WRITTEN WORK
About cinema with a focus on short films, identity, and emerging voices.
A Lithuanian Avant-Garde Legend, Resurrected
On the Works of Artūras Barysas
Talking Shorts
In 2024, Artūras Barysas’s rebellious chronicles of the Soviet regime were finally screened again in his hometown of Vilnius, after gathering dust on the shelves for many years. Posthumously, the Lithuanian avant-garde legend reclaimed his rightful recognition.
© That Sweet Word (Artūras Barysas, 1977)
A Safe Haven
waking up in silence
Talking Shorts
While holding onto their innocence, Ukrainian child refugees become aware of the war in this German-Ukrainian documentary that masterfully depicts the impact of life in exile.
© waking up in silence (Daniel Asadi Faezi & Mila Zhluktenko, 2023)
Listed: Top 3 of 2024
50+ Programmers, Filmmakers and Critics Pick This Year’s Most Remarkable Short Films
Talking Shorts
In a yearly tradition, Talking Shorts invites filmmakers, critics, and programmers to pick their three favourite short films of the year.
© The Steak (Kiarash Dadgar Mohebi, 2023)
Life Like A Dream
Mathilde Profit on Perdre Léna
Talking Shorts
Now nominated for the New Critics & New Audiences Award 2024, French filmmaker Mathilde Profit opens up about the feminist tendencies in her work.
© Perdre Léna (Mathilde Profit, 2023)
At Any Cost: An East European Immigrant’s Plight
Land der Berge
Talking Shorts
Film director Olga Kosanović sheds light on an immigrant’s reality in present-day Austria, a land where an Eastern European individual is forced to, figuratively speaking, move mountains to endure.
© Land der Berge (Olga Kosanović, 2023)
Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT)
The article introduces the Vilnius Short Film Festival 2022 National Programme, spanning exciting shorts from emerging filmmakers, bold experiments in form, and even a cinematic monument to Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius.
© Čia buvo Vilnius (Eitvydas Doškus, 2022)
© #LIKE4LIKE (Serhiy Mysak, 2021)
Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT)
An Interview with Ukrainian director Serhiy Mysak discussing his short film #LIKE4LIKE, which explores social media addiction through unconventional cinematic form. He delves into his inspirations, technical choices, and the film’s shifted relevance in the context of the war-torn present: calling it a “time-machine” that captures the pre-war realities.
This review examines the documentary Užtemimas (The Eclipse) by Serbian-director Nataša Urban, featured in the Nepatogus Kinas, an international competitive human rights documentary film festival in Lithuania, competition. Through archival media, personal diaries, and family memory, the film reconstructs solar eclipses between 1961–1999, using moments of national and personal darkness to explore collective forgetting and trauma.
© The Eclipse (Nataša Urban, 2022)