"For those who appreciate poetic cinema, Hanami offers a cinematic experience of a completely different world, operating with its own rules and norms. The work is told in such beautiful cinematic language that it’s hard to believe it was made by a debuting director. Each scene is like a small etude. And while this isn’t one of those films that I feel I fully understand, it seems that its narrative doesn’t always require everything to be grasped by the mind." (Programme curator Vladas Rožėnas)