The 13th edition of “Kreivės” took place in Vilnius and Kaunas on September 4–12, 2026, with additional events held throughout the year.
Main team:
Augustas Čičelis
Justinas Šuliokas
Viktorija Kolbešnikova
Anton Karyuk
Ilona Vitkauskaitė
Marija Martinaitytė
Justina Puzinaitė
Laura Varžgalytė
Danielė Liepa Bodrije
Jury:
Santa Lingevičiūtė
Szymon Adamczak
Emil Santtu Uuttu
Funded by:
Lithuanian Cinema Centre
Vilnius
Lithuanian Council for Culture
Nordic Culture Point
Main partners:
Norway Grants
Sodas 2123
Meno avilys
Skalvija
Emma
Programme:
09 03 / Ketv / Thu
16.00
Kekšės. Namų archyvas / Sluts. Home Archive
Volungė Aušra Griškonytė
parodos atidarymas / exhibition opening
išgirsti, Darbininkų g. 8-1, Vilnius
09 04 / Penk / Fri
14.30
Queer Vilnius
Rasa Navickaitė
ekskursija / guided tour
18.30
Atidarymas / Opening
pradžia / start – 19.00
SODAS 2123, Vitebsko g. 23, Vilnius
Dragana
pasirodymas / performance
+
Trumpikės / Shorts
4 trumpi konkursiniai filmai / competition shorts
+
Pokalbiai / Mingle
baras / bar
09 05 / Šešt / Sat
10.00
Queer Archiving and Art
simpoziumas / symposium
x Nordic-Baltic Queer Archival Network
SODAS 2123, Vitebsko g. 23, Vilnius
17.30
Nematyta negirdėta / Unseen Unheard
Kristijonas Dirsė
audiovizualinė instaliacija / audiovisual installation
pristatymas / launch
Meno avilys, A. Goštauto g. 2, Vilnius
19.00
Mirties šešėly / Nāves ēnā / In the Shadow of Death
Gunārs Piesis / 1971 / LV / drama
Šiapus geležinės uždangos / This Side of the Iron Curtain
Skalvija, A. Goštauto g. 2, Vilnius
21.00
Atjungta. Trumpikės / Out of Order. Shorts
6 trumpi konkursiniai filmai / competition shorts
Skalvija, A. Goštauto g. 2, Vilnius
22.00
We Are Propaganda
vakarėlis / party
SODAS 2123, Vitebsko g. 23, Vilnius
09 06 / Sekm / Sun
14.00
Swedish Queer Archives and Museums: Artefacts, Moving Images and Sounds
pristatomoji programa / showcase
x QRAB x SAQMI x Rosa Brus x Unstraight Museum x Homografiska
Meno avilys, A. Goštauto g. 2, Vilnius
17.00
Atidėta. Trumpikės / Delay. Shorts
4 trumpi konkursiniai filmai / competition shorts
Skalvija, A. Goštauto g. 2, Vilnius
19.00
Kitas žvilgsnis / Egymásra nézve / Another Way
Károly Makk / 1982 / HU / drama
Šiapus geležinės uždangos / This Side of the Iron Curtain
Skalvija, A. Goštauto g. 2, Vilnius
09 07 / Pirm / Mon
17.30
Dubravka
Radomir Vasilevsky / 1967 / UA / drama
Šiapus geležinės uždangos / This Side of the Iron Curtain
Skalvija, A. Goštauto g. 2, Vilnius
19.15
Kreivi skaitymai. Orlanda
Gabrielė Labanauskaitė
pjesės skaitymai ir pokalbis / readings and conversation
x Vaivorykštės miuziklas
Meno avilys, A. Goštauto g. 2, Vilnius
09 08 / Antr / Tue
18.00
Apsisukimas. Trumpikės / Flip. Shorts
6 trumpi konkursiniai filmai / competition shorts
Skalvija, A. Goštauto g. 2, Vilnius
20.00
Bičių slėnis / Údolí včel / The Valley of the Bees
František Vláčil / 1968 / CZ / drama
Šiapus geležinės uždangos / This Side of the Iron Curtain
Skalvija, A. Goštauto g. 2, Vilnius
09 09 / Treč / Wed
18.15
Išgirsti Degutytę: ką reiškia queer praeities skaitymas?
skaitymai ir pokalbis / readings and conversation
x LBT knygų klubas
Meno avilys, A. Goštauto g. 2, Vilnius
09 11 / Penk / Fri
18.00
Atrinkta. Trumpikės / Selected. Shorts
6 trumpi konkursiniai filmai / competition shorts
Emma, I. Kanto g. 25, Kaunas
09 12 / Šešt / Sat
17.00
Dubravka
Radomir Vasilevsky / 1967 / UA / drama
Šiapus geležinės uždangos / This Side of the Iron Curtain
Emma, I. Kanto g. 25, Kaunas
Papildomi renginiai:
03 14–04 16
Dykinėjimai / Dyking around
Asta Volungė
paroda / exhibition
išgirsti, Darbininkų g. 8-1, Vilnius
03 16 / Pirm / Mon
16.30
“Contamination of the National Body”?
Runar Jordåen
webinar
x Skeivt arkiv x Nordic-Baltic Queer Archival Network
05 09–06 04
Kūnas ir geismas / Body and Lust
Vytautas Paplauskas
paroda / exhibition
išgirsti, Darbininkų g. 8-1, Vilnius
07 22 / Treč / Wed
21.30
Ne homoseksualas iškrypęs, o visuomenė, kurioje jis gyvena / It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
Rosa von Praunheim / 1971 / DE / fikcionalizuota dokumentika / fictionalized documentary
Gilios upės tyliai plaukia / Deep Rivers Run Silent
x Meno avilys x Goethe Institut
Bėgių parko angaras, Pelesos g. 10, Vilnius
09 03–10 01
Kekšės. Namų archyvas / Sluts. Home Archive
Volungė Aušra Griškonytė
parodos atidarymas / exhibition opening
išgirsti, Darbininkų g. 8-1, Vilnius
Programmes:
This Side of the Iron Curtain
Competition Shorts
Queer Archiving and Art. Symposium
Special Events
Awards:
Best Short Film – Delay (dir. Wang Han-Xuan)
Delay is a poignant and observant story that captures late arrival into queer life, exploring unspoken familial pain that carefully comes into view. The director builds a strong narrative through restrained visual and body language. The characters are portrayed with maturity and complexity, without reducing their relationship to a question of who is right or wrong. Most importantly, the film leaves space to understand both characters while still leaving room for hope.
Delay develops its themes indirectly through reflections and carefully composed frames within frames. Its lingering pace and sparse, beautiful dialogue create space for a complex and unresolved portrayal of family relationships, while its indirect narrative structure allows what remains unspoken to resonate. The delay named in the title operates on different thematic levels, shaping a lingering rhythm and a dramaturgy that gradually unfolds its different threads.
Jury’s Special Mention – Three Times Mina (dir. Nans Laborde Jourdàa)
Three Times Mina is a deeply intimate and timely portrait, distinguished by its precise sense of time and composition, as well as by the charismatic presence and emotional generosity of its protagonist. The film enters its situations at intriguing, understated moments, sharing short passages of relationships, encounters and nightlife, allowing small gestures and circumstances to gradually unfold into something deeply affecting. Its courage to speak openly and directly creates an honest and frank portrait that feels both personal and free.
Jury’s Special Mention – I Want My Inner Dog to Wear Pearls (Valeriu Andrișcă)
I Want My Inner Dog to Wear Pearls stands out for its professional animation, self-ironic storytelling, and its playful attempt to queer tradition via familial rug-weaving heritage. It meticulously repeats traditional Romanian rug motifs in a by now similarly nostalgic early-computer-animation aesthetic and switches suddenly between irony and sincerity. The film’s essay-like travel narrative shares how diversity persists within the private sphere of a family, even when they remain absent from official histories or the wider social context. It is an ironic yet tender Romanian story about what we inherit and what we want to abandon when we leave our place of origin.
The films were judged by Santa Lingevičiūtė, a film critic, a former head programmer at Vilnius International Film Festival, Szymon Adamczak, a dramaturg, writer, and theatre and performance maker working across disciplines. and Emil Santtu Uuttu, a dramaturge and performance artist.
