Every spring, more than 100,000 cinema lovers come together for the same ritual: the lights go down, the film begins – and for a moment, the world changes.
Kino Pavasaris is a festival that doesn’t just screen films. It inspires, broadens horizons, and invites you to discover cinema that stays with you long after the credits roll.
And the best part? You can experience this cinematic adventure in Apollo Kinas theatres too.
Kino pavasaris
March 9–22
- "Apollo Kinas" gift tickets are not valid for festival films.
- "Kino Pavasaris" movies are subject to special festival pricing.
- "Kino Pavasaris" accreditations at Apollo Kinas cinemas are not valid.
Ticket prices
Weekdays before 16:30:
- 7.90 € – Regular ticket
- 4.90 € – Ticket for children, students, seniors, and people with disabilities*
- 0.00 € – For Ukrainians**
Weekdays after 16:30 and weekends:
- 9.90 € – Regular ticket
- 6.90 € – Ticket for children, students, seniors, and people with disabilities*
- 0.00 € – For Ukrainians**
* A free ticket is available for accompanying persons of people with disabilities. It can be obtained at the cinema box office.
** Tickets can only be collected at the cinema box office 15 minutes before the start of the screening, subject to availability in the auditorium. Proof of identity is required. One ticket per person.
Sentimental Value
Estranged sisters Nora and Agnes, who reunite with their once-famous director father, Gustav, after their mother's death, he tries to revive his career with a personal film project, casting a Hollywood star (Elle Fanning) when Nora (Renate Reinsve) refuses a role, leading to confrontations about art, legacy, and family trauma, blending humor and heartbreak.
The Chronology of Water
Lifelong swimmer and Olympic hopeful Lidia Yuknavitch (Poots) accepts a college swimming scholarship in Texas in order to escape an abusive father and an alcoholic, suicidal mother. After losing her scholarship to drugs and alcohol, Lidia moves to Eugene and enrolls in the University of Oregon, where she is accepted by Ken Kesey to become one of thirteen graduate students who collaboratively write the novel Caverns with him. Drugs and alcohol continue to flow along with bisexual promiscuity and the discovery of S8M helps ease Lidia's demons. Ultimately Lidia's career as a writer and teacher combined with the love of her husband and son replace the earlier chaos that was her life.
Home Sweet Home
When Goska meets Grzesiek online, she's convinced he's finally The One. Grzesiek is crazy about her, showering her with flowers, and proposing in Venice. It must be love, right? But cracks quickly begin to appear in this perfect picture. Soon, their shared home becomes the most dangerous place for Goska. This is an unforgettable film about the limits of love.
Renoir
Suburban Tokyo, 1987. 11-year-old Fuki's father, Keiji, is battling cancer, and in and out of hospital. Her mother, Utako, is constantly stressed out from caring for Keiji while holding down a full-time job. Left alone with her rich imagination, Fuki becomes fascinated by telepathy and falls ever deeper into her own fantasy world.
Left-Handed Girl
A single mother and her two daughters return to Taipei after several years of living in the countryside to open a stand at a buzzing night market. Each in their way will have to adapt to this new environment to make ends meet and maintain the family unity. But when their traditional grandfather forbids his youngest left-handed granddaughter from using her "devil hand," generations of family secrets begin to unravel.
Alpha
In the 1980s, in the port city of Le Havre, Alpha is the only child of a young doctor working in a sealed hospital ward with patients infected by a virus. Thirteen years old, she is shunned by her classmates amid rumors that she carries a new disease. When she comes home from school with a tattoo of the letter "A" on her arm, her mother is devastated, fearing what illness her daughter may have caught from the tattoo needle. Her brother Amin, HIV-positive, is a hopeless drug addict with arms covered in needle marks. Alpha's tattoo begins to bleed more and more frequently, and the attacks against her at school intensify. In the school swimming pool, she nearly drowns after being assaulted by a classmate. Alpha barely knows her uncle, and when Amin comes to live with them, ravaged by illness and close to death, she truly meets him for the first time.
No Beast. So Fierce.
In the aftermath of a bloody gang war, the youngest daughter of the victorious Arab clan begins to plot against the men of her family. She kills brothers, nephews, friends and enemies, until she is the undisputed boss of the Berlin underworld. But on her path to the top, she has made powerful enemies.
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko doesn't get along too well with his family, his teachers, and his classmates; but he does manage to find a sympathetic friend in Gretchen, who agrees to date him. He has a compassionate psychiatrist, who discovers hypnosis is the means to unlock hidden secrets. His other companion may not be a true ally. Donnie has a friend named Frank, a large bunny which only Donnie can see. When an engine falls off a plane and destroys his bedroom, Donnie is not there. Both the event, and Donnie's escape, seem to have been caused by supernatural event
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