Discoveries from Lithuania World Cinema

A woman in her forties tries to find her own place in life, having experienced many personal trials.

A large mansion with centuries of history is home to a wealthy but very conservative family that still chooses the grooms for brides-to-be. One day Milda, trembling with fear, decides to present her next groom to the household.

A young man who has come home from work tries to set up an ideal environment for himself to enjoy the calmness of blue hour.

A trio of unemployed homeland-hating emigrants come back to Lithuania for holiday, where by accident, they become entangled in fake businessmen roles and discover their motherland again.

A road movie, buddy picture and romance rolled into one, Low Lights pivots on a love triangle that evolves when two men and a woman take to ritual night driving. Transforming cold urban space into something charged with excitement, the drives provide the hope the trio so desperately needs.

At the foot of Europe’s largest glacier, seven Icelandic siblings once lived in deliberate isolation, dedicating their lives to observing ice and nature long before climate change had a name. Their abandoned farmhouse becomes a living archive, animated by photographs, objects, and a 16mm film that restores gestures, spaces, and a vanished way of being in the world.

The boys are back. Comedy team of 4 beloved actors of improvisation theater KITAS KAMPAS are returning to a new film. This time they are going to class reunion.

They're called water carriers, domestics, 'gregarios', 'Sancho Panzas' of professional cycling. Always at the back of the group, with no right for a personal victory. These wonderful losers are the true warriors of professional cycling.

29-year-old Ilona and her boyfriend have just moved into a new apartment in a block of flats. When the building’s renovation begins soon afterwards and she befriends Oleg, one of the Ukrainian construction workers, her idyllic notions of a fulfilling life as she approaches thirty start to crumble, like the old plaster on the walls.

A point of view on clergy sexual abuse.

History of Teutonic Order and Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania.

With striking images and meticulous sound work, Burial reminds us of the paradoxical relationship between scientific development and the destruction of nature. Questioning the effects of human activity on the planet we inhabit and which we have put at risk, the film focuses on the unsolved issues of nuclear plants and nuclear activity.

Young people of our time will experience the biggest technological explosion in human history. Storyline follows friends of this generation who are making hypothetical situations all day long and who later become witnesses of accident and are forced to return from digital world to reality.

Jonas pretends to be blind and enters a TV dance contest, where he meets his attractive dance partner Saule. Soon they become the show's most popular contestants. While the whole nation thinks that Jonas is blind, Vytas, an old acquaintance of Jonas, is released from prison. As reminders of the past keep creeping up on them, Vytas is suppressing contradictory feelings - to seek revenge or forgiveness in such a manipulative world - for sins that were and for sins to be made.

A dialogue between two historical personalities, during which a political transaction takes place and the moral face of both personalities is revealed.

Can you get to know someone through a closed door?

A group of longtime friends gathers around the dinner table, unaware that this evening will change their relationships forever.

Dainius, a young rock singer, locks himself away in a secluded country house surrounded by swamps. Hoping to meet his beloved in dreamland, the musician is eagerly assisted in his studies by a local boy exploited by moonshiners.

Ugne, a mother of two, who is abandoned by her husband Ignas after 15 years of living together. Ignas is about to marry the architect who designed their home, while Ugne is drowning in sadness and self-doubt.

In Lithuania, two investigative journalists work segregated from others in an isolated office as if in a cabinet. This cabinet is the only location in the film. It seems that they are in the cabinet, like they are closed, separated from others, even from the other journalists. It’s a slow and minimalistic film. It’s not a film about one specific journalistic research; this film presents a monotonous and nervous atmosphere in this cabinet. The boundaries between truth and falsehood begin to overlap, journalists experience the betrayal of a colleague, the office becomes sweltering and unpleasant.

Fake life bursts like a bubble when Donatas receives a phone call from his rich and powerful father.

"Super,"" ""the best movie in the world,"" ""When can we download it?""—these were some of the reactions to Tadas Vidmantas' controversial debut film Gautas iškvietimas. Now, less than a year later, the trilogy concludes with Gautas iškvietimas 3. Following their unexpected success, the 7th Police Precinct faces a rare challenge—spending large sums of money. Their motto shifts from ""Protect, Serve, Help"" to ""Buy, Spend, Waste,"" but they soon realize that money can't buy happiness… though that won’t stop them from trying. Chaos follows them everywhere—dangerous calls, absurd situations, and endless trouble. Do riches change people? Which officer is expecting a baby? And will all beloved characters make it to the end? All this and more in the wildest, most star-studded Lithuanian police comedy yet—Gautas iškvietimas 3!

A grown-up son goes on a countryside trip with his ageing parents in the hopes of reigniting the relationship, but there is nothing left to reignite. This story of familial dysfunction is set against the picturesque backdrop of a dacha community (instantly recognisable to every post-Soviet native), rendered by Vytautas Katkas with irony and a rare sympathy for his hapless subjects.

A Lithuanian doctor, priest and a war refugee Alexander Ferdinand Bendoraitis (1919-1998) resettles to the Amazonian jungle in the 1960’s and becomes a local hero: he establishes a boat- clinic network, the first jungle radio, starts the pacification of local indigenous tribes and builds the most modern hospital in Amazonia. However, as he gets involved in a brutal crime, countless fake narratives that he had created around himself begin to resurface.

Forty year old Tomas Papartis is a regular guy, who lives a regular life. One day due to system failure he is declared dead. His bank card doesn't work anymore, his apartment is sold to the government, as if he had ceased to exist. Here stars Tomas's battle to prove- he's alive!

A group of classmates celebrate their graduation in an isolated place about which a sinister story is told.

A rookie policeman is left alone in a private clinic to guard a comatose suspect of World War II crimes. His shift is long over, yet nobody comes to replace him. However, the youngster is determined not to leave his post until he gets permission from his authorities to do so. Lack of sleep, loneliness, hunger and the persistence to serve his duty turn the young man into a ticking time bomb at the very wrong time. He must decide how far he can go guarding this suspect who is hated to death by everyone.

Is it morally acceptable to use the civilian population as yet another tool for waging war? Is it possible to justify death and destruction for the sake of supposedly lofty ideals? The question remains as pertinent today as it was at the beginning of World War II, and it is becoming increasingly urgent to answer, as countless tragedies have been caused by unethical political decisions.

The first feature of Lithuanian Valdas Navasaitis is a drama which unravels the hopeless 1970s, when people were deprived of their roots and forced to sit and watch their lives slip from their fingers. In a decrepit house that once belonged to a bourgeois family, several families seek shelter. Senis, a 65-year-old alcoholic, lives on the ground floor with his wife and their 16-year-old daughter. Senis is a survivor of the Nazis as well as the communist camps. He drowns the pain of his memories in a nearby pub and in talking to a depressed young laborer, Lorenca. Later on, a young couple and a lonely eccentric who enjoys only his cat's company join the inhabitants. Children wile away the time with useless games or spying on adults. When Lorenca hangs himself at the ruins of a nearby factory, the lives are shaken up. During the dinner held for the deceased, they find a moment of common hope.

The Bug Trainer explores Starewitch’s creative ideas and concepts of his work, along with opinions from film critics and other animation directors to help us understand why he is considered one of the greatest creators of the animation world.

Monika, a middle-aged wealthy woman, goes through a marriage crisis with her younger husband Linas. A car accident leads Monika to meeting three young girls, Kristina, Egle and Gitana, who happen to be ex-prostitutes extradited from Germany. The lady and the girls settle down in a country mansion, to form a relationship that will change their lives forever

Following a fatal boating accident, in which one of his students dies, Gintaras, a champion yachtsman, swears off the sea, quits sailing and withdraws into himself.

Bulvinukas is a wanderer – a quiet soul drifting through forgotten paths, finding beauty where others rarely pause to look. Is beauty meant to be admired… or to be held onto?

A visual odyssey of Sun Ra concepts through their followers - Marshall Allen and Abshalom Ben Shlomo. The film follows Sun Ra Arkestra band members and their journey across the desert, a promised land where Sun Ra once created his identity. Navigating through an astro-galactic world of sound, they find a reason to fight racism, injustice and vanity of the modern world - all through inner wisdom of music and sound. It's a story of infinite peace in a troubled world. An utopian planet where Sun Ra and his prophets celebrate the divine wealth of their spirits.

Oh, these men! No matter how long last, they still remain forever boys. And what is most concerned about the men and boys? Of course, women, cars and ... fishing! Superhit inexperienced producers created new Lithuanian comedy among us, lad ... heroes - four childhood friends, one sunny day decided to implement every Lithuanian dream - to go fishing in Norway. With colorful company embark on an adventure, humor and storyline full of surprises journey, about the dream of every man and secretly participate would like all women!

When Marija learns that her unstable boyfriend has disappeared, she takes to the streets in an attempt to find him.

Dorothy - a little Kansas girl reads a magical book and is spirited away into the Magical Land by Wicked Witch Gingema. She experiences many adventures trying to go back home to her family.

When Titus is not given a gift at his potential father-in-law's birthday party, his evasiveness is perceived by the girl's parents as a timid attempt to woo their daughter. Everything would be fine, but Tito, who is currently living in London, is waiting for his wife Marta in Lithuania. In order to get a secret divorce, Tito returns to Lithuania, but a meeting between Tito and Marta takes things in an unexpected direction.

In a first‐ever national “Jealousy Games,” three teams - a group of friends, a family with children and an elderly couple - compete to vacation so lavishly that the entire country envies them and win a huge cash prize. But their attempts to spark envy in Palanga, Šventoji and Nida are constantly held back by mishaps and a relentless “jealousy expert“.

Come one, come all to see Kazys Grinius's 60th birthday party, which is sure to be one for the history books...

After 30 years of exile in Paris, Jana travels back to Vilnius. She wants to see again the lake that Paulius, her first love, called “Walden”.

A young convict is faithful to his code of action. He is not going to betray his friends and keeps silence. The investigators are powerless. But one day he is visited by his mother whom he has never seen before.

A dystopian story set in post-war Ukraine, where a frustrated film director struggles to make the most of his life after being denied the opportunity to pursue his movie-making career. Estranged from his wife and daughter, who have been living in Vienna and are reluctant to return to their war-torn nation, the director tries to find solace in his conviction that the difficult times will pass and life will return to normal.

A drug smuggler is betrayed by his partner and is then forced to seek help from Russian mobsters.

Nowadays Lithuania, the country with strong traditions of Catholicism and society's negative attitude to minorities (homophobia). The tragicomedy is built through the destiny of a young woman Anna, whose secret lights out during the Christmas Eve and it immediatelly erupts an avalanche of dark events, connecting each family member. The question - what would happen, if... - remains. They had a choice to avoid this fatal trip, BUT it doesn't mean nothing has happened.

Upon hearing her beloved grandmother is dying, a young woman returns to rural Lithuania, where she must confront a past she’s tried to forget. Sharunas Bartas unflinchingly examines family fractures, capturing unspoken tensions and simmering resentments within a rural household isolated by geography and emotional distance.

Portrait of Augustinas Baltrušaitis, film and theatre director, as well as actor, who fell into obscurity and has now been relegated to the margins of society, as a result of specific political circumstances. Countdown is a film about the limits of memory, the effects of the implacable passage of time, and a hope that surpasses time.

Film is based on the novel „History From The Cloud” by Marius Ivaškevičius. It is a story about a man called Marius and his meetings with various different people. The goal is to make a bargain: people can buy a character in Marius’s novel. However, all these bargains are the cover of his secret.

The film consists of three parts. The first one is about a harmonious family that will be separated because of the existing situation. Little Aram carries the tragedy of the separated family. In a day, his entire childhood ends. The reason is one thing only… In the second part of the film a feminine touch is evident by Astghik’s character. One step and peace turn to war in a day, that’s when she loses her friendship, her love, and the idol. The third film tells about a 14-year old Tevanik who becomes part of the war activities. During the fights and as a result of his inability to put an end to a beauty, moments become decisive for Tevanik

Lithuania, 1968. After serving in the Soviet Army, Lukas comes back from Prague to his friends: Andrius, a state prosecutor's son, Julius, an unsuccessful artist, and Beatrice, who is attractive to all of her friends in her purity.

A documentary film about the most important nineteenth-century photographer of Vilnius - Juzefas Čechavičius.

My research on the urban spaces of Vilnius focuses on how urban development and infrastructure decisions reflect the personal and community needs of the residents. How environmental sustainability is taken into account in the creation of a sustainable urban environment: citizens' access to green spaces, leisure areas and their inner well-being in the city. I usecontemporary animation tools to create a dystopian narrative that provokes and raises questions about contemporary urban development processes.

MARTYNAS and VYTARAS are two friends who seem to have it all - loving families, successful careers and considerable renown. Their TV show tops the ratings, their books sell like hot cakes, and their lives seem like a dream come true. But in reality they are just two stressed-out men, each trying to cope with his own version of a mid-life crisis. When Vytaras decides to leave everything behind and relocate to India for good, Martynas sets off on a mission to bring his pal home, at any cost. Suddenly the two friends find themselves stuck in the middle of nowhere, thousands of miles from civilization. Crammed in a car as old as the hills with a hyperactive Indian guide named Vasu, Martynas and Vytaras are forced to overcome culture shock as well as the nightmarish Indian roads to find their way home, before their insecurities and self-pity destroy their friendship.

Two neighbors, Justas and Povilas, are going fishing. The men set camp on a remote island and chat about stuff when the conversation unexpectedly turns into not only an intriguing story about their past, but also about life and death.

Legendary legends Orestes and Džilda, summoned by a humble journalist to cover their triumph, set off for the San Remo Song Festival, where the ideal stage and family duo navigate the labyrinthine maze of a relationship, where clouds of jealousy and ambition loom.

An isolated village in the Lithuanian countryside. Seated in her house, an elderly woman recites an old folk story. Then she climbs up the tall ladder that takes her to the rooftop of the church.

This adventurous romantic comedy with a light hint of eroticism tells the story of Valentine’s night miracles – it is a night, when everyone should stop lying to themselves – and to others.

A desperate hunger strike meant to capture global media attention slowly unravels into a hilariously bleak showdown between ambition, reality, and an empty stomach.

A short movie is as it is. It contains feelings, certainty, memories, experiences. For some, it may look like a simple video, for someone a movie, and for some it looks like a documentary. The short movie is meant to celebrate ba. 7th birthday. Completely honest, open and real, without any embellishment and perfectionism.