The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler 2009

7.20

Irena Sendler is a Catholic social worker who has sympathized with the Jews since her childhood, when her physician father died of typhus contracted while treating poor Jewish patients. When she initially proposes saving Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto, her idea is met with skepticism by fellow workers, her parish priest, and even her own mother Janina.

2009

Highlander: The Source

Highlander: The Source 2007

4.00

The world is falling into chaos. As he roams a crumbling city, Duncan MacLeod, the Highlander, remembers happier times before the love of his life left... Hopeless and alone, MacLeod finds his way to a band of immortal companions, including his mysterious friend Methos, and a mortal, Watcher Joe Dawson. Together this small group sets out on a quest to find the origin of the first Immortal.

2007

Ignotas Comes Back

Ignotas Comes Back 1956

1

Based on the novel by the famous Lithuanian writer A. Gudaitis-Guzevičius “The Truth of Blacksmith Ignotas” about the revolutionary events of 1918-1919. in Lithuania, about the struggle of workers for Soviet power, for the freedom of their homeland.

1956

Warrior Angels

Warrior Angels 2002

4.40

Elizabeth of Cooke (Joanna Pacula), a beautiful and valiant warrior returns from the Crusades to discover that her son Peter (Sander Kolosov) has been taken by Grekkor (Rutger Hauer), an ex-Lord wreaking havoc throughout the land. She sets out to locate and save Peter.

2002

Meilė ir išdavystė

Meilė ir išdavystė 1984

1

A documentary about the post-war struggle against "bourgeois nationalists".

1984

Whose Land Is This?

Whose Land Is This? 1988

1

A documentary by director Algirdas Tarvydas, exploring the emerging ideas at the dawn of the Lithuanian Rebirth about restoring the Lithuanian rural population to the status of landowners. The film focuses on specific individuals and presents four possible models: the so-called "family contract" system encouraged by Mikhail Gorbachev, homestead farming, the "individual land sector," and land granted for perpetual use.

1988

Lithuanian Film Diaries

Lithuanian Film Diaries 1991

1

The histories of the Lithuanian state and Lithuanian cinema intertwine. The film incorporates documentary footage from various Lithuanian directors, excerpts from feature and animated films, and interviews with people.

1991

Should I bring in

Should I bring in "Antį" now? 1988

1

Chronicle of summer 1988: "Antis" band concert, collective actions at the Baltic Sea, political sensations on TV, and clashes with the police

1988

Everything is going well

Everything is going well 1986

1

The film’s protagonist, P. Pūras, has dedicated his life to working diligently at the Žiežmariai clinic. He is not a doctor, yet the institution’s daily operations would be unimaginable without him—he is a jack-of-all-trades: driver, electrician, plumber. He performs every task willingly and joyfully, never engaging in conflict with others or himself, never questioning whether helping someone will bring him any benefit. He simply works, and that brings him satisfaction. Šablevičius portrays a man who maintains his optimism and inner clarity in any situation.

1986

The Estonian Language Lesson

The Estonian Language Lesson 1984

1

A film about Jonas Kaušpadas, a teacher at the Eight-year-old school of the Viru district of Estonia, who came to Estonia to get acquainted with Estonian culture, bring Lithuanian and Estonian people closer together.

1984

Singers

Singers 1989

1

About the folklore ensemble of elderly village singers.

1989

Bernardas Brazdžionis. The Return

Bernardas Brazdžionis. The Return 1998

1

Film about the visit of Lithuanian émigré poet Bernardas Brazdžionis to Lithuania in 1989. The poet travels across Lithuania, reciting his poetry at meetings with compatriots and speaking about life, the poet's mission, and creativity.

1998

It Was, It Was, as if It Never Was

It Was, It Was, as if It Never Was 1986

1

A colourful, fun children's film about a little girl who observes the strange, funny, interesting and even scary things that are happening around her.

1986

Scar

Scar 1985

1

A film about the pupils of the Čiobiškis Special School, children abandoned by their parents on the margins of society, the film sensitively portrays a huge wound in society.

1985

Būkite sveiki, ufonautai!

Būkite sveiki, ufonautai! 1979

1

A film that ridicules alcoholics, comparing them to aliens from outer space, pigs, goats and so on.

1979

Džokonda ketvirtame aukšte

Džokonda ketvirtame aukšte 1977

1

A shopper walks through what was then the largest department store in Lithuania - VCUP (Vilnius Central Department Store) and asks the sales staff to smile.

1977

Barnabas Stipruolis

Barnabas Stipruolis 1984

1

A film about circus veterans. The main characters of the film are Barnabas, a power juggler, Jonas Ramanauskas, a folk artist of the LSSR, and Jadvyga Stankutė-Ramanauskienė, an acrobat. Both are long retired, but even in their cosy homes, their memories of the circus do not leave them, so the film recalls the interesting and sad history of Lithuanian circus.

1984

Paskutinė vienkiemio vasara

Paskutinė vienkiemio vasara 1970

1

Moving people from homesteads to settlements. Families are filmed and interviewed in their old backyards just before they move out.

1970