Event description
The films in the programme explore co-existence, interdependence, individual resistance and resilience in the face of rapid change or destruction. N-13
Ode to Slowness
In Praise of Slowness
Dir. Hicham Gardaf / United Kingdom, Italy / 2023 / English subtitles. / 0.17
The city of Tangier, on the Strait of Gibraltar in Morocco, is a very remote point on the map. But it is also a place that has been overtaken by an ever-accelerating way of life, by global economic and technological processes that have pushed many professions into the margins. Like the bleach salesman who walks the streets of a fast-growing city earning 100 Moroccan dirhams (€10) a day. This film is like a "secret", an attempt to preserve and capture what is unique but almost lost.
Arrival
Homing
Dir. Tamer Hassan / USA / Brazil / 2023 / without dialogue / 0.34
When Europeans settled in the Americas, they brought with them two invasive bird species, the European sparrow and the European starling, which have taken the blue swallow from its natural nest. Nesting in pumpkin cavities carved out by the old inhabitants, the swallows became dependent on humans and the bird houses they built. Without saying a word, the film follows the migratory paths of swallows from the Amazon forests to the Great Lakes in North America. The focus is entirely on the bird, and the viewer is implicitly invited to reflect on human domination of the ecosystem and its impact on life, for good or for bad.
Green Cemeteries
Green Cemetery
Directed by. Maurício Chades / Brazil / 2023 / English subt. /0.25
After buying a house, Lavina, in her sixties, will finally be able to relax and grow her own garden. As a token of remembrance, she plans to plant a tree for all the deceased relatives who visit her in her dreams. For Lavina, the backyard is like a green archive where death and life are always side by side. The frames and the narrator's quiet whispers, arranged in a collage of cut-outs, are like a hypnotic prayer unfolding in the middle of the Brazilian savanna.
Films with Lithuanian and English subtitles.
With Lithuanian and English subtitles.
Founded in 2004, the Vilnius Documentary Film Festival is the oldest international documentary film festival in the Baltic States and the only festival in Lithuania dedicated exclusively to creative documentaries. The main programme consists of films from recent years that have been screened at the most important documentary festivals. Parallel programmes are dedicated to retrospectives and special events. The VDFF is a space for meetings and conversations: filmmakers, curators, authors' representatives come to the festival, and a catalogue is published with texts accompanying the films.
19-29 d.
vdff.lt
Organised by Vaizdų kultūros studija, Skalvija Cinema Centre
Funded by AVAKA, Vilnius City Municipality
Information partner EPIKA