Slush

Anna returns to her native Latgale village after many years away. Her father, a silent fisherman, greets his daughter not as family but as a stranger. The old house smells of dampness and a past that refuses to let go. They live side by side each day, separated by a wall of the unspoken. Anna tries to understand why her father has withdrawn, while he continues to go to the lake at dawn, as if searching for answers there. This intimate 2026 drama explores silence as a separate language spoken by wounds and memories. The director uses the Latgale landscapes not as a backdrop but as a full-fledged character — the gloomy lake, endless fields, and low sky become metaphors for the characters' inner states. The film is slow, almost meditative, where the main events occur not in dialogue but in the pauses between them.