SPECIAL PROGRAMME “COME CLOSER”
Taking its name from this year’s festival theme, COME CLOSER is a special programme of six acclaimed Lithuanian short films that have gained recognition at major international film festivals since 2019, including Cannes, Berlinale, Venice, Annecy, Warsaw, goEast, Saguenay and Palm Springs ShortFest.
The selection offers a closer look at a remarkable period for Lithuanian short cinema, tracing the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers and the growing international presence of their work. From early appearances at major festivals to regular selections in international competitions, these six films reflect how far Lithuanian cinema has come in just a few years.
November 5, Thursday | 19:00 | ACUD Kino | >> TICKETS <<
November 6, Friday | 18:00 | Sputnik-Kino 1 | >> TICKETS <<
COMMUNITY GARDENS / KOLEKTYVINIAI SODAI
Drama/Comedy, D: Vytautas Katkus, 15′, LT, 2019
Director/Screenwriter/DOP: Vytautas Katkus
Editor: Laurynas Bareiša
Sound Designer: Julius Grigelionis
Production Design: Justė Vazgytė
Production: Viktoria Films
Producer: Viktorija Seniut
Contact: Lights On, https://www.lightsonfilm.com/
Cast: Vygantas Bachmackij, Arvydas Dapšys, Aistė Zabotkaitė, Jelena Juscenko
AWARDS
Concorto FF 2019 – Best Short Film
Film Fest Gent 2019 – Best International Short Film
Friss Hús Budapest ISFF 2020 – Best International Short Film Award
New Holland Island Debut IFF 2020 – Best Short Award
Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival 2020 – Grand Award
SYNOPSIS
Patriarchal masculinity seems to draw its last breath in the sun. A story about the cold relationship between a father and his son. Their bond, plagued by indifference, disintegrates completely.
LIMOUSINE / LIMUZINAS
Documentary, D: Saulė Bliuvaitė, 15′, LT, 2021
Director / Screenwriter: Saulė Bliuvaitė
DOP: Vytautas Plukas
Editor: Saulė Bliuvaitė, Ignė Narbutaitė
Music Composer: Ernestas Kaušylas
Sound Designer: Iveta Macevičiūtė
Producer: Kristina Ramanauskaitė, Giedrė Burokaitė
Production: Magic Films
Contact: Giedrė Burokaitė
While driving around in limousines, groups of people from different generations and backgrounds struggle to find the best way to have the fun they desire.
DUMMY/ATKŪRIMAS
Drama/Crime, D: Laurynas Bareiša, 2020, 13′, LT
Director/Screenwriter/DOP/Editing: Laurynas Bareiša
Sound Designer: Julius Grigelionis
Production: Afterschool
Producer: Klementina Remeikaitė
Contact: Varicoloured
Cast: Dmitrijus Denisiukas, Kęstutis Stasys Jakštas, Giedrius Kiela, Artūras Lepiochinas, Karolis Maiskis, Paulius Markevičius, Indrė Patkauskaitė
SYNOPSIS
A crime scene inspection in the woods: the perpetrator re-enacts the brutal crime in minute detail using a faceless doll. Surprisingly, he is not the one being judged.
IN PERPETUUM / IN PERPETUUM
Puppet Animation, D: Birutė Sodeikaitė, 2024, 11, LT / CA
Director / Producer / Editor: Birutė Sodeikaitė
DOP: Evan DeRushie
Editor: Kaisa Pitsi
Animation: Akash Jones, Corinne Roy, Kyla Atlas
Sound / Music: Sacha Ratchliffe
Puppets: Birutė Sodeikaitė, Sylwia Nowak, Molly Grundy, Benjamin Fieschi-Rose
Producer: Stop Motion Department
Contact: Birutė Sodeikaitė
Actress: Vaiva Kvedaravičiūtė, Deantha Edmunds-Ramsay (Voice Over)
SYNOPSIS
A young woman is going through metamorphosis of becoming a mother.
TECHNO, MAMA/ TECHNO, MAMA
Drama / Queer, D: Saulius Baradinskas, 2021, 18′, LT
Director / Writer: Saulius Baradinskas
DOP: Vytautas Katkus
Editor: Karolis Labutis
Music Composer: Rob Meyer
Sound Designer: Andrius Krisčiūnas
Production: Viktoria Films
Producer: Viktorija Seniut
Contact: Lights On
Cast: Motiejus Aškelovičius, Neringa Varnelytė, Kasparas Varanavičius, Urtė Strolaitė, Algirdas Galkus
AWARDS:
FilmFestival Cottbus 2021– Best Short Film
Scanorama IFF 2021 – Best Short Film
International Music Film Festival 2022 – Best Short Film
Mieres International Short Film Festival 2022 – Best Actor
Drama International Short Film Festival 2022 – Grand Prix, Human Values
Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival 2022 – Best International Short Film
Visioni Corte Film Festival 2022 – Best Film
Litauisches Kino Goes Berlin Festival 2022 – Audience Award
SYNOPSIS
Nikita loves listening to techno and dreams of going to “Berghain”. His mother Irena knows nothing about her son’s desires – and shortly, their mutual expectations will collide.
OOTIDĖ / OOTID
Drama / Coming-of-Age, D: Eglė Razumaitė, 2024, 10′, FR / LT
Director / Writer / Editor: Eglė Razumaitė
DOP: Nojus Drąsutis
Sound Designer: Auksė Jurevičiūtė
Composer: Thomas Franz Seber
Production: Plopsas
Contact: Varicoloured
Producer: Lineta Lasiauskaitė
Co-production: Videoformes
Actors: Smiltė Einingė, Auksė Bružaitė, Liepa Paliulytė, Ema Venckutė, Emilija Sabaliauskaitė
SYNOPSIS
At a summer camp, rumors swirl as girls piece together different versions of why one of their friends mysteriously left for home.