Saigon Kiss
2024–2025 / France, Switzerland, UK, Ukraine, Viet Nam / 4 competition shorts
With English and Lithuanian subtitles, 85 min
September 9, 2025, 5.00 PM
Skalvija, A. Goštauto g. 2, Vilnius
(tickets at skalvija.lt)
Tapage
2024 / France / drama
Director: Joséphine Madinier
Cast: Taddeo Kufus, Inti Franc-Regis
French, with Lithuanian and English subtitles, 25 min
Nemo, 20, has just found out that he will soon be deaf. At the hospital, he catches the mischievous Lou stealing pharmaceuticals. Determined to escape this new reality that he can’t process, he decides to follow Lou through the night.
Tapage
Dragfox
2024 / Switzerland, UK / animated fantasy drama
Director: Lisa Ott
Cast: Ian McKellen, Aidan Gale, Owen Divina De Campo Farrow
English, with Lithuanian subtitles, 8 min
Sam’s search for identity gets interrupted by a mysterious neighbourhood fox. Together they embark on a magical journey to the attic to discover the surprising things they might have in common, and how to celebrate the ways in which they differ.
Dragfox
The Story
Istoriya
2025 / Ukraine / drama
Director: Vadim Mochalov
Cast: Oleksandr Yakobchuk, Ilia Pivtorak, Vladyslav Blintsov, Kostyantyn Shahman
Ukrainian, with Lithuanian and English subtitles, 30 min
Working on his screenplay about two guys admitting their feelings for each other, a film directing major from Kyiv Lyonya asks his classmate Andriy, with whom he’s secretly in love, to help with the script editing.
The Story
Saigon Kiss
2024 / Viet Nam / drama
Director: Hong Anh Nguyen
Cast: Vu Truc Nhu Nguyen, Thuong Le
Vietnamese, with Lithuanian and English subtitles, 22 min
Mo roams through the rush hour traffic to avoid an unwanted phone call. When she meets Vicky by the side of the street with her broken motorbike, a visceral chance encounter unfolds between the two young queer women on the loud streets of Saigon.
