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| Leopard Spots is directed by Josh Trigg Photo: Courtesy of POFF |
The drama, centring on the struggles of a single mum in Japan, is the second feature by Josh Trigg. His debut Satu - Year Of The Rabbit was nominated for a BIFA maverick award in 2020.
All of the projects selected are in production or post-production and seeking sales agents or festival premieres.
In addition to the six international films, there are five Baltic Works in Progress and five Just Film Works in Progress - a section dedicated to movies aimed at younger audiences.
The full list is below:
International WIP:
• And So It Will Go On; Maria Palacio, Spain - a drama told in reverse in which Germán grows younger as a once-empty village fills up again.
• Leopard Spots; Josh Trigg, UK/Japan - a mother’s fear of abandonment threatens her relationship with her daughter in a rural Japanese factory town.
• Luci Looped In Limbo; Théo Gottlieb, France - a physicist becomes obsessed with changing the past.
• Požari; Nina Tratnik, Montenegro/Albania/Serbia - a girl comes of age amid summer fires in Podgorica.
• The Elderly Store - Amanbek Azhymat, Kyrgystan - a 70-year-old man has just 15 days to make life interesting before facing “recycling”.
• Without You; Nils Holst-Jensen, Denmark - a daughter’s disappearance brings a mother an unsettling sense of freedom.
Baltic WIP
• A Midnight Pilgrimage; Katrin Ruus, Estonia - tragicomedy sees a carefree journalist suddenly faced with holding his family together.
• Burlaks; Gatis Ungurs, Latvia/Georgia - a bored sawmill worker, becomes caught in a wager between God and the Devil.
• Concrete Music; Saulius Baradinskas, Lithuania/Italy - a musically gifted teenager flees his mafia family and seeks to avenge his mother’s death through music.
• Marry Then Die; Elza Gauja, Latvia - a dark comedy built around an extraordinary agreement between two strangers: Zigis will help Anya end her life, but only if they marry first.
• Paraiso, Outer Space; Carlos E Lesmes, Estonia - a nocturnal reflection on chance encounters, change and grief.
Just Film WIP
• 1970; Darko Lungulov, Serbia/Luxembourg/Hungary/Croatia - a 13-year-old boy sets out with a hippie girl in search of a new family.
• All Girls; Boyana Avdjieva, Bulgaria - two childhood best friends face the possible end of their bond after a devastating nightclub tragedy.
• The Queen Of England Stole My Parents; Ernestas Jankauskas, Lithuania - an adopted girl goes on a journey to save her biological parents.
• The Reef; Phillip Donnellon, Germany/Estonia/Finland - two siblings journey into a mysterious parallel world where they fight for its inhabitants’ freedom.
• Uncle Egg; Torfinn Iversen, Germany - a 12-year-old boy from northern Norway heads to Germany with his eccentric uncle in search of his biological father.
