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For the last two decades films and short films have been premiered at the most important international festivals. Retrospectives on the job of Audrius Stonys and \u0160ar\u016bnas Bartas, famous directors still active today, have been presented at festivals such as Visios du R\u00e9el (Switzerland), Cartagena Film Festival \u2013 FICCI (Columbia), Transilvania International Film Festival (Romania), European Film Festival Pali\u0107 (Serbia), Kiev Molodist International Film Festival (Ukraine). The feeling of an active movement is reinforced not only by the increase in film production \u2013 in 2016, 13 Lithuanian films debuted in cinemas while in the last ten years there have been only two or three feature films a year \u2013 but also by daring premi\u00e8res of young artists. In these films we experience an ironic point of view on reality and an analysis of social masks. A strong tradition of documentary films has developed in Lithuania since the 1960s and has been passed down through generations encouraging filmmakers to discover original perspectives and to explore existential questions as well as national identity. The contemporary Lithuanian documentary often departs from the canons and looks for new ways to express reality \u2013 young directors frequently deal with painful social issues and present individuals \u201cat risk\u201d. Short films and animation films are original and atypical too. This intersection between traditional auteur cinema and Lithuanian cinematography shows new stylistic and thematic trends that we want to highlight with this Focus. The festival is organised together with <a href=\"https:\/\/lithuanianshorts.com\/\">Lithuanian Shorts<\/a>: a Lithuanian agency of short films founded in 2012 that promotes Lithuanian short films nationally and internationally.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kolektyviniai sodai<\/em> (Community Gardens), Vytautas Katkus, 2019<br \/>\n<em>Komisija<\/em> (Commission), Vytautas O\u0161kinis, 2019<br \/>\n<em>Konkursas<\/em> (The Contest), Saul\u0117 Bliuvait\u0117, 2019<br \/>\n<em>Laivas<\/em> (The Ship), Jok\u016bbas Lapinskas, 2018<br \/>\n<em>Stovintis vanduo<\/em> (Still Water), Dagn\u0117 Gumbrevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, 2018<br \/>\n<em>Vienas gyvenimas<\/em> (One Life), Marija Stonyt\u0117, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curated by Simone Bardoni and Emma Baruffaldi One of the geographical Focus is on Lithuania. 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