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Astrid’s only friend, Kristin, is moving away. When their doll play reminds Astrid that she’ll soon be alone, tension grows between the two friends.

Restoration of a degraded peatbog through the careful relocation of sphagnum moss, a keystone species in peat formation and carbon storage. A vivid portrait of a wetland returning to rich ecological abundance.

Pol is 21 and lives with his grandmother. He dreams of living in Miami and generating 10k € a month. He attends personal development events, follows online coaches and invests in cryptocurrencies. The only thing he knows for sure is that one day, he'll achieve his goals.
flavio.armone@lightsonfilm.org

Margareta, 89, watches the cows run onto the spring grass and is taken back to her childhood on a farm in northern Sweden. As the cows run out, she thinks of the past and present, and how farm life has changed over time.

History revolves around the Alexander Column on Palace Square in St. Petersburg, as if it were a cursed axis of time.

Kjell has lived in the same house since birth. But not all the memories held within its walls are happy ones, and in the autumn of his life, some things he would rather have forgotten creep back into his consciousness.

A young person once lived guided by sharp intuition and boundless curiosity—a natural pull toward the unknown. Over time, fear and routine dimmed that spark, but a subtle pulse still lingers beneath the surface. This film reveals the moment they dare to listen once more. Shot entirely on Super 8.

When the industrial company is going to make cuts, the faithful employee Karin is fired. A shock announcement that hits hard and sets off unexpected processes, not only in Karin. A twisted comedy where the main characters' dead parents take over the show and elevate the story to the next level.

All George wants is to stop getting pushed around by the local bullies. So when a pair of weird twins offer to introduce him to their grandma they say can 'make him big & strong', he jumps at the chance.

After putting her daughter to bed, Aura discovers an intruder in her house: an elderly lady who acts strangely familiarly and is hell-bent on performing a bloody ritual before midnight.

Two creatures meet on a tree. Their encounter goes deep down to the roots and beyond.

In a dilapidated house by the ocean, a woman, worn down by time and solitude, lives a reclusive life. Every day, she performs the same unsettling ritual: extracting thick black algae from the pipes, cracks and invisible fissures, as if the house were rotting from the inside. Every afternoon, she drags this living matter to a cliff and throws it back into the sea.
vaillant.nathan@gmail.com



