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On May 1, 2004, about half a dozen children were born in Lithuania. Their arrival in this world coincided with the accession of Lithuania to the European Union. At the initiative of director Arūnas Matelis, the creative group that recorded the birth of many babies returned to some of the heroes every few times. After 20 years, the director Eimantas Belickas together with the author of the script Ramune Rakauskaite chose the brightest, outstanding young people who already have something to say about their first steps upon reaching adulthood. This is a picture of the first EU generation in Lithuania.

A miniature movie, kids inhabit the landscape and communicate through the river, the sky, the air.

“Telia Play+ | Original Content” presents a deep and intimate portrait of the artist Tomas Narkevičius, better known as Free Finga, and a synthesis of his work, life and culture. This musical documentary of the artist is a never-before-seen personal story that reveals the artist’s creative path and details of his personal life. Archival footage, sensitive interviews and unique songs create an emotional journey that invites viewers to experience the artist’s world and learn the story of his rise to musical heights. “Play Sound Portraits: Free Finga”

In a few days young girl has important Art Academy revisions. All she does now is work trying to come up with the main idea for her artwork. Despite her own clearly visible distraction there are multiple outside factors hindering the creative process. Only when diving deep into her own mind, ignoring the outside world she is capable to discover and meet the main character. Only then she is able to create it.

The 19th century in the serf village of Lithuania. Young Severija and violinist Mykoliukas like each other, but their love is challenged by Geišė, a much older, though still lively and imperious, tycoon.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, filmmaker Vytautas Oškinis shared a home with his grandfather, former head of state Vytautas Landsbergis. Their quiet domestic life is punctuated by political commentary and the sounds of piano and flute. As Landsbergis revisits his most important documents and works before his fragile memory fades, Oškinis’s camera captures a story about the bond forming between generations, and about a spirited, creative mind residing in a body increasingly resistant to it. Their artistic collaboration culminates in a joint appearance on the contemporary opera stage in the film’s finale.

Fentanyl, the most popular street drug in Vilnius, is merciless to anyone who tries it. A film director attempts a noble mission. He discovers a group of drug addicts roaming the streets and begins to visit them consistently, with a vision to save at least one of them, even though they all have HIV, hepatitis and other diseases.

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.

short film by Nathalie Alonso Casale

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.

Is the legend of the transatlantic flight of Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas still relevant to the new Lithuanian generation?

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 Druzhba installation explores the cultural, political, and geographical territories that unfold in a fictional journey along the world’s longest pipeline. The project’s psycho-geographic readings of this massive oil infrastructure reveal mechanisms of power and submission that rightfully belong to the past but persist even today.

An American family goes on a NATO mission to Lithuania, where the teenage boy forms an indie rock band with a local child.

The first blueprints for rockets could be found in a treatise, Artis Magnae Artilleriae (1648) by inventor K. Simonavičius. And how many Lithuanian astronauts were there? Two. And one of them was an architect. Ozė (V. Ozarinskas, 1961-2014) was an exceptional figure in the Lithuanian cultural scene. His works stand out in their scale, depth, and originality. Especially inconvenient to the viewer is Ozė’s “black” creative period. But is black color only the symbol of despair? Astrophysicists estimate that the better part of the Universe is composed of invisible dark matter. Seems like Ozė knew that very well.

Albertas, a lift-operator, sits all day waiting for someone to ring the elevator. His wait transcends his sense of community and symbolism, a sign that someone needs him. The film, rife with surreal humor, is the documentary version of Samuel Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’.

A cartoon based on a Lithuanian fairy tale, about a tailor who managed to outwit a wolf.

The friendship of a doctor Vitolis Laumakys and an engineer Adolfas Morėnas started in 1962, while fixing a broken motorcycle. That very same year they set up an amateur film studio by the name “The Amateur”. Gradually it became one of the most successful amateur film studios in Lithuania, and their second home. In five decades they created almost a hundred of short films. Although Vitolis and Adolfas are still actively working – digitalizing their film archives, “The Amateur” is facing some unpleasent changes.