Call It by Its Real Name

Call It by Its Real Name 1973

1

Vito-Vilūnas' activities in Moscow and interwar Lithuania, the fight against the Nazis and his death in 1942.

1973

Sensitivity as Bread

Sensitivity as Bread 1979

6.00

The focus of attention in one of the earliest films by a highly prolific documentary director Edmundas Zubavicius is a veterinary clinic in Kaunas; the observation of its daily routine reveals the longing for human sympathy as if yearning for a prayer. Quite a sophisticated relation between the visual and the sound is outweighed by the junctions of poetic film language and realistic shots. They invite to contemplate the relationship between nature and man.

1979

Open the Door to Him Who Comes

Open the Door to Him Who Comes 1989

1

"To make this film was a very old dream. The shooting started in 1988, before gaining the independence. Only being of father Stanislovas was something incredible these days. Unlocked doors from his barn where were stored priceless reliquaries, books. Not locked church with artworks inside. Unconditional trust... It impressed not only me." - Audrius Stonys.

1989

Loving

Loving 2026

1

Adela and Benas fall in love over the summer, but their lives pull them apart.

2026

Romantic Ballad

Romantic Ballad 2015

1

What is the essence of romance? Romantic Ballad explores the days of the cat Micius. Are his days romantic? He believes that they are.

2015

Let Me Dream

Let Me Dream 2022

1

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

2022

XXXXX or a crowd

XXXXX or a crowd 1997

1

The film abstractly explores the crowd as a changing form composed of numerous details. Movement, density, and rhythm transform people into lines, flows, and patterns in which individuality dissolves into a common form. The crowd is perceived here not as a character in the narrative, but as a visual phenomenon, constantly changing and reforming.

1997

December 24, 1977

December 24, 1977 1970

1

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.

1970

Abipus vandenynų

Abipus vandenynų 2026

1

A documentary film dedicated to the 35th anniversary of Lithuania's independence, our nation scattered across the world, and our shared path to freedom.

2026

Paskutinė vienkiemio vasara

Paskutinė vienkiemio vasara 1970

1

Moving people from homesteads to settlements. Families are filmed and interviewed in their old backyards just before they move out.

1970

Bogdanas Longs to Stay

Bogdanas Longs to Stay 2023

6.00

Bogdanas is one of the juvenile boys held in a closed socialisation centre for various offences. All the boys are counting down the days until their summer holidays so they can go free, but Bogdanas wants to stay here and refuses to leave.

2023

Nebalta drobė

Nebalta drobė 2011

1

A documentary about art in a closed society - prison art. The protagonists, who are serving their sentences for various crimes, reveal their worldview.

2011

Strazdas - žalias paukštis

Strazdas - žalias paukštis 1990

1

A screen version of Vaitkus' own performance with the same name, based on Bronius Kutavicius's music and Sigitas Geda's verse.

1990