Liisbeth Kala

A poetic journey through the inner world of a grieving filmmaker who tries to find solace in talking to her ghost. Different stages of grief are visually linked to seasonal changes in nature. The filmmaker finds reflections of her mindscape in the surrounding scenery and wildlife.

After surviving a deadly attack, a guard on the Soviet-Chinese border decides to become a monk but must continually prove along the way that he's capable of becoming the enlightened man he set out to be.

This short film investigates the aesthetics of boredom and states of slowness in the context of everyday poetics. What is it like to capture feelings and states of being on camera? What happens when so little is said and so much is felt?

In Kalamaja, Estonia, two couples—Olli and Sofi, and Moonika and Jan—find their relationships tested by love, trust, and the unpredictable nature of being in your 20s. As Olli struggles with the weight of her parents' disapproval, cracks begin to form in her once-idyllic romance with Sofi. Meanwhile, a sexual health scare throws Moonika and Jan into uncertainty, pushing Moonika to seek comfort in unexpected places—including a chaotic speed dating event. As tensions rise and hard truths come to light, both couples must decide—will facing reality bring them closer or tear them apart for good?