Competition comprising films from the Nordic and Baltic region.
Mother, I Love You and Sanctuary
Above Dark Waters (Över mörka vatten)
(Country: Finland; Year: 2013; Director: Peter Franzén; Writer: Peter Franzén; Stars: Olavi Angervo, Samuli Edelmann, Matleena Kuusniemi, Ismo Kallio, Marja Packalén, Peter Franzén, Mari Perankoski, Milja Tuunainen, Mio Hamari, Ellen Tervaharju, Tommi Raitolehto, Jonna Järnefelt, Janne Kinnunen, Vieno Saaristo, Markku Köngäs)
Child's-eye vew of growing up.
Before Snowfall (Før snøen faller)
(Country: Norway, Germany, Iraq; Year: 2013; Director: Hisham Zaman; Writer: Kjell Ola Dahl, Hisham Zaman; Stars: Billey Demirtas, Eva Medusa Gühne, Suzan Ilir, Nazmi Kirik, Jin Musa, Bahar Ozen, Volga Sorgu, Abdullah Taher, Mohammed Tejir, Birol Ünel)
A youngster from Kurdistan tracks his sister across Europe after she flees before her wedding.
The Gambler
(Country: Lithuania, Latvia; Year: 2013; Director: Ignas Jonynas; Writer: Ignas Jonynas, Kristupas Sabolius; Stars: Vytautas Kaniusonis, Oona Mekas, Giedre Giedraityte, Simas Lindesis, Lukas Kersys, Valerijus Jevsejevas, Romuald Lavynovic, Jonas Vaitkus, Rimas Blockis, Arturas Sablauskas)
Paramedic Vincentas is a passionate gambler, who is forced to make radical decisions to return the debts. An idea strikes Vincentas to create an illegal game related to his profession. Love, life and death will be at stake.
Home (Hemma)
(Country: Sweden, Iceland; Year: 2013; Director: Maximilian Hult; Writer: Maximilian Hult; Stars: Lia Boysen, Simon J. Berger, Anita Wall, Moa Gammel, Elin Petersdottir, Lars Lind, Erik Lundqvist)
The discovery of a grandmother she never knew she had prompts a life-change for a twentysomething.
Intimate Parts (Intimnye mesta)
(Country: Russia; Year: 2013; Director: Alexey Chupov, Natasha Merkulova; Writer: Alexey Chupov, Natasha Merkulova; Stars: Pavel Artemiev, Yuliya Aug, Timur Badalbeili, Nelli Blinova, Alexey Chupov, Mikhail Gurovich, Natalia Iohvidova, Ksenia Katalymova, Anastasia Kholodniakova, Yuriy Kolokolnikov, Masha Krekshina, Ekaterina Osotova, Ekaterina Scheglova, Olesya Sudzilovskaya, Nikita Tarasov)
Middle-class Muscovites all harbour secrets.
Of Horses and Men and Home
Life Feels Good (Chce sie zyc)
(Country: Poland; Year: 2013; Director: Maciej Pieprzyca; Writer: Maciej Pieprzyca; Stars: Dawid Ogrodnik, Dorota Kolak, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Helena Sujecka, Mikolaj Roznerski, Kamil Tkacz, Tymoteusz Marciniak, Anna Nehrebecka, Katarzyna Zawadzka, Anna Karczmarczyk, Agnieszka Kotlarska, Janusz Chabior, Gabriela Muskala, Lech Dyblik, Dariusz Chojnacki)
Chronicle of the life a man with cerebral palsy.
Lisa Limone And Maroc Orange, A Rapid Love Story
(Country: Estonia; Year: 2013; Director: Mait Laas; Writer: Kati Kovács, Peep Pedmanson; Stars: Andero Ermel, Risto Joost, Kati Kovács, Ülo Krigul, Mihkel Mäekalle, Omar Nõmm, Jaan-Eik Tulve, Iiris Vesik, Peeter Volkonski, Hardi Volmer)
A sweet and sour animated romance.
Mother, I Love You (Mammu, Es Tevi Milu)
(Country: Latvia; Year: 2013; Director: Janis Nords; Stars: Kristofers Konovalovs, Vita Varpina, Matiss Livcans, Indra Brike)
Desperate not to disappoint his mother, an introverted boy gets into increasingly difficult situations.
Northwest (Nordvest)
(Country: Denmark; Year: 2013; Director: Michael Noer; Writer: Rasmus Heisterberg, Michael Noer; Stars: Dulfi Al-Jabouri, Hamza Al.Jaburi, Oliver Altman, Kevin Andersen, Irina V Babenko, Jelena Bundalovic, Lene Maria Christensen, Sandra El-Hussein, Nick Philip Engel, Monika Paula Fasula, Gustav Dyekjær Giese, Oscar Dyekjær Giese, Jacob Wagner Guldager, Carsten Hartmann, Nicholas Westwood Kidd)
A teenager gets sucked into a turf war.
Of Horses and Men (Hross í oss)
(Country: Iceland; Year: 2013; Director: Benedikt Erlingsson; Writer: Benedikt Erlingsson; Stars: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Maria Ellingsen, Helgi Björnsson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Atli Rafn Sigurðsson, Steinn Ármann Magnússon, Charlotte Bøving, Kjartan Ragnarsson, Sigríður María Egilsdóttir, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada, Erlingur Gíslason)
A country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human.
Before Snowfall and Northwest
Sanctuary (Faro)
(Country: Sweden; Year: 2013; Director: Fredrik Edfeldt; Writer: Karin Arrhenius; Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Clara Christiansson, Maria Heiskanen, Göran Stangertz, Gunnel Fred, Per Burell, Lena Carlsson)
A man on the run escapes, along with his daughter, into a dream.
Two Mothers (Zwei Mütter)
(Country: Germany; Year: 2013; Director: Anne Zohra Berrached; Stars: Karina Plachetka, Sabine Wolf)
A married couple who long for a child find most sperm banks won't help same sex couples, so try a less official route.