Short film. Lost in time

The five films talk about parent-child relationships, childhood in apartment building courtyards, fragile and short-lived closeness, returning to a changing city and searching for freedom on its margins. The heroes of the films wander both in the city spaces and in their inner worlds, trying to understand where their home and their identity lie.

The event is free!

The screening starts at 6 p.m., duration – 73 min. Screening rating: N-13.
The films are shown in Lithuanian with subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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The screening is organized by the Lithuanian short film agency “Lithuanian Shorts”, and is partially financed by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and Vilnius City Municipality. Partner – Trakai Vokė Manor

Program movies:

• CONCRETE CHILDREN, dir. Saulius Baradinskas, fiction, 2026, 18 min., Lithuania

“Children of Concrete” is a short film about children who grew up in the courtyards of the Soviet apartment buildings in Lithuania, who lacked parental attention and love, and who tried to survive and free themselves from the violence on the streets every day.

• PASSING NAPOLEON’S HAT, dir. Arnas Balčiūnas, fiction, 2025, 15 min., Lithuania

A son picks up his father from a psychiatric hospital and takes him home to his grandparents. The father tries to restore their relationship, but the son, like his grandparents, remains indifferent to him. They spend the day together.

• LOVING, dir. Vesta Tučkutė, fiction, 2026, 13 min., Lithuania, USA

A story about Adela and Ben, two strangers whose brief meeting in Lithuania turns into a tender but deep connection. Through small fragments of shared moments – swimming in the lake, nighttime conversations and silent farewells – the film sensitively reveals the fragile beauty of transience and the longing for love. An intimate and subtle story about how we remember, forget and preserve the people who shape us.

• ON CONDUCTOR STREET, dir. Gintė Regina, fiction, 2026, 15 min., Lithuania

In search of her grandmother’s house, a young woman returns to old Vilnius – a city where the past is rapidly disappearing for the sake of the future. She wanders the changing streets and encounters colorful locals, and as night falls, reaching her goal becomes increasingly difficult. The film is a poetic reflection on constant movement and the desire to belong.

• THE SECOND CITY, dir. Kristina Savickaitė, documentary, 2026, 12 min., Lithuania

In search of a sense of freedom and an escape from the chaos of everyday life, four friends wander through the inaccessible places of Vilnius Old Town. Together they discover a secret part of the city, where they become invisible, the world seems to calm down, and the connection grows stronger.

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