Few of Us 1996
A slow, dialogue-free film about a woman's journey in Siberia.
A slow, dialogue-free film about a woman's journey in Siberia.
Ieva, 22, comes back to her hometown Vilnius, Lithuania, after four years in Hollywood. During her first twelve hours at home, Ieva sees her mom and friends who project their false expectations on her, picturing Ieva as a successful actress and America as the land of opportunity. Ieva only reveals her doubts about her future to her ex-boyfriend Tadas. As they walk down the streets of Vilnius, Ieva notices how much her city has changed. In order to reconnect with the people and the city Ieva has to accept the fact that nothing stays the same.
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.
Champion fighter Osvald is banned from competing after injuring a girl in a street fight. Stranded in his bleak Lithuanian hometown, he takes refuge in a run-down Taiwanese restaurant owned by his only friend, Ju-Long. Court-ordered therapy leads him to Skaistė, a woman who offers a glimpse of a life he's never known. But as Osvald clings to this fragile hope, his violent past resurfaces, forcing him to choose between redemption and self-destruction.
While shooting “Flying over blue field” we lived in Birtonas sanatorium hotel. I was watching treatment procedures. People were plunging into bubble, mud and mineral water baths. They were going circles singing, were standing under cold water spouts. All this seemed like a sacred ritual, that frees from scurf of life. They were naked, like just born, without any signs of standing in society. Movie – silent impression about tired people "harbour".
The year is 2000. Aleksandra, a young prosecutor, is handling a human trafficking case. She must conduct two interrogation sessions in one day. First, Aleksandra faces Andrius – a high-school friend turned suspect, who provokes and undermines her strategy, not leaving her any breathing space. During the second interrogation, she talks with Viktorija, the victim who has personal reasons to distrust law enforcement.
At the beginning of the 1960s, when the French pioneers of cinéma vérité set out to achieve a new realism, and when direct cinema in Québec began to vie for notice, the Baltics wit-nessed the birth of a generation of documentarists who favored a more romantic view of the world around them. This meditative documentary essay – from a Latvian writer and Lithuanian director whose composed touch has long dovetailed with the stylistically diverse works of the Baltic New Wave – pushes adroitly past the limits of the common his-toriographic investigation to create a portrait of less-clearly remembered filmmakers. The result is a consummate poetic treatment of the ontology of documentary creation. Also a cinematic poem about cinema poets.
The film is based on the novel by Romualdas Granauskas, winner of the Lithuanian National Cultural and Arts Award, and is the chronicle of a young man’s shifting relationships as he adjusts rather dramatically to the unfamiliarity of freedom. The film will be shown in Lithuanian with English subtitles. Duburys won the Silver Crane Award in Lithuania. It has been selected as Lithuania’s entry for this year’s Oscar nomination in the foreign language film category. Duburys was entered in the Montreal World Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and has been invited to Cairo International Film Festival and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Based on the classic novella, "Le petit prince", by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
The film springs from at least three ideas connected to each other in an irrational way: the story of a cow being taken to the butcher, the description of simple pleasures, how to ascend to the top of a hill and descend in a wheelbarrow, and the portraiture of a several blind people. The great, big eyes of the cows are seen in contrast to the unseeing eyes of the blind people.
A wealthy, hard-working farmer has an only son. Immersed in the bohemian lifestyle of the capital, he lives a carefree life—painting pictures when he feels like it, partying when he feels like it, with girls falling into his bed one after another. It's hard to even remember their names. When life is so fun, who would dream of taking over their father's land and driving a tractor? But one day, life is turned upside down. With his head bowed, the prodigal son returns to his father.
A sad child is going to pay a visit to her mother in prison. Her solitude is immense. Sitting in the backseat, she looks on in silence outside the window while the landscape passes in front of her eyes.
Lithuania in the near future. The land is full of rich immigrants. Rich Lithuanians that were scattered throughout the world return to Lithuania to spend their golden years in luxurious nursing homes; and the laws that govern life and death provide a feeling of security... The residents of the Garden of Eden look upon this "global theatre of life" with tearful smiles and great wisdom.
The site manager of the palace of culture, sports and entertainment is thwarted by a call from his wife. Meanwhile, the children gather in the palace lobby for a martial arts session, but two boys escape.
Paris, 1955. Fraudster Georges de Valera, hiding from the police, with the help of a correspondent for the reactionary newspaper Sibilo, poses as Minister Dubov, who allegedly escaped from the Soviet Union. Sibilo's daughter explains to Georges the purpose of the planned action: to slander progressive journalists with the help of the false Dubov. De Valera, not wanting to become a participant in the provocation, goes into hiding. But instead they find another candidate for the role of Dubov...
Dancer Elena and sign language interpreter Dovydas meet and form a beautiful bond. As they dive into a new relationship, they must navigate how to build their own kind of intimacy.
Divorced couple Bernardas and Silvia live together, avoiding interaction through a strict schedule. Unexpectedly, Lukas arrives with a cryptic message for Silvia. As they navigate this twist, Bernardas recalls how they met through a similar ad. Tensions rise, love rekindles, and desires resurface. Closer explores love's complexities, unexpected encounters, and self-discovery in a poignant and emotionally charged tale of second chances.
Lithuanian provincial town is facing the economic crisis in 2008. Vytas gets fired from the factory. Pushed by his wife, he immediately starts looking for a new job, but not really successfully. After having his haircut done, Vytas starts looking for a new love affair with a hairdresser Marija, but not really successfully, either. Finally, Vytas gets involved into a third search - he starts looking for a guy who posted video on youtube, claiming he saw Jesus Christ in their town. This is the only time he succeeds.
Nikita loves to listen to techno music and dreams to go to Berlin and visit the famous club “Berghain”. His mother Irena doesn’t know about his son’s dreams and soon enough their mutual expectations will clash.
A new musical show where popular hits turn into musical riddles, and the player becomes a real detective.
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„Wild nineties“ touched almost all Lithuanian cities. Biržai was no exception. This rather powerful criminal group controlled the marketplaces, racketeed local businessmen and farmers, and tried to implement all the illegal enrichment schemes popular at the time
The trio, tired of wandering, settle in Lithuania and prepare to live a quiet life. However, an invitation from their friend Eimutis to Norway to celebrate his birthday turns into a horror - he is brutally murdered. The friends, who have promised the police not to go anywhere, begin to solve the murder themselves with the help of Rokelis from "Emigrants. Oranges". Will the friends have to work at the factory again? How will Rokelis fit into the company and will his affair with a Norwegian police officer help, or will it just hinder the investigation? And, most importantly, will they manage to find the real killer?
After being wrongly fired from Melta Cosmetics, an international beauty brand, Ana is determined to clear out her name. While chicken raising works as a cover, Ana runs underground business - Troll Farm, made to destroy shady corporations with a fake personality - Judith. The Farm sucks all Ana’s savings and time, so her beloved daughter keeps facing an empty chair at dance competitions. Throughout the season, Ana will get dirt under her nails - blinded by desire for revenge, she is turning into the same manipulative beast she’s fighting.