Editor
On each side of the border between Lithuania and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, there is an ornithological station that studies the migration of the millions of birds crossing this border region. Today, for the first time, both ornithological stations are trying to cross borders with a joint bird research project. Will they be able to work together?
Director
One hour’s drive away from Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, all those leaving the “free West” towards Belarus, “the last dictatorship in Europe”, must pass through strict border control. Crossing this border is a time-consuming and almost absurd performance. However, there are people who are confronted with this border on a daily basis as it literally cuts right through their backyard. What used to be a daily routine of visiting relatives or friends, going to church or to the cemetery, has now become a complicated process involving cross point schedules, visas and other complex bureaucratic procedures.
Editor
Ever since 1919, the daily life in Ypres, in Flanders Fields, has been dedicated to commemorating the First World War. The films makes a journey through this landscape of remembrance and encounters the most diverse and contradictory ways of commemorating.
