How many different lives we see from the parade side, and what is behind the curtain, only those closest to us see. With these films, their creators reveal what we don't see in everyday life: the complicated world of childhood, violence against the weaker, atrocities and reverberations of the past. The program encourages a critical look at what we live now and what we lived in the past.
The program was compiled in the short film program curation workshop for seniors "Cinema Trips" organized by "Lithuanian Shorts". The activities of the agency are financed by the Lithuanian Council of Culture.
FILMS
Number One / Number One
Dir. Milda Augustaitytė / documentary / Lithuania / 2023 / 15 min.
Twelve-year-old Arianas and his partner are preparing for the championship of Lithuanian standard and Latin American dances. Dancers of sports dances at an early age must understand the world of adults - learn to demonstrate masculinity, seduce women, sell themselves. But is that enough to win the championship?
Mint / On Purpose
Dir. Adas Burškaitis / acting / Lithuania / 2023 / 15 min.
8-year-old Mēta must urgently find help for her injured dog.
One Life / One Life
Dir. Marija Stonytė / documentary / Lithuania / 2019 / 19 min.
A butterfly born on a private farm is sold to become an event decoration. His journey to the concert hall reflects a creature of nature trying to survive in modern society.
Blizzard / Blizzard
Dir. Antanas Skučas, Gintarė Valevičiūtė-Brazauskienė / animated / Lithuania / 2023 / 13 min.
Winter, 1942. Laptev sea. Trofimovsk Island surrounded by the harsh arctic nature, in its background - exiles trying to survive at any cost. Here, the Soviet authorities deported thousands of residents from the occupied Baltic states, Finland, Ukraine and other places. Violence, brutality, daily life of exiles and efforts to remain human in a wild land. Isolated by the land and the elements, here a person is faced with a merciless, unspeakable nature - every day in the presence of its greatness becomes a confrontation with death. All the experiences depicted in the film are based on the undying memory of the survivors.
Reis / The Trip
Dir. Rimantas Oichenko / documentary / Lithuania / 2022 / 25 min.
in 1975 Port of Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR. The crew of the ship "Nemunėlis" says goodbye to their wives and embarks on a five-month voyage - fishing in the Atlantic Ocean off the western shores of the African continent. Although the ship moves thousands of kilometers away from the iron curtain, its shadow follows the fishermen.