Still Waters Run Deep

In its sixth summer, the event series 𝐷𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑅𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑅𝑢𝑛 𝑆𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 moves to the Rail Park hangar of the Railway Museum — a space “framed” by the movement of passing trains. A total of 18 free events are scheduled to take place between July 1st and August 7th, including film screenings, concerts, a live radio broadcast, a theatrical performance, discussions, and conversations with artists.

Curated by 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑜 𝐴𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑦𝑠, a programme of five films forms the axis of 𝐷𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑅𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑅𝑢𝑛 𝑆𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡, inviting viewers to discover that which has long lingered on the margins of cinema. These restored and rarely screened films highlight ways of subtly or radically reclaiming the freedom to act amid social, political, and personal constraints. Ranging from quiet rebellion to complete self-destruction, films of diverse cinematic forms and historical contexts address the necessity of autonomy, even if it entails loneliness.

Fifteen cultural and activist organisations from across the Baltic countries joined this year’s summer repertoire through an open call. Their event programmes are linked together by the theme of transforming spaces and the (un)freedom of movement within them. New to this year’s programme are collaborations between various Vilnius-based cultural organisations, as well as guests from Latvia and Estonia.

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬:

NGO 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑘𝑡𝑢̄𝑟𝑜𝑠 𝐹𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑠, film publishing company 𝑇𝑎𝑖𝑝 𝑇𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑢, 𝑆𝑘𝑎𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑗𝑎 𝐶𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑚𝑎 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟, community radio 𝑅𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑜 𝑉𝑖𝑙𝑛𝑖𝑢𝑠 and the show 𝐵𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠, educational film project 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠, film club 𝐶𝑖𝑛𝑒́𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑒 and the migrant rights NGO 𝑆𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑠 𝐺𝑟𝑢𝑝𝑒̇, National School Film Festival 𝐴𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑟𝑎 and 𝑆𝑘𝑎𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑗𝑎 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑚 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑦, Vilnius queer festival 𝐾𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒̇𝑠 and the LGBT+ community project 𝑅𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑏𝑜𝑤 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙, genre and cult cinema event series 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑜 𝐵𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜, CAC’s art and culture space 𝑆𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑒ℎ𝑎 𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒, analogue cinema collective 𝐵𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝐴𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝐿𝑎𝑏 (Latvia), short film festival 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑔𝑎 𝐻𝑜𝑡 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 (Estonia).

𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐑𝐮𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 ‘𝟐𝟓 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞:

• 𝟎𝟕 𝟎𝟏 𝟐𝟏:𝟎𝟎 Closely Watched Trains (𝑂𝑠𝑡𝑟̌𝑒 𝑆𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑒́ 𝑉𝑙𝑎𝑘𝑦) | Jiří Menzel | 1966 | Czechoslovakia | 92 min | PG-14 | presented by 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑜 𝐴𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑦𝑠
• 𝟎𝟕 𝟎𝟐 𝟐𝟏:𝟑𝟎 The Girls (𝐺𝑒ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑢 𝐿𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑖) | Sumitra Peries | 1978 | Sri Lanka | 110 min | G | presented by 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑜 𝐴𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑦𝑠
• 𝟎𝟕 𝟎𝟑 𝟐𝟏:𝟑𝟎 The Sense of Tuning | Ila Bêka, Louise Lemoine | 2023 | France, India | 96 min | G | presented by 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑘𝑡𝑢̄𝑟𝑜𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑠
• 𝟎𝟕 𝟎𝟖 𝟐𝟏:𝟑𝟎 From Cineclubs to Artist-Run Filmlab: Continuities of Latvian Experimental Film | Various directors | 1980–2024 | Latvia | 69 min | G | presented by 𝐵𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝐴𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝐿𝑎𝑏
• 𝟎𝟕 𝟎𝟗 𝟐𝟏:𝟑𝟎 Iracema (𝐼𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑎, 𝑢𝑚𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑎 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑜̂𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎) | Jorge Bodanzky, Orlando Senna | 1975 | Brazil, West Germany | 99 min | PG-16 | presented by 𝑇𝑎𝑖𝑝 𝑇𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑢 film club
• 𝟎𝟕 𝟏𝟎 𝟐𝟏:𝟑𝟎 Pixote (𝑃𝑖𝑥𝑜𝑡𝑒: 𝐴 𝐿𝑒𝑖 𝑑𝑜 𝑀𝑎𝑖𝑠 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑜) | Héctor Babenco | 1980 | Brazil | 127 min | PG-18 | presented by 𝑆𝑘𝑎𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑗𝑎 𝐶𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑚𝑎 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟
• 𝟎𝟕 𝟏𝟓 𝟐𝟏:𝟑𝟎 Friendship’s Death | Peter Wollen | 1987 | United Kingdom | 78 min | PG-16 | presented by 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑜 𝐴𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑦𝑠
• 𝟎𝟕 𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟗:𝟎𝟎 The Island Funeral (𝑀𝑎ℎ𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑢𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑎𝑛) and Performance by IXOJI | Pimpaka Towira | 2017 | Thailand | 105 min | PG-14 | presented by 𝑅𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑜 𝑉𝑖𝑙𝑛𝑖𝑢𝑠 x 𝐵𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠
• 𝟎𝟕 𝟏𝟕 𝟐𝟏:𝟑𝟎 Short Film Programme 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦 | Lithuania | G | presented by 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑜 𝐴𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑦𝑠’ 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠
• 𝟎𝟕 𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟏:𝟑𝟎 21:12 Piano Bar | Mary Jimenez | 1981 | Belgium | 103 min | PG-16 | presented by 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑜 𝐴𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑦𝑠
• 𝟎𝟕 𝟐𝟑 𝟐𝟏:𝟑𝟎 Documentary Evening: 𝑁𝑜 𝐷𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛 and 𝐼𝑛 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 | Miko Revereza, Dorotėja Suruda | 2019, 2024 | USA, Lithuania | 70 min, 17 min | G | presented by 𝐶𝑖𝑛𝑒́𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑒 x 𝑆𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑠 𝐺𝑟𝑢𝑝𝑒̇
• 𝟎𝟕 𝟐𝟒 𝟐𝟎:𝟑𝟎 When is Soon | Lazydolphin, June Drifter, Ugnė Uma | presented by 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑜 𝐴𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑦𝑠
• 𝟎𝟕 𝟐𝟗 𝟐𝟏:𝟎𝟎 Short Film Programme 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝐵𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 | Various directors | 2023–2025 | Latvia, Estonia, France, Taiwan, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden | 102 min | G | presented by 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑔𝑎 𝐻𝑜𝑡 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠
• 𝟎𝟕 𝟑𝟎 𝟐𝟏:𝟎𝟎 Screening of Music Videos and Festival’s Competition Program | 2024–2025 | Lithuania | 60 min | G | presented by 𝑆𝑘𝑎𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑗𝑎 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑚 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑦 x National School Film Festival 𝐴𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑟𝑎
• 𝟎𝟕 𝟑𝟏 𝟐𝟏:𝟎𝟎 Queer Diptych: Performance by 𝑅𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑏𝑜𝑤 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 and Screening of 𝐾𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑀𝑒 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 (𝑈𝑏𝑖𝑗 𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑧̌𝑛𝑜) | Boštjan Hladnik | 1979 | Yugoslavia (Slovenia) | 99 min | PG-16 | presented by 𝐾𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒̇𝑠 x 𝑅𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑏𝑜𝑤 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙
• 𝟎𝟖 𝟎𝟓 𝟐𝟏:𝟎𝟎 Bona | Lino Brocka | 1980 | Phillipines | 85 min | PG-16 | presented by 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑜 𝐴𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑦𝑠
• 𝟎𝟖 𝟎𝟔 𝟐𝟏:𝟎𝟎 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! | Russ Meyer | 1965 | USA | 83 min | PG-16 | presented by 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑜 𝐵𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜
• 𝟎𝟖 𝟎𝟕 𝟐𝟏:𝟎𝟎 Moving Images in Sapieha Palace: Screening of Lina Lapelytė’s New Works | 2024, 2025 | 57 min | G | presented by 𝑆𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑒ℎ𝑎 𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒

𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐿𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠. 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒.

“𝐷𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑅𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑅𝑢𝑛 𝑆𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡” 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚𝑒𝑑. 𝐵𝑦 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 “𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑜 𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑦𝑠” 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠.