Trumpa, bet diena: festivalių favoritai (Skalvija)

The program "Short but a Day: Festival Favorites" presents five short films that have traveled to the most international film festivals in the last five years. The films presented in the programs of the Cannes, Venice, Annecy, Clermont-Ferrand, Vienna, and Dresden festivals reveal the originality of Lithuanian short cinema and the distinctive features of the creators. N-13

The Last Day
Dir. Klaudija Matvejevaitė–Duškina \ Drama \ Lithuania \ 2017 \ 0.24

How would you feel if you knew the exact date of your death? The time is coming when everyone can find out. The Beloglazov family lives in an old house in Vilnius - Kolia, Lena, their daughter Sonia and their teenage son Igor. Today is the day fourteen-year-old Igor must die. Every member of the family knows this and tries to deal with the depressing wait in their own way.

The Juggler
Dir. Skirmanta Jakaitė \ Animation \ Lithuania \ 2018 \ 0.11

We live in the same house, but in different apartments, jobs, situations, beliefs, visions, each in his own personal compartment, deceiving ourselves, that the world is one and that it exists. This film is about the other side of life - the scary, unknown side that we never fully grasp, but we know is somewhere nearby, very close.

Collective Gardens
Dir. Vytautas Katkus \ Vaidybinis \ Lietuva \ 2019 \ 0.15

This is a story about a cold relationship between a father and a son, which finally perishes in the vortex of indifference.

Techno, Mother
Dir. Saulius Baradinskas \ Vaidybinis \ Lithuania \ 2021 \ 0.18

Nikita likes to listen to techno and dreams of going to Berlin and visiting the famous Berghain club. His mother Irena does not yet know about her son's dreams, so their expectations will soon cross.

Uogos
Director. Vytautas Katkus \ Action \ Lithuania \ 2022 \ 0.15

Hot summer day. The cherry branches above the garden house are full of shriveled berries, swaying from the wind and weight. A father living in the first days of retirement invites his son to help him pick cherries in the garden. Dad tries not to rush anywhere, he wants to spend as much time as possible with his son, leaving cherries in the background. While working and being in silence, the two realize that they have not used their time together properly in their 30 years. Berries help them return to their first memories and stay together longer, as if starting all over again.

Movies with English subtitles.
With English subtitles.

The program "Short, but a day: festival favorites" is part of the "Short, but a day" series of events organized by "Lithuanian Shorts". "Trumpa bet diena" is dedicated to the International Short Film Day - December 21 - and has been celebrated in Lithuania since 2017.

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