The programme includes an experimental film (The Shoe); a road movie set in Lithuania (Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania); dramas from Estonia (Georgica), Latvia (In the Shadow of Death) and Lithuania (The Collectress); a Polish love film from Zanussi (Silent Touch); a classic by Bille August (Pelle, the Conqueror); a German musical comedy (Dorfpunks); a Swedish documentary (The East Indiaman); a Danish comedy (Gone with the Fish); a Finnish historical film (Promise); and Estonian shorts (Paradise for Old Men, Empty).
In addition to the screenings the Baltic Sea Festival will feature photography and other art exhibitions, clothing shows, an eco-jewellery workshop, jazz concerts, readings and roundtable talks.
The festival, which highlights Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, Poland, Sweden and Germany, is being held for the first time.
The Kino Programme:
September 16, 6:30pm The Shoe (Latvia, 1998, 83 mins)
September 17, 4:30pm Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (Lithuania, 1972, 88 mins)
September 17, 6:30pm Collectress (Lithuania, 2008, 84 mins)
September 17, 8:30pm The Silent Touch (Poland, 1992, 96 mins)
September 18, 4:30pm Crows (Poland, 1994, 66 mins)
September 18, 6:30pm Upswing (Finland, 2003, 98 mins)
September 18, 8:30pm Dorfpunks (Germany, 2009, 90 mins)
September 19, 2:30pm Georgica (Estonia, 1998, 109 mins)
September 19, 4:30pm Gone with the Fish (Denmark, 1999, 114 mins)
September 19, 6:30pm The East Indiaman (Sweden, 2008, 89 mins)
September 19, 8:30pm Promise (Finland, 2005, 112 mins)
September 20, 4pm Paradise for Old Men (Estonia, 2005, 27 mins)/ Empty (Estonia, 2006, 40 mins)
September 20 5:30pm Pelle the Conqueror (Denmark, 1987, 157 mins)
September 20 8:30 In the Shadow of Death (Latvia, 1971, 80 mins)
