Toxic
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2024
Dreaming of escape from the bleakness of their industrial hometown, two 13-year-olds, Marija and Kristina, form a unique bond at a local modeling school, where the promise of a better life pushes girls to violate their bodies in increasingly extreme ways. (Festival information, Locarno 2024)
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The Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Locarno 2024 goes to "Akiplėša" (Toxic), directed by Saulė Bliuvajtė from Lithuania. The film also won the Golden Leopard and the Swatch Foirst Feature Award.

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