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10 film recommendations from festival director Gražina Arlickaitė

As the European Film Festival „Scanorama“ approaches, its founder and artistic director Gražina Arlickaitė is once again sharing her personal recommendations, inviting audiences to encounter another on the big screen. From masters who triumph at major film festivals to emerging filmmakers with distinctive artistic styles, from powerful portraits of women shaped by directing and acting to diverse quests for an authentic life.
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SCANORAMA 2026: Dramatic Encounters and the Search for Identity

Scanorama opens its 24th season with a remarkable constellation of creative encounters: Markus Schleinzer and the phenomenal Sandra Hüller (Rose); Marie Kreutzer and French stars Léa Seydoux and Catherine Deneuve (Gentle Monster); German cinema legend Ulrike Ottinger and the incomparable Isabelle Huppert (The Blood Countess); Hans Petter Moland and Knut Hamsun (Growth of the Soil); Grant Gee and jazz genius Bill Evans (Everybody Digs Bill Evans); and Lance Hammer and Juliette Binoche (Queen at Sea).

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