by birth, a brother and sister reunite on a TV show. After a happy ending on the screen, they try to continue it after the cameras are shut down. When building a relationship without a bonding past, they’re met with unexpected challenges.

Loading / LV / 26'

Loading / LV / 26'

Līva Polkmane

The film captures a moment when robotics and artificial intelligence are becoming an inseparable part of everyday life in Latvia. The film follows a society that—both curious and skeptical—learns to coexist with technology as it steadily blends itself into daily routines.

Eating time / EE / 16'

Eating time / EE / 16'

Mari Kivi

Eating her way through time, a woman triggers a time shift and is plunged into a journey through a labyrinth of floors.

The Art of Looking / LV, EE / 17'

The Art of Looking / LV, EE / 17'

Andris Gauja

Astronomers look through telescopes and see that the universe has a structure—it’s shaped like a web. Slime mold researchers look through microscopes and see that tiny organisms form the exact same pattern.

A Microphone in the Head / EE / 13'

A Microphone in the Head / EE / 13'

Robert Raska Ly

Joonas is dead. But through a haunted karaoke mic, he asks his heartbroken fiancée to take him to his mother... so he can finally come out to her—a secret the fiancée never saw coming.