09 20 – 09 30 www.kinofestivalis.lt Lithuanian photographer Vitas Luckus includes many personal stories by his contemporaries, a lion cub and a lot of love between him and his wife Tatyana.
“Woman and the Glacier” *
Directed by Audrius Stonys, Lithuania, Estonia, 2016, documentary, 56 min., L: LT, T: EN Sunday, 09 30, 1 pm “Tautos namai” * Kazakhstan. Tian Shan mountains. Tuiuksu glacier. Glaciological station in the height of 3500 m. Here, for thirty years lives a woman. Totally alone and without any connection with the civilized world. She devoted all her life to science to keep her finger on the pulse of the planet. A story of the fragile Woman and the eternal Glacier.
“The Hum of Solitude” *
Directed by Agnė Marcinkevičiūtė, Lithuania, 2014, documentary, 34 min., L: LT, T: EN, N-7 Jolita Skablauskaitė and her exceptional mystery, gothic aesthetics and archaic worldview stand out in Lithuanian literature. Who is she, the authoress of this dreadful and queer world? What is the source of such suggestive vision? Tuesday, 09 25, 6 pm Kaunas Artists’ House *
“Europe54° 54‘ - 25° 19‘”
Directed by Deimantas Narkevičius, Lithuania, 1997, video film, 8 min., L: EN, T: LT “It is a very simple documentary about how I travelled from my ex-apartment to the geographical centre of Europe”.
“Lithuanian Energy”
Directed by Deimantas Narkevičius, Lithuania, 2000, , 18 min., L: LT, T: EN A documentary studio about an electric energy company is also a story about Elektrėnai, a town built during the Soviet occupation. The industrial town was meant to become a prime example of modernist ethos and a symbol of the Lithuanian technological revolution.
“Revisiting Solaris”
Directed by Deimantas Narkevičius, Lithuania, Germany, 2007, video film, 19 min., L: LT, T: EN In the film, Donatas Banionis appears in his role as Chris Kelvin again more than forty years after Andrei Tarkovsky’s “Solaris” was made. “Revisiting Solaris” is based on the last chapter of the book, the part that had been left out of Tarkovsky’s version. EXPERIENCES Friday, 09 21, 8:50 pm “Tautos namai” Saturday, 09 27 6 pm “Romuva”
“Milk”
Directed by Heather Young, Canada, 2017, short film, 14 min., L: EN, T: LT, N-13 A young employee of a rural dairy farm is experiencing anxiety regarding her unexpected pregnancy. She finds it difficult to ignore her feelings as she is surrounded by pregnant cows on the farm whose milk she helps to collect after they give birth.
2018
SEPTEMBER
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