2018 archive
Lithuanian Animated Shorts

You are warmly invited to discover the most contemporary animated short films, made by Lithuanian animation talents. (2018)

After Death Before Hell
After Death Before Hell #

A story of a girl who is trying to deal with illness inside her imagination. Imagining illness as Lion and herself as a Unicorn she goes through different stages of accepting illness.

Directed by: Tomas Ramanauskas Producer: Agnė Adomėnė Screenplay: Tomas Ramanauskas Country: Lithuania Language: English with Lithuanian subtitles Year of release: 2017 Running time: 10:19 min Age recommendation: N-14

Bluebeard
Bluebeard #

It seems that a piece of someone’s beard is kept in the dark labyrinth of a monastery. The beard is blue, sky-blue to be exact. Why must it remain hidden? Is it a relic of Bluebeard, the wife-murderer who had such great power of attraction? Is it still dangerous? Or attractive?

Directed by: Giedrė Narušytė Boots Producer: Rasa Miškinytė Screenplay: Giedrė Narušytė Boots Country: Lithuania / Belgium Language: No dialogue Year of release: 2017 Running time: 4:35 min Age recommendation: N-14

Conversations
Conversations #

“Conversations” is a short animation that celebrates the rituals and quirkiness of every day interactions, ranging from the silent to the overwhelming.

Directed by: Emilija Juzeliūnaitė Producer: Emilija Juzeliūnaitė Screenplay: Emilija Juzeliūnaitė Country: Lithuania Language: No dialogue Year of release: 2016 Running time: 2 min Age recommendation: N-14

Here
Here #

Poetic, sound, musical, audiovisual animation, which went on to the inner quest for immortality. Anxiety is that somebody is watching us from there or here.

Directed by: Virgis Malčius Producer: Virgis Malčius Screenplay: Virgis Malčius Country: Lithuania Language: Music video in Lithuanian with no subtitles Year of release: 2017 Running time: 4:22 min Age recommendation: N-14

Last Stop Is The Moon
Last Stop Is The Moon #

A story of a girl who is trying to deal with illness inside her imagination. Imagining illness as Lion and herself as a Unicorn she goes through different stages of accepting illness.

Directed by: Birutė Sodeikaitė Producer: Agnė Adomėnė Screenplay: Birutė Sodeikaitė Country: Lithuania / Poland Language: English with Lithuanian subtitles Year of release: 2017 Running time: 9 min Age recommendation: N-14

Look
Look #

Human activity does not always have a positive outcome to our planet. Animated film “Look” looks at natural cycles between humans and animals. Dare to look and change the world.

Directed by: Meinardas Valkevičius Producers: Akvilė Bliujūtė, Meinardas Valkevičius Screenplay: MeinArt komanda Country: Lithuania Language: No dialogue Year of release: 2017 Running time: 3:30 min Age recommendation: N-14

My Birth
My Birth #

“My Birth” is a confrontation with the fear of nocturnal forests, its dwellers and deep darkness.

Directed by: Eglė Mameniškytė Producer: Eglė Mameniškytė Screenplay: Eglė Mameniškytė Country: Lithuania Language: No dialogue Year of release: 2017 Running time: 3:19 min Age recommendation: N-14

Running Lights
Running Lights #

This is a story about the eternal miracle of life and death. The unfortunate death of a wild hare turns into a remarkable experience for children who find his body and bury it in a sand box. Now buried, the hare’s life fades away and dozens of magical creatures that lived inside him leave his body in search for a new home. The hare’s life ends by merging with nature, but is reborn in the plants and animals around it. This fairy-tale for children encourages us to think about what death is.

Directed by: Gediminas Šiaulys Producer: Miglė Pelakauskė Screenplay: Andrius Kirvela, Gediminas Šiaulys Country: Lithuania/ India/ Finland Language: No dialogue Year of release: 2017 Running time: 10 min Age recommendation: N-14

Woods
Woods #

The old hermit scientist tries to catch the mythical creature, which lives in the forest and glows in the dark, in order to complete his Exclusive Collection. He constructs a trap but soon gets into the uncomfortable situation himself.

Directed by: Ignas Meilūnas Producers: Kristina Ramanauskaitė, Ingrida Kolytė – Stašinskė, Ignas Meilūnas, Ramojus Petrauskas, Aurimas Pukevičius Screenplay: Ignas Meilūnas Country: Lithuania Language: No dialogue Year of release: 2017 Running time: 12 min Age recommendation: N-14