Saulė Bliuvaitė chosen films

The festival programme features 23 Oscar nominations and 5 awards! This includes Flow by Gintas Zilbalodis, which won the first Baltic Oscar (Best Animated Film), Brutalist by Brady Corbet, which won 3 awards (Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Actor for Adrien Brody), and I Am Still Here by Walter Salles, which was chosen as Best Foreign Film. We invite you to pay attention to the Vilnius Film Festival’s films that have received recognition at the most prestigious film awards!

This collection of films explore the topic of sustainability from a wide range of angles: from ecology to migration and human rights. The stories told by these films, the cinematic language they use, and the technical tools they employ transports us from the past to the future, stimulating empathy and sensitivity to our surroundings, even if they are inhabited by those different from us.

The Nordic Film Collection reveals the rich cinema of the region, combining a unique storytelling tradition with contemporary creative visions. The selected films invite you to explore Nordic culture, its themes and values ​​in greater depth. It is a space for dialogue, inspiration and new experiences of Nordic cinema.