Competition Eastward Window set I

Budejimas / Watchkeeping
director: Karolis Kaupinis
director of photography: Simonas Glinskis
Lithuania, Belgium 2017, 15’

Father and sontry to make mother feel comfortable during her final hours at the hospital. The two men do everything they can to avoid admitting it is impossible to do anything more.

Gamer Girl
director: Irena Jukić Pranjić
director of photography: Irena Jukić Pranjić
music: Hrvoje Štefotić
Croatia 2016, 9’26”

A love story with a happy beginning and a sad ending set in a computer game. Its fixed and unchangeable qualities remind of social norms and limitations, leaving the protagonist with very few chances to fight for her choice in life.

Storge
director: Ekaterina Selenkina
director of photography: Alexey Kurbatov
Russia 2017, 29’12”

A lonely woman Alyona nurses her mother, who has lost her speech and mind to Alzheimer’s. The daughter works from home and watches travel TV shows. One day, she gets a chance to entirely change her life.

Three steps
director: Ioseb Bliadze
director of photography: Dimitri Dekanosidze
Georgia 2017, 19’

13-year-old Mariam lives with her father in slums of Tbilisi. They barely make a living, being forced to steal at times. Along with the struggle against poverty, Mariam also has to deal with the facts of becoming a woman and the fear that her father would betray her in order to make money.

Written / Unwritten
director: Adrian Silisteanu
director of photography: Adrian Silisteanu
music: Sergiu Popa
Romania 2016, 20’

Because of ID issues, Pardică, a 50-year old Roma man, risks the authorities separating him from his underage daughter, who has just had a baby.