European Film Festival Scanorama

Lithuania’s largest autumn film festival, held every year in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Alytus, Panevėžys, Marijampolė, Visaginas, Vilkaviškis and Gargždai
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Crossing Europe

Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Dir. Grant Gee

1 hr. 42 min. Pegi 13
Next screening Thu, 5 November · 19:30 Forum Cinemas Vingis · 6 · Vilnius
Crossing Europe

Everytime

Dir. Sandra Wollner

2 hr. 4 min. Pegi 13
Next screening Fri, 6 November · 18:20 Pasaka Senamiesčio · Didžioji · Vilnius
Crossing Europe

Rose

Dir. Markus Schleinzer

1 hr. 33 min. Pegi 13
Next screening Sat, 7 November · 18:30 Forum Cinemas Vingis · Hall 1 · Vilnius
News from the North

Beloved

Dir. Erik Poppe

1 hr. 53 min. Pegi 13
Next screening Thu, 5 November · 18:30 Skalvija · Hall 1 · Vilnius
Crossing Europe

Gentle Monster

Dir. Marie Kreutzer

1 hr. 54 min. Pegi 13
Next screening Fri, 6 November · 18:30 Forum Cinemas Vingis · 6 · Vilnius
Crossing Europe

Golden Age

Dir. Bérenger Thouin

1 hr. 53 min. Pegi 13
Next screening Sun, 8 November · 18:00 Romuva · Didžioji salė · Kaunas
Crossing Europe

The Blood Countess

Dir. Ulrike Ottinger

1 hr. 59 min. Pegi 13
Next screening Fri, 6 November · 18:30 Forum Cinemas Vingis · Hall 1 · Vilnius
Crossing Europe

Queen at Sea

Dir. Lance Hammer

2 hr. 1 min. Pegi 13
Next screening Sun, 8 November · 18:00 Forum Cinemas Vingis · Hall 1 · Vilnius
Crossing Europe

Too Many Beasts

Dir. Sarah Arnold

1 hr. 35 min. Pegi 13
Next screening Fri, 6 November · 18:30 Skalvija · Hall 1 · Vilnius
News from the North

The Guest

Dir. Mads Mengel

1 hr. 39 min. Pegi 13
Next screening Sat, 7 November · 18:30 Skalvija · Hall 1 · Vilnius
News from the North

Growth of the Soil

Dir. Hans Petter Moland

2 hr. 35 min. Pegi 13
Next screening Thu, 5 November · 18:00 Pasaka Senamiesčio · Didžioji · Vilnius
Focus

Diary for My Children

Dir. Márta Mészáros

1 hr. 49 min. Pegi 13
Next screening Sun, 8 November · 17:00 Forum Cinemas Vingis · 9 · Vilnius

Passes

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

This price is valid until 18 October.

5 films

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€8 per film instead of €9.50
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10 films

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€7.50 per film instead of €9.50
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Passes are valid only in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda and Šiauliai, and are sold on the Forum Cinemas website.

2026 festival theme

Meeting the Other

The closer we come to another person, the less ready-made answers fit. Cinema becomes a kind of laboratory of humanity: for a few hours it lets us come close to another life, its fears, joys and choices.

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Meet this year’s film characters

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.

Gentle Monster Meet them on screen

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.

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.

Everybody Digs Bill Evans · opening film Meet them on screen

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.

The Blood Countess Meet them on screen

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.

Growth of the Soil Meet them on screen

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.

I Understand Your Displeasure Meet them on screen

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.

Golden Age Meet them on screen

Cinema — a few hours in someone else’s life

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