Shorts Live-Action Competition 4
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5th Lux HallApollo Kino Plaza
Screening060517 / Shorts lühifilmi võistlusprogramm 4
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Trapped between religious expectations and her own fear, a pregnant Catholic teen finds
unexpected refuge in a rebellious schoolmate – and the strength to reclaim her voice.
Drita, 55, hasn’t seen her son Ardit, a successful rapper, for years. When she hears a song where he insults her on the radio, the pain explodes. But his new track “NËNA,” dedicated to his mother, hints at a possible reconciliation.
Sixteen-year-old Aurora spends a naked day with her mother on a deserted beach. Time alone leads to intimate conversations about sex and love, blurring the line between being parent and child and being friends.
As protests erupt back home, a Chinese woman living in a New York hospital travels between her past and present; meanwhile, a leaky radiator sparks a romance between her husband and an older neighbor.The film examines personal and political grief at the intersection of memory and reality.
Two women from different social classes cross paths in front of a supermarket about to close, find themselves having to shop together under the shadow of the economic crisis. Burdened with mutual prejudices and anxieties, the tense short time they share breaks through invisible walls, revealing an unexpected closeness; an ordinary encounter becomes a quiet yet profound confrontation for them.
A physics professor sets up a car accident for herself. On a quiet forest road she carefully calculates every part of the plan. Finally tucked into a hospital bed, she enjoys the success of her scheme, but for how long?