Twelve-year-old Arianas is preparing for the Lithuanian championship of Standard and Latin American dances with his partner. The couple must understand the world of adults - learn to demonstrate masculinity, feminine seduction and self-selling. But is that enough to win the championship?
A documentary film about childish games.
A documentary film about Antanas Sutkus.
In a quirky little town in the sky lives an even smaller, chubby protagonist of the story – Kodleduk. This little man's obsession has possessed the whole city. Nothing goes unnoticed in Kodleduk's tiny studio, as he records everything around. All sounds and actions go straight to organic machines created by his teeny, nimble fingers. They encapsulate the town's spirit, and Kodleduk never feels lonely in his tiny apartment.
When picking up rubbish, one is plunged into memories of situations in which one felt helpless. Guilt overwhelms him.
It is late at night in the city. A middle-aged woman hears garage doors opening. A young girl Saulė returns to her mother’s house frightened. The mother sees her daughter standing soaked from the rain, so she tries to find out why she suddenly came back. After a few unsuccessful mother’s attempts to start a conversation, the daughter admits that her ex-boyfriend is stalking her. Watching her being upset the mother gets the idea to take revenge on the boyfriend.
This film features the life of a pilgrim-photographer currently residing in Hungary. It records a short fragment of his search in Lithuania for his roots.
The documentary „Chodakowski Sisters“ tells the story of two bright twentieth century Lithuanian interwar women. Polish countesses sisters Chodakowski – President Antanas Smetona’s wife Sofia and Prime Minister Juozas Tubeli’s wife Jadwiga – in their youth consciously chose Lithuanian identity and devoted their entire lives to the creation of the First Republic of Lithuania.
A screen version of Vaitkus' own performance with the same name, based on Bronius Kutavicius's music and Sigitas Geda's verse.
Lithuanian medics battling COVID-19
While seeking to reveal the beauty of the Gregorian chant tradition and the secret of its appeal, the film asks what could be considered as sacred time in our secular lives. In the prevailing chaos, it is rather hard to keep direction. Caught in that hastle and bustle, you end asking yourself what to fill the day with, so that at night before sleep you could feel not a fleeting and fictitious, but solidly stable meaning, so that you could fall asleep with a feeling of calmness that you have lived a day being useful, and not only for yourself. Jokūbas Vilius Tūras was born in Zarasai, Lithuania in 1971, currently doing doctoral studies at Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. His feature debut „Dreaming the Path“ (2013) was awarded the National Film Award winner for the Best Documentary of the Year. „About Jonas“ (2016) gained National Film Awards nominations for the Best Director and the Best Film of the Year.
A girl wants to be the smartest person in the world. When all the things she's learned can no longer fit in just one head, her mother buys her a backup one.
In Rimtautas Šilinis' film “Lithuania in the Second World War. Film documents” the scenes are edited chronologically from the material stored in the Lithuanian film archives.The historical context of the events establishes the view that the occupation, and at the same time the Second World War, ended for Lithuania in 1993. August 31 after the Soviet army left the country. kinofondas.lt
Think carefully before you hunt, because you could become the hunted.
Almost all Jews in South Africa originally came from Lithuania. As early as the 19th century, a handful of them reached the shores of South Africa. Those who made the trip became successful artists, entrepreneurs and activists, while those who stayed behind were massacred by Nazis and Lithuanian collaborators. The film explores how these bittersweet circumstances have constructed the identities of South African Litvaks. Personal recounts and anecdotes paint the tragedy of the Holocaust, hopes of a new life in South Africa, as well as unique bonds for the future. (Lithuanian Film Center)
Two teenagers are very keen on making love with a girl. The girl cares about money. The boys dont have any. Dissapointed they turn to the streets and wind-up in the middle of an armed robbery. The teenage boys wait for the robbers and steals their loot. Happy they rush back to the girl. Without knowing what the bags of the loot contain.
Archaeological exploration encourages the filmmaker to reflect on the flow of time and life.
Film about former battles of World War II veteran, machine gunner Danutė Stanelienė.
