CINEMA NIGHT, which has become an unbreakable tradition of the festival and breaks attendance records, will once again pamper the festival audience with 5 hours of good short films! The generous program includes as many as 19 inspiring, tear-jerking, eyebrow-raising or nerve-wracking movies. The movie night will take place exclusively on January 17. in all festival cities. Don't miss the chance to enjoy the most creative films of foreign and Lithuanian filmmakers of recent years!
Duration: 290 min. + 20 min. a break
MOVIES
Ashen Sun / Ashen Sun
Dir. Camille Monnier / animation / France, Belgium / 2024 / 13 min.
As the sun shines, Charlie is bored and dreams of going to the sea. Unfortunately, she is forced to stay in a seedy motel with her cousin Jess. Teenage girls disagree and play games about everything. The radio announces the impending end of the world. The pool is empty, the sun is baking and the tension is rising: the ecological apocalypse announced on the radio suddenly becomes a reality.
ballpoint pen / Left-Handed Pen
Dir. Adas Burkšaitis / feature / Lithuania / 2024 / 18 min.
A sunny summer afternoon at a suburban school. A teacher learns that her son's poorly written exam paper will ruin his dream of studying at a prestigious foreign university. The film raises questions about morality and the pressure to achieve a desired result. What compromises is the mother willing to accept to ensure a successful future for her son?
Bad For a Moment / Bad For a Moment
Dir. Daniel Soares / feature / Portugal / 2024 / 15 min.
When a company event takes a turn for the worse, the owner of an architectural studio finds himself confronted with a lower-class neighborhood that his company is gentrifying.
Montsouris Park / Montsouris Park
Dir. Guil Sela / feature / France / 2024 / 14 min.
On a sunny autumn day, Jacques and Natan are in Monsuri Park looking for interesting people for a documentary they are making. Their attention is drawn to two friends who have an unexpected moment.
Dancing in the Corner / Dancing in the Corner
Dir. Jan Bujnowski / feature / Poland / 2024 / 14 min.
in 1989 After the fall of communism in Poland, color television is no longer a luxury item. In the homes of most Poles, the screens begin to resemble the reality outside the window. But is reality really colored?
The Miracle / The Miracle
Dir. Nienke Deutz / animation / Belgium, Netherlands, France / 2023 / 15 min.
"Miracle" is a place where the sun shines constantly, endless opportunities to rest and plenty of food. But how do you settle down in such a place, where things that you don't have are constantly in front of you?
Immaculata / Immaculata
Dir. Kim Lêa Sakkal / feature / Germany, France / 2024 / 22 min.
Deria is pregnant, although she has not had sex yet. Supernatural signs appearing at the height of summer raise doubts about the true reason for its mysterious onset.
I bought / I Buy
Dir. Martynas Norvaiš / feature / Lithuania / 2024 / 8 min.
Shopping center customers list their purchases for the day in the parking lot. Item by item, their lists merge into a meditative flow of goods, in which shopping is seen not in the light of consumerism, but of existentialism.
Kawauso / Kawauso
Dir. Akihito Izuhara / animation / Japan / 2023 / 15 min.
Kawauso means Japanese river otter. One day the girl meets a Japanese river otter. They try to talk, but it doesn't work very well. This is because the Japanese river otter is already extinct and can no longer communicate with the girl.
On the Way / On the Way
Dir. Samir Karahoda / feature / Kosovo / 2024 / 15 min.
While driving a car, a child and his father engage in a complex discussion that allows a clearer understanding of the reality of today's Kosovo society.
Pigeons are dying, when the city is on fire
Dir. Stavros Markoulakis / feature / Greece, Netherlands / 2023 / 21 min.
Two guys meet on the hottest day of the year. A few hours later, a pigeon flies into their apartment and can no longer fly out. In this heat wave, everyone dreams of escaping the sweltering city.
Happy others! / Happy Next Year!
Dir. Lukas Kacinauskas / feature / Lithuania / 2024 / 18 min.
On New Year's morning, Šarūns wakes up in his bed, next to him is the barely familiar but extremely charismatic Martin, and Šarūns' girlfriend Iveta is taking a shower. A guy tries to understand what happened yesterday, and will life ever be the same again? In the meantime, Martin wishes him a happy next year.
Shoes and Hooves
Dir. Viktoria Traub / animation / Hungary / 2024 / 15 min.
Paula, a centaur who works as a pedicurist in a small town, dreams of having human feet. She agrees and falls in love at first sight with the man-crocodile Arnold. Will Paula be able to take the first steps towards her own identity? What will be the cost of her efforts to fit in and suppress her true self?
512 × 512/512 × 512
Dir. Arthur Chopin / documentary / France / 2024 / 21 min.
An Internet user enters the realm of artificial intelligence in search of René Descartes' daughter Francine. This intelligence generates an infinite number of images from a sequence of words entered by a human until it is able to function independently without human intervention. This makes possible an alternate, exhausting world that holds the entire world's memory.
Takeaway / A Wake
Dir. Marius Pocevičius / feature / Lithuania / 2025 (world premiere) / 12 min.
During the pandemic, the daughter tries to organize a funeral for her mother as traditional as possible to avoid the spread of unpleasant gossip, but the rumors still turn into chaos.
Which one / VOLCELEST
Dir. Éric Briche / animation / France / 2023 / 15 min.
Winter. In search of food, the gerbil comes to a farm where chickens are kept. His arrival threatens the fragile existence of the people living there.
You can't get what you want but you can get me
Dir. Samira Elagoz & Z Walsh / documentary / Netherlands, Finland / 2024 / 13 min.
Transgender artist couple, Samira Elagoz and Z Walsh created a heartfelt and poignant ode to their crazy love from a year's worth of photographic moments: first kiss, meeting parents, virtual sharing of seductive photos, beach wedding, gender reassignment surgery, recovery, etc.
She stays / She Stays
Dir. Marinthia Gutiérrez / feature / Mexico / 2024 / 10 min.
In the center of nighttime Tijuana, Laura awaits a confrontation with fate.
Mushrooms / Shrooms
Dir. Jorge Jácome / feature, documentary, experimental / Portugal / 2023 / 18 min.
Scientists are experimenting with the benefits of the "magic mushroom" psilocybin in treating depression. In Lisbon, Dan, a young Venezuelan, collects mushrooms in the forest and, like a modern-day Robin Hood, sends carrier pigeons around the city to those in need.