About us

European film festival since 2003

Every November, Scanorama presents the most artistically accomplished new European films and tours ten Lithuanian cities.

Our main selection criterion is high artistic merit. The festival holds the EFFE Label, the quality label of the European Festivals Association. Alongside the screenings, we run workshops, co-production forums and discussions with filmmakers. The festival is organised by Kino Aljansas.

2003 Founded
40 000 Viewers a year
100+ Films a year
10 Lithuanian cities

Gražina Arlickaitė, founder and artistic director of Scanorama 01 / 04

KĄ DAROME

Festivalis – ne tik lapkričio seansai. Štai kas vyksta visus metus.

Main Competition

Since 2022
A feature film competition for young European filmmakers.
Short Film Competition

Glimpses of Europe
A competition for young short filmmakers from across Europe.
Scanorama Summer

June–September
Satellite mini-festivals in Lithuanian towns over the summer.
SCA Directions

For the film industry
Workshops, co-production forums and discussions with filmmakers.
MIOB

Since 2017
The Moving Images – Open Borders network, founded together with six other European film festivals.
Film distribution

All year round
Festival films keep reaching audiences after the festival – and you can book a screening for your organisation.

Gražina Arlickaitė

Founder and Artistic Director

Film critic and scholar

PhD in the Humanities, associate professor, member of the European Film Academy and of the Council of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. She studied Lithuanian philology at Vilnius University and defended her doctoral thesis in film studies at the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow; in 1993 the degree was recognised by the Science Council of independent Lithuania.

She was artistic director of the festivals Kino Pavasaris (1998–2002), Tinklai (2000–2001) and Vilniaus Pavasaris (2003–2004). In 2010 she co-founded the Lithuanian Film Academy with like-minded colleagues and chaired its board until 2020, and from 2008 to 2018 she chaired the jury of the Silver Crane awards.

She writes criticism for the Lithuanian and international press, gives masterclasses for film professionals, has sat on the juries of many international film festivals, and presents programmes of Lithuanian cinema at major European festivals.