Laima Pangonytė

A short film capturing the journey of various musicians and singers to the Lithuanian Song Festival.

A documentary film about two Lithuanian pilots, who flew over the Atlantic in 1933 - Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas.

The film tells about the musicians of the Zapyškis town brass band.

This moving portrayal of an experience understandable to us all the sense of reclaiming a distant heritage charts the odyssey of young Canadian-Lithuanians as they return to the mythic homeland where their parents were born. Absorbing the sights and sounds of a land at once so intimate and so foreign to them. Superb short performances by singers at the famous Rumsiskes National Park, and a classic poetry reading by renowned actor Laimonas Noreika are among the many special attractions. For those who have ever returned to their past, but even more so for those who have not, this film is a chronicle of a dream come true.

Advertisement for the new (Soviet) traditions of civil ceremonies -- weddings, name days, funerals. Songs of the respective customs replace the voice-over text. Mannequins dressed in contemporary bridal outfits are driven around the folk life museum and fields in a film studio car, filmed against the backdrop of century-old cottages.

Moving people from homesteads to settlements. Families are filmed and interviewed in their old backyards just before they move out.

A short film capturing the journey of various musicians and singers to the Lithuanian Song Festival.

A documentary film about two Lithuanian pilots, who flew over the Atlantic in 1933 - Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas.

The film tells about the musicians of the Zapyškis town brass band.

This moving portrayal of an experience understandable to us all the sense of reclaiming a distant heritage charts the odyssey of young Canadian-Lithuanians as they return to the mythic homeland where their parents were born. Absorbing the sights and sounds of a land at once so intimate and so foreign to them. Superb short performances by singers at the famous Rumsiskes National Park, and a classic poetry reading by renowned actor Laimonas Noreika are among the many special attractions. For those who have ever returned to their past, but even more so for those who have not, this film is a chronicle of a dream come true.

Advertisement for the new (Soviet) traditions of civil ceremonies -- weddings, name days, funerals. Songs of the respective customs replace the voice-over text. Mannequins dressed in contemporary bridal outfits are driven around the folk life museum and fields in a film studio car, filmed against the backdrop of century-old cottages.

Moving people from homesteads to settlements. Families are filmed and interviewed in their old backyards just before they move out.

Chronicle of summer 1988: "Antis" band concert, collective actions at the Baltic Sea, political sensations on TV, and clashes with the police