European Film Festival Scanorama

2026 · Lithuania

Programme and screenings

Crossing Europe

Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Dir. Grant Gee · Ireland, United Kingdom, 2026

Screenings

November

City

Venue

Tuesday, November 10 · 30 screenings in all cities

16:00

Crossing Europe

Queen at Sea

Lance Hammer · United Kingdom, United States, 2026 · 2 hr. 1 min.

Forum Cinemas Vingis, Hall 9 Vilnius

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16:00

Open Borders

Light Pillar

Han ye deng zhu

Xu Zao · China, 2026 · 1 hr. 30 min.

Forum Cinemas Vingis, Hall 11 Vilnius

Tickets
16:20

News from the North

The Guest

Gæsten

Mads Mengel · Denmark, 2026 · 1 hr. 39 min.

Forum Cinemas Vingis, Hall 10 Vilnius

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16:30

News from the North

The Quiet Beekeeper

Biodlaren

Marcus Carlsson · Sweden, 2026 · 1 hr. 44 min.

Forum Cinemas Vingis, Hall 12 Vilnius

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16:30

Crossing Europe

Mariinka

Pieter-Jan De Pue · Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, 2026 · 1 hr. 34 min.

Forum Cinemas Kaune, Hall 5 Kaunas

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17:00

Open Borders

Flies

Moscas

Fernando Eimbcke · Mexico, Spain, 2026 · 1 hr. 39 min.

Skalvija, Hall 1 Vilnius

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17:30

Crossing Europe

Everytime

Sandra Wollner · Austria, Germany, 2026 · 2 hr. 4 min.

Kino teatras „Minija“, Hall 1 Gargždai

Tickets
17:40

Main Competition

Petty Thieves

Sitni lopovi

Mate Ugrin · Croatia, France, Germany, Serbia, 2026 · 1 hr. 50 min.

Forum Cinemas Kaune, Hall 4 Kaunas

Tickets
18:00

News from the North

The Guest

Gæsten

Mads Mengel · Denmark, 2026 · 1 hr. 39 min.

Arlekinas, Hall 1 Klaipėda

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18:00

News from the North

Woman, Unknown

Kvinde, ukendt

May el-Toukhy · Denmark, Sweden, 2026 · 2 hr. 6 min.

Forum Cinemas Vingis, Hall 6 Vilnius

Tickets
18:00

News from the North

Beloved

Kjærast

Erik Poppe · Norway, 2026 · 1 hr. 53 min.

Forum Cinemas Vingis, Hall 11 Vilnius

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18:20

Crossing Europe

Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Grant Gee · Ireland, United Kingdom, 2026 · 1 hr. 42 min.

Pasaka Senamiesčio, Didžioji Vilnius

Tickets
18:30

Crossing Europe

Rose

Markus Schleinzer · Austria, Germany, 2026 · 1 hr. 33 min.

Forum Cinemas Klaipėdoje, 3 Klaipėda

Tickets
18:30

Focus

False as Water

Falsk som vatten

Hans Alfredson · Sweden, 1985 · 1 hr. 42 min.

Forum Cinemas Vingis, Hall 9 Vilnius

Tickets
18:30

Lithuanian Film premieres

La Pietà

Rafa Molés, Pepe Andreu · Spain, Iceland, Lithuania, 2026 · 1 hr. 22 min.

Forum Cinemas Vingis, Hall 10 Vilnius

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18:30

Crossing Europe

Everytime

Sandra Wollner · Austria, Germany, 2026 · 2 hr. 4 min.

Forum Cinemas Šiauliuose, 5 Šiauliai

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18:30

Eitvydas Doškus’s films: Next Stop – Paneriai premiere and This Was Vilnius Meet in a single program

43 min.

„SODAS 2123“, Hall 1 Vilnius

Tickets
18:40

Focus

Diary for My Children

Napló gyermekeimnek

Márta Mészáros · Hungary, 1983 · 1 hr. 49 min.

Forum Cinemas Kaune, Hall 5 Kaunas

Tickets
18:50

Crossing Europe

Conrad & Crab - Idiotic Gems

Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines

Claude Schmitz · Belgium, France, 2026 · 1 hr. 25 min.

Forum Cinemas Vingis, Hall 12 Vilnius

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19:00

Crossing Europe

Rose

Markus Schleinzer · Austria, Germany, 2026 · 1 hr. 33 min.

Skalvija, Hall 1 Vilnius

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20:00

Crossing Europe

Everytime

Sandra Wollner · Austria, Germany, 2026 · 2 hr. 4 min.

Arlekinas, Hall 1 Klaipėda

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20:00

Crossing Europe

Home Stories

Etwas ganz Besonderes

Eva Trobisch · Germany, 2026 · 1 hr. 56 min.

Forum Cinemas Kaune, Hall 4 Kaunas

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20:30

Crossing Europe

Golden Age

L'Âge d'Or

Bérenger Thouin · France, Italy, 2026 · 1 hr. 53 min.

Forum Cinemas Vingis, Hall 11 Vilnius

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20:30

Eitvydas Doškus’s films: Next Stop – Paneriai premiere and This Was Vilnius Meet in a single program

43 min.

„SODAS 2123“, Hall 1 Vilnius

Tickets
20:40

Crossing Europe

Parallel Tales

Histoires parallèles

Asghar Farhadi · France, Italy, 2026 · 2 hr. 20 min.

Forum Cinemas Vingis, Hall 6 Vilnius

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20:40

Focus

Diary for My Father and Mother

Napló apámnak, anyámnak

Márta Mészáros · Hungary, 1990 · 1 hr. 55 min.

Forum Cinemas Vingis, Hall 9 Vilnius

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20:50

Crossing Europe

Salvation

Kurtuluş

Emin Alper · Türkiye, France, Netherlands, Greece, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, 2026 · 2 hr. 0 min.

Skalvija, Hall 1 Vilnius

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20:50

Nocturnal Creatures

Species

Sanguine

Marion Le Corroller · France, 2026 · 1 hr. 43 min.

Forum Cinemas Vingis, Hall 12 Vilnius

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21:00

Open Borders

Narciso

Marcelo Martinessi · Paraguay, Brazil, Portugal, Germany, Spain, France, Uruguay, 2026 · 1 hr. 41 min.

Forum Cinemas Vingis, Hall 10 Vilnius

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21:10

Crossing Europe

Dua

Blerta Basholli · Kosovo, Switzerland, France, 2026 · 1 hr. 41 min.

Forum Cinemas Kaune, Hall 5 Kaunas

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2026 festival theme – “Encountering the Other”

Meet the characters of this year’s films

01 / 07

Countryside

Lucy

In love with a man she no longer knows

Pianist Lucy moves to the countryside with her family to help her husband recover from burnout. Then, one morning, the police arrive and arrest him. What she learns forces her to question everything she thought she knew about the man she married. Yet knowing the truth does not make her love disappear. As Lucy struggles to reconcile the two, she must find a way to protect their son.

Film Gentle Monster

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02 / 07

Norway · a seaside town

Asle and Gerd

The ones the sea keeps apart

They fall in love in a seaside town and have a son. But the sea keeps pulling Asle away, and Gerd is more and more often left alone with the child. The distance between them grows in silences and glances.

Film Beloved

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03 / 07

New York · 1961

Bill Evans

The one who stopped playing

He records one of the most famous jazz albums of 1961, and a few days later learns that a musician friend has died in a car crash. Bill stops performing and leaves New York, running from heroin and difficult relationships.

Film Everybody Digs Bill Evans · opening film

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04 / 07

Vienna · between past and present

Countess Báthory

The woman who refuses to belong to the past

Countess Báthory returns to Vienna, her aristocratic grandeur and thirst for blood undiminished. But even her own family harbours a rebel: her vegetarian nephew is in therapy and dreams of becoming mortal. The Countess has other plans. With her devoted maid Hermine, she hunts for a book that could destroy the vampire world, determined to destroy it first. For her, eternal life also means holding on to power.

Film The Blood Countess

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05 / 07

Northern Norway · early 20th century

Isak

The one who has nothing but resolve

He arrives alone and, high up among the trees, finds a patch of barren land. The soil wears him down but also gives him hope. Quiet, strong Inger joins him, and the farm becomes a home — until change reaches their remote world.

Film Growth of the Soil

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06 / 07

A cleaning company

Heike

The one who keeps everyone happy

At a cleaning company she balances the team, the clients and the bosses so that everyone stays satisfied. But when the firm risks losing an important contract, Heike has to fire a good colleague whom everyone likes.

Film I Understand Your Displeasure

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07 / 07

France · Early 20th century

Jeanne

The woman who refuses to know her place

A butcher’s daughter, Jeanne dreams of becoming a countess. In a society where birth determines opportunity, she relies on determination, self-belief and a little luck. But winning the title is only part of her story. Love affairs and the upheavals of the twentieth century reshape her idea of the life she wants: rising through the ranks does not necessarily mean taking charge of her own destiny.

Film Golden Age

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Passes

Choose more films and pay less. Sometimes the most interesting encounters begin with the film you knew least about before you walked in.

Passes are valid only in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda and Šiauliai, and are sold on the Forum Cinemas website. This price is valid from 19 October.

Passes
Pass	Price per film	Price	Purchase
5 films You save €5.50	€8.4 per film (instead of €9.50)	Total €42	Buy
10 films You save €15	€8 per film (instead of €9.50)	Total €80	Buy

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