Films recently nominated for the Oscars and awarded at prestigious festivals, first-time programmes composed of hybrid films and music videos, a retrospective of films based on Shakespeare’s plays, and new works from prominent directors. All this and more will come to the
21st Kino Pavasaris starting
March 31st in Vilnius and April 1st in four other cities. The festival will continue for two weeks, ending on
April 14th.
A Good Wife by Mirjana Karanovic
Kino Pavasaris offers three competition programmes, New Europe – New Names, Baltic Gaze and Short Competition. The jury of this year’s New Europe – New Names competition consists of Pamela Biénzobas, a regular member of the Cannes festival jury, former vice president of FIPRESCI and Chilean film critic; Jin Park from South Korea, a programmer at the Busan International Film Festival; Javier Garcia Puerto, director of Festival REC (Spain) and programmer at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival; Gust Van den Berghe, director of “Lucifer”, which won the Wroclaw Grand Prix and was well-received by last year’s Kino Pavasaris audiences; and Andrei Plakhov, the most influential Russian film critic, historian, and festival programmer. This competition programme includes debut films from Central and Eastern European directors.
As always,
Kino Pavasaris will screen the best new films from around the world in its 18 sections, while the international film industry conference
“Meeting Point – Vilnius” will be held on April 12th–14th. This year’s festival will include many notable films, among which many Balkan productions and co-productions.
Family Film by Olmo Omerzu
Mustang by Deniz Gamze Erguven
Interruption by Yorgos Zois
Illegitimate by Adrian Sitaru
For more information regarding the full programme of the Festival, please visit
Kino Pavasaris official website.