Capsule 2023
A memory capsule of the Academy as it is to us - skipping lectures, partying and discovering deep connections with fellow students.
A memory capsule of the Academy as it is to us - skipping lectures, partying and discovering deep connections with fellow students.
Two strangers accidentally meet on a train and immediately find it hard to communicate. Too Young to Drive is a story about the hardship of finding ways to each other. Every year over ten thousand divorces are registered in Lithuania. At times when various means of communication are available to us, we are struggling to find ways and time to talk to a person close to us. Two people. One train. Different directions.
Max goes on a date with another guy, Tadas, whom he met online. Max feels uncomfortable and timid so Tadas decides to act on his own initiative. He tries to get to know Max as they embark on a night ride around the city but Max is evasive to talk about himself. Max feels torn between his feelings and Tadas' pressure. Eventually he breaks down and reveals his true identity.
Ieva is a teenager who’s facing the day of her grandmother‘s funeral. All Ieva wants is to say goodbye to her grandmother in her own way, but this goal is interfered with by the domestic problems of such processions and the growing distance between Ieva and her mother.
Two girls are trying to get drugs in late-hour Vilnius while their adventures open up woeful city's nightlife, full of apathy and failed communication.
Two brothers work in the forest. By accident tree falls on one of them and when painful secret is revealed brotherly love starts hanging by a thread.
A talkative taxi driver roams the nightly streets. An apathetic girl enters his car. The two don't seem to connect, until she asks to make a stop with intent to cause harm upon someone. Does their shared trip even have a destination?
Left homeless after a fight with her sister Yana spends 24 hours desperately looking for a place to stay.
Middle-aged Arūnas is looking for a way to escape the pain of his wife's betrayal, while 17-year-old Ilona is looking for a substitute for the father she never had. Two strangers meet in the night to lean on each other's pain.
Short film about a girl who can never be on time.
It's the end of the 90s, a 16-year-old Inga living in a small village is prepared to drop everything and get out. The teenager is trying to escape her own youth as fast as possible, although her friends are trying to warn her of the dangers of her journey.
Divorced couple Bernardas and Silvia live together, avoiding interaction through a strict schedule. Unexpectedly, Lukas arrives with a cryptic message for Silvia. As they navigate this twist, Bernardas recalls how they met through a similar ad. Tensions rise, love rekindles, and desires resurface. Closer explores love's complexities, unexpected encounters, and self-discovery in a poignant and emotionally charged tale of second chances.
It's a sad comedy about twenty something's generation and the question 'if somewhere is better?'
A mute guy struggles to fit in at a construction site. Tensions rise among the workers when a colleague gets badly injured.
Alexei, after spending 15 years in prison, is released on probation. It is difficult for him to accept the new order. Ridden with guilt, he tries to come to terms with his daughter Maja, who has become a prostitute.
Domas is a kleptomaniac. He works in a sport club through an integration program which helps people with mental disorders to return to society. One day he does not manage to resist and steals a bag from a young doctor Simona, who is living through an existential crisis. She asks his help to find her things. Domas feels ashamed, but he cannot confess. He offers her a ride home. Together they go on a journey through the night in Vilnius, their painful experiences reveal as well as a fragile, but at the same time impossible connection between them sets up.
A documentary to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Faculty of Film and Television.
If you had the chance to make a film, what would it be? "The Egg" is a documentary about people who have ideas for films - the kind of films they want to make. The characters themselves present their ideas, and some of the stories they tell are immediately brought to life on screen.
Despite turning 30 this year, there are still some myths and legends about the Faculty of Film and Television yet to be uncovered.
It is late at night in the city. A middle-aged woman hears garage doors opening. A young girl Saulė returns to her mother’s house frightened. The mother sees her daughter standing soaked from the rain, so she tries to find out why she suddenly came back. After a few unsuccessful mother’s attempts to start a conversation, the daughter admits that her ex-boyfriend is stalking her. Watching her being upset the mother gets the idea to take revenge on the boyfriend.