Short Cinema. Delicate Matters – a programme featuring the latest and most captivating Lithuanian short films, full of action, humor, tension, and mystery. These absurdly funny yet deeply moving stories explore familiar life situations: a mother’s sacrifice for her son’s future; a daughter’s effort to organize a traditional funeral in unconventional circumstances; an unexpected phone call between a helpline worker and a stranger; the private shopping lists of shopping mall visitors; and a meeting with a charismatic anatomy professor who handles delicate matters with exceptional finesse.

“Short Cinema” screening is presented by the Lithuanian Short Film Agency “Lithuanian Shorts”.

Films in the Programme:

Left-Handed Pen / Tušinukas

dir. Adas Burkšaitis, fiction, 2024, 18 min., Lithuania

Sunny summer day at a suburban school. A schoolteacher finds out that her son’s 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’s success, raising questions about ethics and the pressures of education.

A Wake / Išnešimas

dir. Marius Pocevičius, fiction, 2025, 12 min., Lithuania

A daughter tries to organise her deceased mother’s funeral during the pandemic. Despite her efforts to stick to the tradition as much as possible in order to avoid malicious gossip from the relatives, the wake spirals into chaos.

Sujip

dir. Gintarė Parulytė, fiction, 2025, 23 min., Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway

It’s Aleksandras’ first day at a new workplace, where his office turns out to be a suicide helpline center once a man his age calls to share his wish to end his life, revealing an interconnection of destinies which unexpectedly changes both men’s lives forever.

I Buy / Aš pirkau

dir. Martynas Norvaišas, documentary, 2024, 8 min., Lithuania

A diverse crowd of shop goers at the mall parking lot shares what have ended up in them trunks after the weekly shopping. Item after item this collective shopping list becomes a meditative flow of things and evokes peculiar nostalgic feeling. Both an urge to set roots deep in life and curiosity to experience it beyond the mundane starts to unveil behind the necessities satisfying day-to-day life. Oddly, this short doc should reflects buying in terms of existentialism, not consumerism.

Delicate Matter / Subtilus reikalas

dir. Milda Augustaitytė, documentary, 2025, 23 min., Lithuania

The anatomy professor believes scientists’ work on remains should become more open to the public, so he lets young filmmakers into his daily life. In an attempt to look at what happens to the body after death, a portrait of the anatomist himself slowly unfolds. But how close will they be allowed to get?

Lithuanian with SDH, no english subtitles