As the celebrations of Lithuania's statehood are approaching, we invite you to choose films that encourage schoolchildren's citizenship, introduce them to moments of Lithuanian history and inspiring feats of Lithuanians. The list consists of films from Lithuanian cinema classics to news that have just reached cinemas.
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Films that educate citizenship
1991 in Latvia. Nineteen-year-old Jazis and his friends Ana and Zepa are future filmmakers who dream of making films and are in a hurry to enjoy the freedom of youth. Unfortunately, the collapse of the region's political system destroys their plans, family ties, and friendship. Participating in peaceful resistance becomes a defining moment in their maturity.
"January" is an autobiographical look at the political turmoil of the early 1990s that changed the lives of people in the former Soviet Union.
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"></font> Recommended for students from 5-12 grades.
"The Children of American Hotel"
1972 Kaunas. Young people secretly gather in the basement of the former "Amerikas" hotel. Here we try to catch the waves of the Luxembourg radio station, where the music of the free world is played. The young people even write a letter of interest to Radio Luxembourg, but it ends up in the hands of an English teacher. The KGB is interested in this suspicious group, which Rina joins. Borrowing an older friend's car, the young people go to Palanga, to the Lithuanian Woodstock. The gathering is disrupted by the militia. This is a film about the generation of Lithuanian "hippies", about the time when Romas Kalanta burned down, the emigration of artists began, and the activities of the secret services became more active.
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"></font> Recommended for students from 5-12 grades.
"How We Played the Revolution"
In the time of François Rabelais, people knew that carnivals destroy the normal order. Under Mikhail Gorbachev, it became clear to them that carnivals destroy empires. The film tells the story of a joke that took place in the mid-XNUMXs, when there were still no signs of revival in Lithuania, and during the New Year's Carnival of Young Architects in Kaunas, the rock band "Antis" was created as a joke.
Impressive circus-like make-up and props, stylized performances, bitter and sharp texts created an aggressive caricature of Soviet life. Quickly and unexpectedly even for the members of the group, "Antis" became the most prominent flag bearer of the Singing Revolution and a mass phenomenon that attracted thousands of followers. This is the story of a small country, its special period and the people who, despite the danger, won their Independence with a smile on their face and a song on their lips.
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"></font> Recommended for students from 5-12 grades.
A film for those who look to the future and want to learn more about Lithuanian scientific inventions.
"The story of the future. Lithuania"
It's a big story about a little one, just 2,8 million. the most populous country - Lithuania. Documentary film "The history of the future. Lithuania" is intended to inspire the younger generation to choose studies at Lithuanian universities. It tells about the path of scientists, about unforgettable eureka moments, about unique inventions, the abundance of which is overwhelming, and includes it in the story of a new, safer and more sustainable world that we can create together. Lithuanian science is presented as an integrated ECO system, in which one link cannot function without the others. It's an amazing journey where only scientists go. The film presents 16 scientific inventions - projects. Even 6 of them are world-class - having seen the world of science for the first time in Lithuania. These are the famous "gene scissors" that can "cut out" hereditary diseases, and the world record for the efficiency of solar cells achieved by a group of scientists and the invention of the "elixir of life". This is the first mobile voice scanning app in the world and the unique Lithuanian tool NAAS for the prevention of information threats. And this is only a small part of the inventions of Lithuanian university scientists, which we invite you to familiarize yourself with in the film "Future History. Lithuania".
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"></font> Recommended for students from 5-12 grades.
Get inspired by Lithuanians who make their country famous by doing what they love
One man, one ocean, the story of a century...
A true story about Aurimas Valujavičius, the first Lithuanian who, unaided, embarked on one of the greatest challenges of his life - an 8500 km journey across the Atlantic in the rowing boat "Lituanica", in order to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the flight of S. Darius and S. Girėnas across the Atlantic.
Immerse yourself in loneliness and euphoria, pain and joy, anxiety and hope that the Atlantic Ocean will be rowed from continental Europe to continental North America and the shores of Miami will be reached in triumph. Only these thoughts have been in Aurim's head for several years, and he is going into the open ocean after more than two years of intensive preparation for a historic and at the same time record-breaking trip. Physical preparation, psychological discipline, strict discipline and daily increasing adrenaline due to the set goal only heats up the atmosphere even more. Countless hours and days of work lead Aurimas to the long-awaited start of his journey, early on Christmas morning. His most important rule is to never stop paddling!
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"></font> Recommended for students from 5-12 grades.
"Antanas Sutkus. Scenes from the life of a photographer"
A film portrait of one of the most famous Lithuanian photographers, Antanas Sutkaus, revealing the charismatic, poised and creative maestro. Even if you get sick in old age. While preparing and traveling to the most significant exhibition of his life's work in Mannheim (Germany), Antanas plunges into painful memories of the past. However, the photography lessons that happened in Nida bring back to the students the desire to live and take pictures.
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"></font> Recommended for students from 5-12 grades.