In Soviet-occupied Lithuania, two young pioneers, Vasia and Goopis, are assigned to serve on the mysterious "Red Wall." They embark on a journey through a bleak, industrial landscape where collective farms and cities have been transformed into machines that torment people, and the tentacles of the totalitarian system reach every corner of the world. Realizing that the wall is made of living flesh, Vasia and Goopis decide to escape.
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 humorous story centered on a futuristic dairy museum
An artistic documentary movie about Lithuanian ethnoculture. In "Semme" the ethnoculture is brought to light through the beauty of nature, folklore and believes of ancestors. The main emphasis is on the Baltic heritage. Three main characters of "Semme" are eager to preserve the old ethnocultural traditions: cartographer Tadas Sidiskis, pagan priest Jonas Trinkunas, folk craftsmen Algirdas Verseckas. The main purpose of "Semme" is to reveal the alternative views to the old traditions and the national identity. Movie will show trip to old forest, pagan customs and offerings, medieval crafts.
In 1991, when Lithuania's statehood was threatened, the whole country responded to the call to defend independence. People from the capital and various cities and towns across the country traveled to Vilnius to guard the most important state objects and stood guard over them for days on end.
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.
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.
An experimental film about a meaningless end.
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.
Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania killed a proud and powerful Uro while hunting and then dreamt of a howling iron wolf. The pagan priest Lizdeika prophesied: "A capital will arise here, its power and beauty will be legendary throughout the world. Its glory will be as mighty as the howl of the iron wolf...".
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.
