This programme focuses on women and their voices. The films make maximum use of poses and slight gestures to describe the character and the world. They mix history and mythology, the private and the public, the informal and the monumental, and treat everything with respect. Danièle Huillet described these oppositions as follows: "Fiction is important to us; when it is combined with documentary, or a documentary situation, it creates a confrontation - then the sparks fly." Mortals and gods clash and joke in two of Cesare Pavese's dialogues, The Witches and The Mother. In Cornelius/Brecht, a majestic voice in the afterworld holds the trial of the ancient Roman general Lucullus. In "Lorraine!" sees the resistance of a young woman seeking to shake off the shadow of Alsace-Lorraine's war-torn history. In On Venice, the Venetian Republic is remembered as a community of rootless people; the voice of the film also asks whether this characteristic is a strength or a weakness that will save or sink today's Europe. N-13 Lorraine! Lothringen! Dir. Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub / France / 1994 / Lithuanian, English subt. / 0.21 The Witches of Le Streghe Dir. Jean-Marie Straub / France, Italy / 2009 /  Lithuanian, English subt. / 0.21 Mother La Madre Dir. Jean-Marie Straub / Italy / 2011 / Lith., Eng. subt. / 0.20 Corneille/Brecht Corneille/Brecht Dir. Cornelia Geiser, Jean-Marie Straub / France / 2009 / Cast., Eng. subt. / 0.26 About Venice À Propos de Venise Dir. Jean-Marie Straub / France, Switzerland / 2013 / Lith., Eng. subt. / 0.23 Films with Lithuanian and English subtitles. 21 September-1 October. The Skalvija Film Centre invites you to the 20th Vilnius Documentary Film Festival (VDFF). This is the only festival in Lithuania dedicated exclusively to creative documentaries. This year, VDFF presents a new programme of experimental documentaries, consisting of films that expand and go beyond the boundaries of traditional documentaries. The aim is to open up the festival to today's filmmakers as well as to new audiences. At the Skalvija box office, audiences can buy a 5-ticket subscription (25 EUR).