Glastnost and Lithuania’s eventual independence from the USSR open up the possibility of examining previously banned subjects: death, postwar resistance and – as in We Were at Our Own Field – the damage done by the Soviet occupation and the simple longing for home.
"Shine" is an animated short film, which pictures a symbolic fight for the Lithuanian language during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This is a poetic ode to Lithuania and its difficult struggle to keep the Lithuanian language alive through the historical changes. Dramatic exile to Siberia, Lithuanian book smuggling, and various movements for independence portrayed through various symbolic metaphors.
Clay animation film by John Biliūno tale "Light of Happiness." That's an allegoric tale about an insurmountable mountain, at the top of which glow the light of happiness - source of freedom, love and hope.
Valdemaras Isoda got hooked on cinema since five. This addiction never went away. He is not a film director, he is not a screenwriter, nor a critic. He is a man who had been too good for Hollywood.
This is a story about humans and things, where people wander, searching, trying to find and wants to be found, about lost and found buttons and about the invisible yarns that connects.
Originally called "From Hell to Hell and Back to Heaven". Only in the final stages of production, when the film was almost complete, that the events of the hero were noticeable with biblical events.
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.
A film about M. K. Čiurlionis Art Gymnasium (formerly Vilnius Art School) and its students.
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?
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.
G.H.1 investigates the bond between a human and an animal, and also the connection between one dog and another. A pet owner, stroking their companion for the last time, knows this: what stays forever is not sadness or pain, but the memory of true friendship and love.
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?
A poetic film by director Vytenis Imbrasas about Lithuania's disappearing water and windmills.
A poetic documentary study representing the life, paintings, and music of M. K. Čiurlionis.
Seeking a sense of freedom and a break from everyday chaos, four friends wander through places in Vilnius Old Town that most people never see. Together, they discover a hidden part of the city where they seem to become invisible, the world feels calmer, and their bond grows stronger.
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.
