Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

A memory capsule of the Academy as it is to us - skipping lectures, partying and discovering deep connections with fellow students.

Divorced couple Bernardas and Silvia live together, avoiding interaction through a strict schedule. Unexpectedly, Lukas arrives with a cryptic message for Silvia. As they navigate this twist, Bernardas recalls how they met through a similar ad. Tensions rise, love rekindles, and desires resurface. Closer explores love's complexities, unexpected encounters, and self-discovery in a poignant and emotionally charged tale of second chances.

A talkative taxi driver roams the nightly streets. An apathetic girl enters his car. The two don't seem to connect, until she asks to make a stop with intent to cause harm upon someone. Does their shared trip even have a destination?

Two strangers accidentally meet on a train and immediately find it hard to communicate. Too Young to Drive is a story about the hardship of finding ways to each other. Every year over ten thousand divorces are registered in Lithuania. At times when various means of communication are available to us, we are struggling to find ways and time to talk to a person close to us. Two people. One train. Different directions.

Two brothers work in the forest. By accident tree falls on one of them and when painful secret is revealed brotherly love starts hanging by a thread.

In 2023 Lithuanian film professionals from different cinema backgrounds took part in a survey about self-validation in their career path. Their responses were shown to film art students at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Seeing the lived experiences of the professionals, students begin to reflect on their own feelings.

Coming of age short drama film tells a story about a teenage athlete Victoria who’s experiencing a burnout. While preparing for the race she meets another athlete who’s unconstrained nature captivates her. Inspired by emerging relationship, Victoria finds herself in the need to express her own voice.

Auksė and her father Saulius arrive at her late grandfather’s house, where Auksė learns that Saulius intends to sell the property. Saulius considers things left at home as junk that needs to be thrown away, while Auksė sees them as memories that shape her entirely different view of the past. Guided by her new-found perspective, Auksė tries to convince her father to reconsider the sale. But the cold relationship between them and the ongoing silent mourning lead to a confrontation where neither side is completely right.

Max goes on a date with another guy, Tadas, whom he met online. Max feels uncomfortable and timid so Tadas decides to act on his own initiative. He tries to get to know Max as they embark on a night ride around the city but Max is evasive to talk about himself. Max feels torn between his feelings and Tadas' pressure. Eventually he breaks down and reveals his true identity.

Goda lives in her own world, a world she does not want to let anyone into. One day, a mysterious guy comes to her shop and leaves her a gift. This gift reveals to Goda something she has never understood before.

Left homeless after a fight with her sister Yana spends 24 hours desperately looking for a place to stay.

A mute guy struggles to fit in at a construction site. Tensions rise among the workers when a colleague gets badly injured.

A camel dies in the local zoo. Paulius and Indre – two caretakers discover it and try to dispose of the dead animal. But it turns out to be a much harder task than they imagined.

Ieva wakes up after a one night stand. She’s not feeling head over heels in love as she expected to. Ieva tries to quickly escape from Adomas house unnoticed, however, his world somehow intrigues her. She starts looking for her missing phone and accidentally wakes Adomas up. Two part-strangers try to break up awkward silence and make some kind of contact. It just seems that there’s nothing left to say. They feel even more lonely being together than alone. This leads from love to hatred and unexpected actions from Ieva.

Two girls are trying to get drugs in late-hour Vilnius while their adventures open up woeful city's nightlife, full of apathy and failed communication.

A secretive man’s inner thoughts confronts against the reality.

It's the end of the 90s, a 16-year-old Inga living in a small village is prepared to drop everything and get out. The teenager is trying to escape her own youth as fast as possible, although her friends are trying to warn her of the dangers of her journey.

Domas is a kleptomaniac. He works in a sport club through an integration program which helps people with mental disorders to return to society. One day he does not manage to resist and steals a bag from a young doctor Simona, who is living through an existential crisis. She asks his help to find her things. Domas feels ashamed, but he cannot confess. He offers her a ride home. Together they go on a journey through the night in Vilnius, their painful experiences reveal as well as a fragile, but at the same time impossible connection between them sets up.

It's a sad comedy about twenty something's generation and the question 'if somewhere is better?'