Skalvija Film Academy Student Screening Series │ Vilnius Creators

You’re invited to the second screening in the Skalvija Film Academy student series, titled “Vilnius Creators.”

The programme presents the early works of seven filmmakers who once studied at the Skalvija Film Academy. These films capture their first steps in cinema, united by a willingness to experiment with form, sound, and subject matter. Bold, imaginative, and deeply personal, they reflect the world through young eyes—works made with a creative freedom that often becomes harder to reclaim later in life.

The selection was curated by filmmaker Kristina Savickaitė, herself a former Skalvija Film Academy student.

The screening will take place on 20 July at 8:30 PM at the alternative cultural venue Utopija.

After the screening, join a discussion with several of the filmmakers featured in the programme. The conversation will be moderated by Adelė Gresiūtė and Aurora Degesytė, current students of the academy.

Everyone interested in films made by emerging young creators is warmly welcome.

All films will be screened with Lithuanian and English subtitles.

Admission is free.

Programme

• Layers (Sluoksniai) – documentary
  Director: Alanas Gurinas
  12 min 55 sec (2016)
• Family of 6 or Rollerblading on a Bicycle (Family of 6 arba su riedučiais ant dviračio) – documentary
  Director: Paulius Janušonis
  6 min 29 sec (2015)
• The Stick (Lazdelė) – fiction
  Director: Arnas Balčiūnas
  3 min 46 sec (2019)
• The Taxi Driver Raised by Cinema (Kine užaugintas taksistas) – documentary
  Directors: Laura Aliukonytė & Simonas Gylys
  4 min 46 sec (2014)
• Nocturnality (Nakvišumas) – fiction
  Director: Elzė Vozbinaitė
  18 min 47 sec (2018)
• Breaking Point (Lūžis) – documentary
  Director: Lina Margaitytė
  7 min 22 sec (2014)
• The Last Person I Spoke To (Paskutinis žmogus, su kuriuo aš kalbėjau) – fiction
  Directors: Marija Kavtaradzė & Marija Stonytė
  24 min 39 sec (2010)

The final Skalvija Film Academy Summer Screening will take place on 24 August. This edition will be curated by the academy’s recent students, who will select and present the films that have left the strongest impression on them over the years.

The event series is funded by the Vilnius City Municipality.

The Skalvija Film Academy project is supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.