{"id":2943,"date":"2026-09-07T17:13:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/?p=2943"},"modified":"2026-09-12T13:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T10:06:31","slug":"some-21st-century-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/en\/prog2026-en\/some-21st-century-problems-2943\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching Up with the Present: Lithuanian Short Films"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This programme of Lithuanian short films from Vilnius Short Film Festival invites us to take a closer look at some of the concerns of contemporary life. While many of the problems we face are universal and timeless, every period has its own particular concerns, reflecting the realities of its time. At first glance, it may seem that the concerns of our time are very different from those people faced in the past.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But perhaps these contemporary concerns are simply new reflections of fundamental, universal problems? Either way, this film programme offers a chance to catch up with the present: to think about the issues of our time, look at what lies behind them, and consider our own experiences in the broader context of the challenges facing the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The programme is curated by film director, screenwriter and film programmer Lukas Kacinauskas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vilnius Short Film Festival is the leading international short film festival in Lithuania and one of the largest in the Baltic region. Every January, the festival presents the latest and most outstanding short films from around the world, bringing together filmmakers, industry professionals, and film enthusiasts. From January 20\u201326, 2027, the festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary with special film programmes and anniversary events. More about the festival: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmshorts.lt\/en\/\">www.filmshorts.lt\/en\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> September 25, 4:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> Lviv Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St., 2nd floor<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns2943_7d1d3d-64{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kt-btns2943_7d1d3d-64 .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}.kt-btns2943_7d1d3d-64 .kt-btn-wrap-0{margin-right:5px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns2943_7d1d3d-64 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button{color:#555555;border-color:#555555;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns2943_7d1d3d-64 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns2943_7d1d3d-64 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{color:#ffffff;border-color:#444444;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns2943_7d1d3d-64 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button::before{display:none;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns2943_7d1d3d-64 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns2943_7d1d3d-64 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{background:#444444;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn kb-buttons-wrap kb-btns2943_7d1d3d-64\"><style>ul.menu .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn2943_94f24c-89.kb-button{width:initial;}<\/style><a class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn2943_94f24c-89 kt-btn-size-standard kt-btn-width-type-auto kb-btn-global-fill kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\" href=\"https:\/\/lviv.ticketsbox.com\/event\/navzdogin-z-teperishnim-litovski-korotki-metri.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">BUY TICKET<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_1.17.1-Klementina-Remeikaite-1024x614-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_1.17.1-Klementina-Remeikaite-1024x614-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_1.17.1-Klementina-Remeikaite-1024x614-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_1.17.1-Klementina-Remeikaite-1024x614-1-767x460.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I BUY<\/strong> 8&#8242;, Martynas Norvai\u0161as, Lithuania, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A diverse crowd of shop goers at the mall parking lot shares what has ended up in their trunks after the weekly shopping. Item after item, this collective shopping list becomes a meditative flow of things and evokes a peculiar nostalgic feeling. Both an urge to set roots deep in life and curiosity to experience it beyond the mundane start to unveil behind the necessities satisfying day-to-day life. Oddly, this short doc should reflect buying in terms of existentialism, not consumerism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-1.jpeg 574w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-1-300x182.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COMMUNITY GARDENS<\/strong> 15&#8242;, Vytautas Katkus, Lithuania, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patriarchal masculinity seems to catch its last breath in the sun. A story about a cold relationship between a father and his son. Their bond, plagued by indifference, disintegrates completely.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IevaVytautasPlukasDomasPetronis-1024x554.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IevaVytautasPlukasDomasPetronis-1024x554.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IevaVytautasPlukasDomasPetronis-300x162.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IevaVytautasPlukasDomasPetronis-768x415.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IevaVytautasPlukasDomasPetronis-1536x830.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IevaVytautasPlukasDomasPetronis.webp 1998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IEVA<\/strong> 14&#8242;, Vytautas Plukas, Domas Petronis, Lithuania, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inside a lab, a robot is created. Like a newborn, it analyses its surroundings with the primitive senses and limited knowledge it has. While exploring such fundamental concepts as distance, weight, light and size, the robot tries to perform basic physical tasks that would resemble natural human motion. It fails miserably but still keeps learning. Emotions start to appear on its face, when it sees human children. These emotions are probably just involuntary muscle contractions. A test is set up to see how a dog and a humanoid robot would respond to each other. Perhaps a less intelligent life form would be not as critical about what being alive means?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/03d6a4c561-poster.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/03d6a4c561-poster.webp 800w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/03d6a4c561-poster-300x162.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/03d6a4c561-poster-767x415.webp 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IT&#8217;S ALRIGHT<\/strong> 17&#8242;, Jor\u016bn\u0117 Grei\u010di\u016bt\u0117, Lithuania 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking a break from their unsuccessful lives, two middle-aged people meet up for a picnic in an attempt to rediscover romantic connection. Na\u00efve, ill at ease and full of insecurities, they grapple with their most awkward selves whilst struggling with their boundaries, in the everlasting search for love.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WayBetter300dpi_still01-1024x554-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WayBetter300dpi_still01-1024x554-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WayBetter300dpi_still01-1024x554-1-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WayBetter300dpi_still01-1024x554-1-767x415.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WAY BETTER<\/strong> 13&#8242;, Skirmanta Jakait\u0117, Lithuania 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A man is waiting for medical test results. He expects the worst but at the same time hopes for the best. Distressed and afraid, he spends a week in a limbo of his own creation, neither here nor there, dreading the things that haven\u2019t happened yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Tusinukas_Stills34-Leticija-Ciuzauskaite-scaled-1-1024x617.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Tusinukas_Stills34-Leticija-Ciuzauskaite-scaled-1-1024x617.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Tusinukas_Stills34-Leticija-Ciuzauskaite-scaled-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Tusinukas_Stills34-Leticija-Ciuzauskaite-scaled-1-767x462.jpg 767w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Tusinukas_Stills34-Leticija-Ciuzauskaite-scaled-1-1536x926.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Tusinukas_Stills34-Leticija-Ciuzauskaite-scaled-1-2048x1234.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LEFT-HANDED PEN<\/strong> 18&#8242;, Adas Burk\u0161aitis, Lithuania 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sunny summer day at a suburban school. A schoolteacher finds out that her son\u2019s poorly written exam may jeopardise his dream of attending a prestigious university abroad. The film explores sacrifices a mother is willing to make to secure her child\u2019s success, raising questions about ethics and the pressures of education.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The project is supported by Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.<br><br>Festival partners: ZMIN Foundation, Ukrainian State Film Agency, M-Rental, Morshynska, America House Lviv, Lviv City Council, Megogo, Morshynska, Lviv Film Hub, Suspilne Culture, Sebto Media, Zaxid.Net<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This programme of Lithuanian short films from Vilnius Short Film Festival invites us to take a closer look at some of the concerns of contemporary life. While many of the problems we face are universal and timeless, every period has its own particular concerns, reflecting the realities of its time. 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