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A humorous story centered on a futuristic dairy museum

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 documentary is based on authentic witness stories and unique archival shots. The main heroes of the film, the then 20-year-olds, after 25 years, remember the events of January 1991, which led to their further fate. The stories are illustrated by the footage stored in personal archives and not yet seen before, which reveals the events of the night of January 13 and the eve of January. In 1991, the filmed amateur shots speak witnesses of the events at the TV tower and the Radio and Television Committee. As a result of the injuries, they testify directly from the hospital wards about the events of the seizure of the most important objects of the country.

The film tells the short story of a love song born in Soviet-era Užupis in the 1970s, where, beneath a tightly regulated reality, the spirit of freedom flickers and minstrels in long maxi coats roam the streets.

Christmas Eve, the Soviet era, everyone is working. At the State Opera and Ballet Theatre, the longest performance, Swan Lake, is coming to an end, in which Rūta dances a swan in the corps de ballet.

Talented and charismatic, Lithuanian photographer Virgilijus Šonta was brutally murdered, the perpetrator never found, and the case closed. Thirty years later, we embark on a detective’s journey, delving into the enigmatic life and tragic double existence encoded in his photographs.

Haunted by childhood trauma, 32-year-old Roland turns to tantra and shamanic rituals for healing. But his most unexpected therapeutic practice is repairing washing machines. As he fixes what’s broken, he asks: is it true that real men don’t cry?

The film tells the story of the work of the first border guards at the dawn of Lithuania's independence. The controversial and tragic events at the border, the circumstances of which have not been widely disclosed until now.

In the film, 5 people from diverse backgrounds and gender identities are sharing their experiences of love and sex, from avoidance of intimacy, commitment phobia, to addictive behaviours. Together with a composer and a choreographer, through movement, conversations, and musical improvisation, they explore vulnerabilities and celebrate diversities.

A careful gardener is trying to expel a mole that has invaded his plot. That was not the case - the animal is not so simple!

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.

The main character in a hurry does not notice the signs of life. It could be a gentle love story about two very different but at the same time identical characters, but will it be? The main question remains: will it be possible for man not to become an eternal hostage of time?

A peculiar interpretation of the events which got a big response in Lithuania, France and abroad. The story brings us to a fateful night in one of Vilnius hotels. Seemingly trivial conversation between two men about life, creation and unfortunate love gets more and more strained with every word until it comes to the verge of conflict. One fateful night in Vilnius became the tragic end of the love story of a film actress and a rock star.

A time when humanity as a whole refuses to common perception. The time when God is dead, and the man left to his own fate, dies hard, and looks for answers. The way man should go to his unique vision of the world is based on the testing method, how many of his explorations he can afford. If you go too far, you won’t come back. This is the price paid by an individual trying to investigate the limits of body and mind whims. Here comes the clash between the body and mind, between the individual and society, between morality and what is not compatible with it, after all, and between life and death.

A parody of the creative freedom of fashion in overly in-depth amateur movies.

To the island where one man is living under on apple-tree arrives another and decides that the shadow of the apple-tree does not allow to grow - maybe - to a palm.

This is the big story of a tiny country of just 2.8 million people. It tells the story of the path of scientists, of the unforgettable eureka moments, of unique inventions that are both astonishing in their abundance and engaging in the story of a new, safer, and more sustainable world that we can build together.