The festival saw some 1,500 entries vying for slots in its 15th anniversary edition.

“We are cautiously but confidently returning to the cinemas – after last year’s edition being a virtual event, we want to bring the full cinema experience back to the audience,” festival head Rimantė Daugėlaitė-Cegelskienė said. The festival will also be offered online.

All the films will be screened in cinemas in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Panevėžys, Marijampolė, Ukmergė, and on virtual home cinema platforms on 12-18 January. The festival is organised by the film agency Lithuanian Shorts.

National Competition:

Daddy
Directed by Justas Ramanauskas

I Was Max
Directed by Lukas Kacinauskas

Ieva
Directed by Vytautas Plukas, Domas Petronis

Interrogation
Directed by Urtė Sabutytė

It's Alright
Directed by Jorūnė Greičiūtė

Last Time
Directed by Rinaldas Tomaševičius

Places
Directed by Vytautas Katkus

Techno, Mama
Directed by Saulius Baradinskas

The First Sunday after the First Full Moon
Directed by Greta Griniūtė

The Swamp
Directed by Klementas Leonas Davidavičius