Vilnius Film Festival 2022

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Beatrix (Country: Austria; Year: 2021; Director: Milena Czernovsky, Lilith Kraxner; Writer: Milena Czernovsky, Lilith Kraxner; Stars: Marthe de Crouy-Chanel, Katharina Farnleitner, Eva Sommer)
Beatrix is home alone in a house that is not hers.
Feature Film About Life (Country: Lithuania, US; Year: 2021; Director: Dovile Sarutyte; Writer: Dovile Sarutyte; Stars: Agne Misiunaite, Nele Savicenko, Kestutis Stasys Jakstas, Inga Maskarina, Romualdas Lavrinovicius, Laima Akstinaite, Aldona Janusauskaite, Sarunas Puidokas, Vaidotas Martinaitis)
A woman finds herself in increasingly curious situations after the death of her father.
Moneyboys (Country: Austria, France, Belgium, Taiwan; Year: 2021; Director: Chen Yilin Bo; Writer: Chen Yilin Bo; Stars: Yufan Bai, Kai Ko, Zhexi Lin, Chloe Maayan)
Fei works illegally as a hustler in order to support his family, yet when he realises they are willing to accept his money but not his way of life, there is a major breakdown in their relations.
Pilgrims (Piligrimai) (Country: Lithuania; Year: 2021; Director: Laurynas Bareisa; Writer: Laurynas Bareisa; Stars: Gabija Bargailaite, Jolanta Dapkunaite, Zygimante Jakstaite, Giedrius Kiela, Paulius Markevicius, Indre Patkauskait)
A pair of old friends revisit the scene of a crime with unexpected consequences.
Rampart (Country: Serbia; Year: 2021; Director: Marko Grba Singh; Writer: Marko Grba Singh; Stars: Dobrivoje Radoja, Zoran Grba Singh, Natasa Grba Singh, Dragoslav Adamovic, Nenad Adamovic, Dubravka Adamovic, Ivana Kojic Adamovic, Jovana Adamovic, Tijana Adamovic, Marko Grba Singh)
Marko spends time in his abandoned childhood apartment in Belgrade. Traces of the past are being drawn and memories, both idyllic and traumatic, are combined.
Silent Land Silent Land
Silent Land and Moneyboys
Silent Land (Country: Poland, Czech Republic, Italy; Year: 2021; Director: Agnieszka Woszczynska; Writer: Piotr Litwin, Piotr Litwin, Agnieszka Woszczynska; Stars: Dobromir Dymecki, Agnieszka Zulewska, Jean-Marc Barr, Alma Jodorowsky, Marcello Romolo, Claudio Bigagli, Elvis Esposito, Gennaro Iaccarino, Ibrahim Keshk, Cezary Kosinski)
A couple find their relationship going south after a trip to an Italian holiday home begins to be fraught with problems.
The Staffroom (Zbornica) (Country: Croatia; Year: 2021; Director: Sonja Tarokić; Writer: Sonja Tarokić; Stars: Marina Redžepović, Stojan Matavulj, Nives Ivanković, Maja Posavec, Sandra Lončarić)
When a counsellor starts work at a new school, we see the kind of people the staffroom teachers are, witnessing their petty conflicts and the power games that go on behind the scenes.
Super Natural (Country: Portugal; Year: 2022; Director: Jorge Jácome; Writer: Jorge Jácome, André Teodósio, José Maria Vieira Mendes; Stars: Milton Branco, Alexis Fernandes, Diogo Freitas, Bernardo Graça, Bárbara Matos, Celestine Ngantonga Ndzana, Maria João Pereira, Isabel Gomes Teixeira, Mariana Tembe)
Experimental film that talks and listens, that interferes and seeks out those who are beholding it.
They Carry Death (Eles Transportan A Morte) (Country: Spain, Colombia; Year: 2021; Director: Samuel M Delgado, Helena Girón; Writer: Samuel M Delgado, Helena Girón; Stars: Xoán Reices, Valentín Estévez, David Pantaleón, Sara Ferro, Nuria Lestegás, Xoán Reices, Valentín Estévez, David Pantaleón, Sara Ferro, Nuria Lestegás)
1492. Among the crew captained by Christopher Columbus, travel three men who should have been dead by now. They have managed to avoid their sad fate by participating in this uncertain journey. The film follows the trip.
Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre) (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2021; Director: Julie Lecoustre, Emmanuel Marre; Writer: Julie Lecoustre, Emmanuel Marre; Stars: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Jonathon Sawdon, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Mara Taquin, Alexandre Perrier)
Cassandra is a flight attendant for a low-cost airline. Based in Lanzarote, she’s always willing to take on extra hours and carries out her duties with robotic efficiency. On the side, she just goes with the flow and floats between Tinder, parties and lazy days. When she suddenly gets dismissed, she is forced to return home. Will Cassandre find the force to confront what she was running away from?
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