Before the Sea Forgets
2025–2026 / Singapore, Greece, Argentina, Latvia / 4 competition shorts
With English and Lithuanian subtitles, 56 min
September 4, 2026, 6.30 PM
SODAS 2123, Vitebsko g. 23, Vilnius
(opening, free entrance)
Before the Sea Forgets
2025 / Singapore / drama
Director: Ngoc Duy Le
Cast: Nguyen Le Son, The Manh Tran
Vietnamese, with English and Lithuanian subtitles, 17 min
On Da Nang’s peninsula, where echoes of war linger, a gay tourist couple searches for a forgotten Vietnamese soldier’s grave, shadowed by a mysterious skate crew carving their paths.
Gorgones
Gorgones
2025 / Greece / drama
Director: Dimitris Tsakaleas, Lida Vartzioti
Cast: Aliki Andriomenou, Alistis Giraud, Georgina Liossi, Stavros Markoulakis
Greek, with English and Lithuanian subtitles, 15 min
Summer holidays in Greece. A flirt, under the scorched sun, pushes two opposite friend groups on a journey of sexual discovery, lust, consent, and complete transformation.
MDB
MDB
2025 / Argentina / drama
Director: Mila Aquilia
Cast: Luz Ten Have, Guadalupe Trejo
Spanish, with English and Lithuanian subtitles, 19 min
Summer of 2005 in Mar del Plata. The ‘Bikini Open’ and the ‘Ladies Night’ heat up the season. Pilar (14) and her family spend their afternoons at an upscale health resort in the city. There, she meets Camila (14). They fall in love amid photologs, ringtones, love letters, and plenty of ‘punchy, punchy’ noise. The spa starts to spread rumors that they are girlfriends. The teenage girls experience their first love secretly from a society that doesn’t accept them.
Cleanliness
Cleanliness
Tīrība
2025 / Latvia / animatiion
Director: Andrejs Brīvulis
Latvian, with English and Lithuanian subtitles, 5 min
A diary of an office worker’s day. A humorous look at his casual homosexual adventures turns bitter when it is revealed that he is already in a relationship with a deeply depressed, alcoholic man.
