Sanna Liljander’s When Will the Day Break (featured image), Albert Laine’s Closer and Albert Laine & Kristina Laine’s Memories in the Clouds are selected to the Nordic Competition of Minimalen Short Film Festival, held from January 21st to 26th, 2025 in Trondheim, Norway.

When Will the Day Break (2024) is a romantic documentary film that travels on the borders of dreams, memories, hope and realism.

Albert Laine: Closer (2024)

Closer (2024) is a jagged existential animation about how the perspective to life can change. It tells the story of an old artist, broken by his difficult memories. It is an animated short film about closeness, love, acceptance and healing.

Memories in the Clouds (2023) visualizes Kristina Laine’s (formerly Žičkutė) childhood memories in the Soviet Lithuania. Thoughts blend with impressions in a dream-like, painterly experimental documentary film. The film brings forth Kristina’s worldview as a child, during the vast socio-political changes of the collapsing Soviet Union. Kristina’s voice leads the audience to a journey through her fading, ephemeral memories and experiences. The film utilizes a combination of techniques: Timelapse videos of a summer sky shot on location in Lithuania, digital volumetric 3D simulation, and modern AI algorithms as animators to visualize the narration into the moving clouds.

Minimalen Short Film Festival
January 21–26, 2025
Trondheim, Norway

More information: Minimalen Short Film Festival

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