The Age Of Innocents

The Cardboard Man, "El hombre de cartón"

Baltic Premiere

Venezuela, 2017, Michael Labarca

It’s Diego’s seventh birthday and something’s wrong. No one understands why he refuses to smash the piñata he happily picked up earlier with his father.

For Real Tho

Baltic Premiere

France, 2017, Baptist Penetticobra

From dusk to dawn, a group of teenagers meet on a convenience store parking lot. They’re here to shoot a film, but we won’t know the result or see what the film is about.

Boxing Girl, "La Boxeuse"

Baltic Premiere

Senegal, 2016, Iman Djionne

After getting hit by a motorbike, Adama – a bored 17-year-old hairdresser – finds some red boxing gloves. But when she puts them on she gets mysteriously carried away on a journey all over the city. Mentally and physically put to the test she will have to fight her demons to face the ultimate fight.

Small Town, "Cidade Pequena"

Baltic Premiere

Portugal, 2017, Diogo Costa Amarante

One day, a child named Frederico learns from his teacher that bodies are made up of a head, trunk and limbs and that people die when their hearts stop. That night, he can’t sleep. He wakes his mother up several times throughout the night and complains he has a pain in his chest.

Nightshade, "Nachtshade"

Baltic Premiere

Netherlands, 2017, Shady El-Hamus

Tarik helps his father Elias to transport illegal immigrants into the Netherlands. When an accident occurs, Tarik gains the acknowledgment from his father he has yearned for but at a high price - the loss of his own innocence.