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On prom night, graduate Inga discovers that her boyfriend Kęstas is secretly helping a newcomer. As the night unfolds, the group begins to sense that while they’re celebrating new beginnings, someone is searching for their own path into the future.
Thirty-year old guy is assaulted on the street. Randomly, in the middle of a day. The emotional damage hurts him more than the punches taken. This is a new experience for him. The guy tries to sort things out between justice, revenge and a bit of shame. Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the story there are guys that did the beating. They practice first-punch knockouts. And they helpfully carry their mothers’ food bags in the evening.
Vaidotas invited friends to visit his farm on the occasion of the holidays. Upon arrival, Marius and Norbė found a completely unprepared farm for Christmas, had to go to work together and to participate in christening, not only the farm but also Vaidotas himself.
A documentary film about Mėnuo Juodaragis festival.
The film based on poem by Gillad Meiri called Jerusalem 2004. It is best defined by lines from the poem: „On the rivers of asphalt at Zion Square traffic flows as usual. There we sat in cafes, only those with a guard".
In a perpetual loop of representation of the self-designed DIY religion, a thermal imaging video showing close ups of a face, a pole dancer.
This film is a poetic essay, an ode to the sea. Although it does not place a human being at its center, it is precisely the absence of a human that best reveals the essence of humanity. As poet Kahlil Gibran said, ‘There must be something strangely sacred in salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.
On your screen is an impressive spectacle: the biggest concert of Andrius Mamontovas solo career and documentary footage of the event behind the scenes. The eyes and ears of 20,000 spectators admired the most popular hits of A. Mamontovas and "Foje" on the legendarystage of Vingis Park, which sounded uniquely in a new format - with the support of the symphony orchestra conducted by maestro Modesto Pitrėnas. This film is a recording of a historic concert that the performer himself dreamed of seeing through the eyes of the audience. You can see up close - not only the action on the stage from the front rows, but also several months of preparation for a magical musical journey during the forty years of A. Mamontovas career.
Bakhmut, Donetsk region, 2022. A story about an attempt to restore intimacy at a distance of the war, told via the voice messages of a foreign correspondent in a front-line city.
Sofija returns to her childhood home where she seeks comfort in a heartfelt teenage memory as Mykolas prepares to leave. In Night Vilnius, amidst unexpected twists, she discovers the courage to say goodbye and move forward, fueled by cherished memories and enduring friendship.
The film tells the story of the first steps of Lithuanian cinema.
Goda lives in her own world, a world she does not want to let anyone into. One day, a mysterious guy comes to her shop and leaves her a gift. This gift reveals to Goda something she has never understood before.
The story of a 50-something who is living with her dominant mother trying to start an independent life.
"Never Ending Journey" is a documentary film about the Barcelona Olympic Games, which tells the story about the significance of Olympic Games, for the birth of independent Lithuania and the consolidation of the country in the eyes of the world. The history of the Barcelona Olympic Games begins with Sąjūdis. In 1992, 46 athletes represented Lithuania, 13 of them – the basketball team and the discus thrower Romas Ubartas – were presented with medals. The Barcelona Olympic Games will become famous news to the world and will draw the attention of the international community to the newly reborn Lithuania. And it will be never ending journey.
A documentary film about the everyday life of Lukiskes prison residents.
"While shooting “Three Days” (director Šarūnas Bartas) I met Georgian Alexander Oboladze. We lived in the same hotel room. From restaurants and parties tycoon he became completely single. For me strange is the situation then man is stranded away from homeland but haven’t lost his mentality, language; just like exotic tree grown up in Lithuania. He was wandering around Vilnius old town, knew every corner and basement of it like no one else. He was looking and finding lost time, things left by other men and creating from it his own unique world." - Audrius Stonys.
The film discusses a relevant issue of today: sustainability, a cleaner future, social equality, and organizational transparency.
A film about theft— stealing a toilet and robbing a bank.
Five hilarious stories in one film about three best friends - Ben, Frida and Freddie - who turn everyday challenges into real adventures. Its theme of friendship not only makes the film a great tool to talk about emotional literacy, but also gives you the chance to hear first-hand about the nuances of animation, the genre of the series and its release in cinemas as a film.
Animated short.
On March 1, Alexei Navalny's funeral took place in Moscow, with thousands gathering to bid farewell to the politician. The day before, Moscow police erected metal fence corridors in the Maryino district and deployed hundreds of security forces and paddy wagons. The funeral service, held at the Church of the 'Assuage My Sorrows' icon, lasted less than 20 minutes. Only family members were permitted to approach the coffin. After the body was lowered into the ground, police allowed the public to say their final goodbyes to the opposition leader. Lines leading to the church and Borisovskoye Cemetery stretched for several hundred meters, and participants in the farewell procession walked through Maryino, chanting slogans such as 'Freedom for political prisoners,' 'No to war,' and 'Navalny is a hero of Russia.' Mediazona accompanied the crowd along the entire route.
Early in the morning, the air-raid siren goes off. Mother's darkest thoughts become true. She awakens her little son and hurries to pick up only the outfit that is at hand and runs out to protect their lives. In the boy's room, deathly silence reigns with no hope that the family will ever come back there again.
The poet Marcelijus Martinaitis talks about his life in his homestead, about the necessity to plant cucumbers, onions, tomatoes in the garden in the springtime, which he brought from his youth in Paserbencis, and about the way in which he feels that he is the creator and the ruler of this world.
If you had the chance to make a film, what would it be? "The Egg" is a documentary about people who have ideas for films - the kind of films they want to make. The characters themselves present their ideas, and some of the stories they tell are immediately brought to life on screen.
This documentary reflects people's desire to be happy in a rapidly changing world, even if that world is as delicate as spring ice. The film looks at the life of the Estonian coastal people on the ice road through the eyes of the Greek traveller Pytheas, 23 centuries after his visit to Estonia.
A Garrano horse is forced to pull a heavy load under the sun's blazing heat. The young boy, Joel, discovers a man who is about to set the forest on fire.
Creative documentary telling the story about nearly extinct Curonian-Latvian community history of a small Lithuanian seaside town named Sventoji, highlighting its multi-cultural dimensions, connections with the Latvian culture and Baltic heritage.
Director Jonas Vaitkus speaks boldly, openly and politely in front of the cameras. This is how he talks about his long career. It dares to expose itself, without missing the creator's suffering, nor the endless doubts, nor the indescribable joy of success. Fights with actors and Shakespeare remained side by side in the memory of the 70-year-old Maestro. This is his story. From the first premiere to the last performance.
This documentary tells the story of Rapolas - an athlete who lost part of his leg following an unexpected injury, but refused to give up; he embarked on a career as a professional athlete, pursued his dreams, and is now reaching the pinnacle of his success.
A film of a prison warden in a dystopian city who has broken his musical instrument. Without him – so he thinks – the whole city will come crashing down. But even after he steals another musical instrument from a prisoner, will it be enough to stop the city from collapsing?
A film about the "concrete kids” of Lithuania, who grew up in the nineties without their parents' love that were forced to grow up and live in the freedom they created: Teen Rokas' way to his own personal musical freedom and freedom from his mafia family and street violence.
Aldona, an intimacy coordinator on a film set, is devastated to discover her partner Audrius’s infidelity with multiple women. He claims to suffer from sex addiction. Having once been married to an alcoholic, Aldona is familiar with the risks, yet she chooses once again to take a leap of faith, hoping their bond can survive this test.
Leonora Čepulienė is 78 years old. She lives with her husband’s dwarf children, whom she continues to care for evern after his death. Thanks to her help, these children have now become adults.
The entire life of singer Beatričė Grincevičiūtė is filled with music. The director sensitively and carefully creates a multifaceted portrait of the performer. In the film, she is both her own most demanding critic and a playful teacher to young children, who affectionately call her "Auntie Music." Surrounded not only by a group of friends, but also by admirers of her talent, she remains modest and simple, wanting as many people as possible to experience the beauty of music and her favorite songs. Only the subtle final shot reminds us that Beatričė experiences the world not with her eyes.
Excerpted quotes from Marija Gimbutas, The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe 6500 - 3500 BC, London: Thames and Hudson, 1982 [1974], p.149 and p.145.
In the documentary style, the lives of four Lithuanian prostitutes are portrayed. The human and social tragedy has a touching effect on the viewer, allowing the evident discrepancy between image and narrative to be bridged over.
The film is inspired by the architecture of the building of the CAC, Contemporary Art Center in Vilnius.
A documentary film dedicated to the 35th anniversary of Lithuania's independence, our nation scattered across the world, and our shared path to freedom.
A homeless wanderer, Rimas Šileikis, visits Gabrielė, the lady of the manor where he once worked as a gardener many years ago. Over lunch, he tells her about his estranged brother, Stasys, and finally resolves to pay him a visit. But upon returning to his native village, Rimas finds something very different from what he expected. Rich in elements of magical realism, Tabasco reflects the director’s exploration of intergenerational collective trauma and the crisis of provincial life in post-Soviet Lithuania.
A day in the life of Čiobrelis. The movie follows them throughout the day.
In the spring of 2022, a forgotten photographic treasure was discovered in Lithuania - 840 negatives that had been hiding in the museum's archives for over 80 years. The documentary tells the story of the Museum's persistent researchers, whose patience and stubbornness resurrect the past, leading us through the labyrinth of the archives, where every answer gives rise to new questions.
Year is an animated film based on the Kristijonas Donelaitis’ epic poem by the same name. The story is told through the eyes of an artist.
Animated short.
Spring: A woman and two men escape the city and settle in the wilderness. Nothing spoils the idyll. A film as a promise of happiness.
An artist’s creativity and work is what one could call openness. And where it can see? At an auction. It is there you can buy a painting from an artist. But do you know is worth?
After a breakup, thirty-year-old Mykolas moves back in with his parents and rushes to rent out the apartment he once shared with his girlfriend.
short film by Nathalie Alonso Casale
Mary got acquainted with an older man – Donatas, which opens his heart to her. Donatas tried to murder himself for his beloved woman, but the bullet dented a rib and he survived.
The second film in the season trilogy of director Anu-Laura Tuttelberg, who is dedicated to puppet animation. The familiar porcelain characters from the first part of the trilogy "Winter in the Rainforest" reappear in the setting of wintery Nordic nature.
Communication with outer space is a fantasy.
The experimental short film "Good Day" transports the audience to one never-ending day of the life of interwar Kaunas, which, like an architectural moment recaptured in time, silently tells about the bygone city full of progress and hope. 24 hours pass in 24 minutes, as if through a keyhole watching and listening to the rhythm of the city boiling around the iconic tower of the Vytautas the Great War Museum. With the help of a physical newspaper specially created for the film, viewers have the opportunity to calmly explore one golden day of the first Republic of Lithuania and evaluate it in the context of today's stormy times.
Set 10,000 years in the future, looking into the past (our present), the mermaid archeologist of Sunken Cities dives into depths of the Gulf of Naples. Baia - an ancient Roman town situated on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples, currently underwater. Under the waves, the hedonistic resort of Baia unfolds as the mermaid swims: the sunken hallways, strange scaffoldings, sculptural figures of destroyed empires, mosaics of the sea floor - Roman ruins taken by the sea owing to local volcanic activity.
In the spring of 1989, the planting of the oak tree grove of Lithuanian national revival was started in the birthplace of Jonas Basanavičius in the village of Ožkabaliai. Thousands of people from all over Lithuania came to the planting, carrying seedlings and Lithuania's tricolours.
In a world where a woman is imprisoned in time and a man riding a pig hopes to free her - everything is possible and there is nothing to be surprised about.
The film is based on the cycle of graphic works of the famous Lithuanian artist Stasys Krasauskas "Birth of a Woman" and is dedicated to the memory of Stasys Krasauskas.
One day, a musician runs away from the radio station. Too much sugar sinks the ship and the hope of finding love outside the door with a heart. Fortunately, the missing hat appeared.