SUMMER CINEMA is back in the city meadows! Vilnius International Film Festival – Kino Pavasaris invites you to spend Tuesday evening (July 1st) under the open sky in Vilnius’ Karoliniškės district, next to the TV Tower.
Films you’re invited to watch:
- 6:00 PM – THE PEACOCK (Dir. Bernhard Wenger, 102 min)
- 8:00 PM – I BOUGHT (Dir. Martynas Norvaišas, 8 min) – Presented by LATGA
- 8:30 PM – PIETINIA KRONIKAS (Dir. Ignas Miškinis, 120 min) – Presented by LATGA
Summer Cinema screenings are partially funded by the Lithuanian Film Centre and Vilnius City Municipality. Project partner – Vilnius Film Office.
ABOUT THE FILMS:
THE PEACOCK
Matthias is a master of his craft – a professional “friend for hire” who perfectly impersonates any character a client requests. Need an educated boyfriend to impress your friends? Or a model son to charm business partners? Matthias delivers. Yet when it comes to being himself around his partner or friends, he struggles deeply.
In English and German with Lithuanian subtitles.
I BOUGHT
In a parking lot outside a shopping center, customers list their daily purchases. Item by item, their lists merge into a meditative stream of goods – exploring consumerism through an existential lens rather than a material one.
In Lithuanian with English subtitles.
PIETINIA KRONIKAS
Tracksuits and leather jackets, street punks and wild girls, love and rugby – the cult novel Pietinia Kronikas by Šiauliai-born Rimantas Kmita hits the screen. Late 1990s. In the southern district of Šiauliai – nicknamed “the city of Vandams and Schwarzes” – lives local tough guy Rimants (played by Džiugas Grinys). Like any proper “bachūrs,” he wears tracksuits, sells knock-off clothes at the market with his buddy Minde (Robertas Petraitis), and plays rugby – much to his mother’s dismay.
But then Rimants falls for Monika (Digna Kulionytė) – a wild and beautiful girl who turns his world upside down. For love, he even starts reading books and writing poems. And so the big question arises: What’s the point of all this? Should I be like everyone else – or think for myself?
In Lithuanian with English subtitles.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
- The event is free of charge
- In case of bad weather, the event will be postponed. Updates will be posted on our Facebook page – follow us for news!
- Kalba Plytos will be there to keep you refreshed
- Bring your blankets and warm clothes for the evening
- Mosquito repellent is highly recommended!
- Food vendors on site: Maisto projektai and We Will Wok It
- Due to limited parking near the city center, we recommend arriving on foot, by bike, scooter, taxi, or public transport
