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An international jury announced the best films of the 15th edition of Vilnius International Short Film Festival (VISFF) during the closing ceremony on Sunday night....

Vilnius International Short Film Festival opens this Wednesday in 8 Lithuanian towns as well as on 4 Video-on-demand platforms. Already in its 15th edition, the...

    Each year Vilnius International Short Film Festival presents a wide International and National competition selection of the newest and the most outstanding short...

The 15th Vilnius International Film Festival invites industry representatives to a great variety of seminars, conversations, one-to-one meetings and special film screenings. This year the...

Almost 40 films, taken from 1500 entries, set to enthrall audiences in Lithuanian capital and beyond Every year the Vilnius Short Film Festival kicks off...

Vilnius International Short Film Festival is inviting filmmakers from all around the world to submit their short films to the upcoming 15th edition. Every year...

Today one of the largest short film industry events - Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market -  starts its 36th edition. Despite the move to online format,...

  Colombia’s Between You and Milagros, Spanish and Chilean production Correspondence and Lithuania’s Dummy amongst lauded films As the 14th Vilnius International Short Film Festival...

15 January, Friday, 11 a.m. (CET) Live stream on the Festival Facebook page Working with the sales agent. Lithuanian case studies Lithuanian short films have...

Lithuania’s premiere short film festival reveals films in the National and International Competitions  The 14th Vilnius International Short Film Festival, one of the first film...

Spooky nights might be even scarier! Vilnius International Short Film Festival presents a special horror short film programme for adults “Short, Yet Films: Scary Stories”,...

Lithuanian Short Film Agency “Lithuanian Shorts” and Vilnius International Short Film Festival present a special screening “Short, Yet Films: Lithuanian Stories”. The program for the...

Vilnius International Short Film Festival presents a special horror short film programme for adults "Short, Yet Films: Scary Stories" which will be screened at the...

A short glimpse into the mid of last January when we had a wonderful 13th Vilnius International Short Film Festival! Thanks to everybody who helped...

Baltic Short Film Project Pitching Event „Baltic Pitching Forum”*  together with the Lithuanian Film Centre invites to the online panel discussion at the Marché du Film...

Tomorrow, Lithuanian Short Film Agency Lithuanian Shorts will invite the film lovers to celebrate the eighth birthday together. On this occasion, the agency presents a...

Baltic Short Film Project Pitching Event „Baltic Pitching Forum” announces its new call for short film projects. This year a Guest Country of the Forum...

Vilnius International Short Film Festival is now inviting to submit films for the upcoming 14th edition and its two competition programmes - International and National....

Programmers from the likes of Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Locarno, Black Nights and many others band together for MY DARLING QUARANTINE, an online short film festival...

Filmmakers and scriptwriters from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania asked to apply for new edition of intensive script workshop While the world is currently in lockdown,...

The 42nd Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival – one of the most significant short film events in the world – started last weekend. For the...

The 13th Vilnius International Short Film Festival ended its exciting four-day adventure with awarding the best films of this year’s competition programmes. On Sunday evening...

The 13th Vilnius International Short Film Festival on the January 17th invites to the open and free Industry Day. The programme presents a creative workshop...

Introducing a member of the jury for the 13th Vilnius International Short Film Festival Sébastien Sperer (France). Jury will select Best Short Fiction, Best Short...

Dora Nedeczky is an award-winning Hungarian producer, owner of the Budapest / Tallinn based art film production company, Mindwax and a member of the competition...

Festival's guests this year: International Competition: Anneta Furdecká | Director of photography of APART , Czech Republic Dekel Nitzan | Director of NOA, Israel Karol Lindholm | Director of IN A LION,...

The 2020 cultural events calendar is kickstarted by the 13th Vilnius International Short Film Festival. On January 16th - 19th in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Panevėžys,...

The 13th Vilnius International Short Film Festival announces the list of Lithuanian short films to be screened at the National Competition programme. Out of over...

The 13th Vilnius International Short Film Festival, which will take place on January 16-19th, 2020, announces short films list of The International Competition Programme. Out...

We are happy to announce the new Vilnius International Short Film Festival 2020 programmers team! Meet International competition programmers – director and scriptwriter Andrius Blaževičius,...

The 7th edition of “Baltic Pitching Forum”, which took place on 10–12th of October in Vilnius, has come to an end. This year the Forum...

Baltic Pitching Forum is greeting film professionals from Baltic States again for the 7th time this year with a new guest country Finland. 12 exciting...

BALTIC PITCHING FORUM revealed 12 short film projects that will participate at its 7th edition. Forum will take place on 10-12th of October in Vilnius, Lithuania. This...

Since its first edition in 2013 the Baltic Pitching Forum, an initiative of some of the most important film festivals and film companies from across...

Vilnius International Short Film Festival is now excepting new film submissions to the International and National competitions. Filmmakers can submit fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrid genre...

Baltic Short Film Project Pitching Event "Baltic Pitching Forum” announces its new call for short film projects. This year the Forum expands its horizons by...

Vilnius International Short Film Festival officially announces its creative holidays until 2020. The next 13th edition of the Festival will be held in January, 2020. Meanwhile,...

Estonian project ‘County Court’ wins two prizes alongside Lithuanian animation ‘Girl and the Piano’   The 6th edition of the Baltic Pitching Forum, which took...

BALTIC PITCHING FORUM has revealed 9 short film projects that will participate at it’s 6th edition. Forum will take place on 12-13th of October in...

SHORT RIGA: Test Screenings look for the Baltic short film projects that are recently finished or undergo their final stages of production. Ten selected entries...

Baltic Pitching Forum 2018 extends call for projects deadline until August 15th. Filmmakers from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania still have two more weeks to submit...

The 6th Baltic Pitching Forum announces call for projects. The Forum is a two-day event that aims to provide a focus on some of the...

The 36-hour-long 11.5th Vilnius International Short Film Festival held a double ceremony, both opening and closing, on Friday night. In addition to a special short...

Tomas Vengris Tomas grew up the son of Lithuanian immigrants in Washington, DC. He received his BA from Columbia University and completed his M.F.A in...

Vilnius International Short Film Festival, one of the major short film events in the Baltics, starts in a fortnight, on January 18-20. Alongside its traditional...

The most recent edition of the Baltic Pitching Forum, which took place in Vilnius, Lithuania 6th-7th October, saw projects from each Baltic country walking away...

The 5th Baltic Pitching Forum announces call for projects. The forum is a two day event that aims to provide a focus on some of...

Having invited audiences to spend long winter evenings watching short films, on Saturday night the festival hosted an awards ceremony at the Arts Printing House,...

The greatest number of screenings in this year's Vilnius International Short Film Festival has been bestowed on The Secret World of Moths (2016) by Finnish...

A keen-eyed observation of man and nature is a quality shared by the three special programmes of the festival. The focus this year is on...

For the second time, the festival is going to have a national short film competition. The two competing programmes will reveal the reflections and issues...

With each year, the organisers receive more and more applications from filmmakers wanting to take part in the competition programmes. This year, 48 films have...

The biggest short film event in the Baltic States is changing its traditional autumn date and moving to the beginning of the year. The festival...

Vilnius International Short Film Festival is now excepting new film submissions for the 11th edition. The next edition of the Vilnius International Short Film Festival will...

  The Baltic Pitching Forum is a unique platform of networking and bringing the newest short film projects from the Baltics into the spotlight. More...

Photos by Ieva Budzeikaitė.

BEST FICTION Aissa dir. Clement Trehin-Lalanne SPECIAL MENTION Picnic dir. Jure Pavlovic BEST ANIMATION Symphony no.42 dir. Reka Busci BEST DOCUMENTARY If Mama Ain't Happy,...

We invite you to see National Competition programmes witch have screenings today and tomorrow. October 10th: 19:00 ir 21:00  @ „Skalvija“ film centre (A. Goštauto...

We had two magical screenings of contemporary video artists Deimantas Narkevičius and John Smith. Location: VĮ Žemės ūkio informacijos ir kaimo verslo centras, Kudirkos str....

PROGRAMME IS PRESENTED BY Family restaurant   Special screening for the little ones was held on Saturday. The programme is curated by the biggest short...

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ACCREDITATIONS FOR PROFESSIONALS Film professionals can apply for the Festival Accreditation from 18th September to 2nd October, 2015. The accreditation includes free entry to all...

Official selection for BALTIC PITCHING FORUM 2015 projects is now announced:   From Estonia: Winter in the Rainforest Director Anu Laura Tuttelberg Producer Kerdi Oenego...

Event – to be held in Vilnius from October 9th-10th 2015 – looking for live action and animation shorts to be pitched at event that...

The Winners of 9th International Short Film Festival VILNIUS FILM SHORTS 2014: - Best Short Fiction - SOFT RAIN (dir. Dénes Nagy, Hungary) - Special...

BALTIC PITCHING FORUM is a unique platform of networking and bringing the newest short film projects from the Baltics into the spotlight. Forum invites to apply...

Held as part of the Vilnius Film Shorts, the Baltic Pitching Forum (taking place between 11th and 12th October) gathered filmmakers from Estonia, Latvia and...

BEST FICTION THE CEMENT MIXER, director Liviu Sandulescu, Romania Jury Comment: The tragic-comic film in a typical Romanian today’s wave style.   SPECIAL JURY MENTION...

International Short Film Festival VILNIUS FILM SHORTS is glad to announce a list of the films that have been selected for the International Competition: 50HZ...

BALTIC PITCHING FORUM is a unique platform of networking and bringing the newest short film projects from the Baltics into the spotlight. Forum invites to apply...

International submissions for 8th Vilnius Film Shorts are open now! Sumbit your short film via www.reelport.com or www.filmshorts.lt Submission deadline - 1st of June, 2013!

VILNIUS FILM SHORTS – the only international and professional short film festival in Lithuania, presenting the newest short films from all over the world. Every...

This year three best short films were awarded in three nominations - Best Animation, Best Fiction and Best Documentrary films: BEST FICTION "Amigos Forever" (Koležanki),...

Vilnius Film Shorts is glad to present the world’s first interactive movie "KINOAUTOMAT"! It will be screened for the first time in Lithuania and only...

’Vilnius Film Shorts’ is the biggest short film festival in the Baltic countries, presenting the newest short films of the past few years to the viewers...