The 24th European Film Festival Scanorama will take place on 5–22 November in ten Lithuanian cities.
Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Alytus, Panevėžys, Marijampolė, Visaginas, Vilkaviškis, Gargždai
A festival community that grows every year
Critically acclaimed, festival award-winning films from Europe and audience favourites from other continents; the Main Competition and the Short Film Competition; Lithuanian film premieres, and more
Meetings with film directors, actors and other members of the creative teams
Accreditation gives access to festival screenings in all cities, except the opening and closing events
Registration: 19–29 October
Ahead of the 24th European Film Festival Scanorama, taking place on 5–22 November, we invite media representatives to fill in the registration form for press accreditation. Registration is open on 19–29 October.
Accreditation gives access to all festival screenings in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Marijampolė, Alytus, Visaginas, Vilkaviškis and Gargždai. Accreditation does not give access to the festival’s opening and closing events.
Access to official festival materials – film stills, trailers, press kits and communication resources
Publications by accredited authors are shared on Scanorama’s communication channels
Initiative, sample publications, motivation, past work together and good experiences
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At the Cannes Film Festival, Natalija Serebriakova spoke with Sandra Wollner, director of <i>Every Time</i>, at the request of Scanorama. S. Wollner discussed the creative process behind <i>Every Time</i>, its themes of grief and memory, working with actors, and the importance of intuition in filmmaking.
As the European Film Festival „Scanorama“ approaches, its founder and artistic director Gražina Arlickaitė is once again sharing her personal recommendations, inviting audiences to encounter another on the big screen. From masters who triumph at major film festivals to emerging filmmakers with distinctive artistic styles, from powerful portraits of women shaped by directing and acting to diverse quests for an authentic life.
At the Berlin International Film Festival, Natalija Serebriakova spoke in a special interview for Scanorama with filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger, a creator with a singular vision, about her latest film, “The Blood Countess”—a multilayered, visually rich journey exploring the themes of mythology, power, and time.
The European Film Festival "Scanorama" has unveiled this year’s program, featuring films by emerging directors—works distinguished by their unique artistic vision and recognized with awards at major international film festivals. The selection explores themes of authentic identity and the search for values amidst the fracturing of norms caused by universal tensions.
At the end of October, the new Lithuanian documentary “Baltic UXO” will have its world premiere in the main competition programme of the Czech film festival “Ji.hlava”, while in Lithuania the film will be screened at the European Film Forum “Scanorama”.
Scanorama opens its 24th season with a remarkable constellation of creative encounters: Markus Schleinzer and the phenomenal Sandra Hüller (Rose); Marie Kreutzer and French stars Léa Seydoux and Catherine Deneuve (Gentle Monster); German cinema legend Ulrike Ottinger and the incomparable Isabelle Huppert (The Blood Countess); Hans Petter Moland and Knut Hamsun (Growth of the Soil); Grant Gee and jazz genius Bill Evans (Everybody Digs Bill Evans); and Lance Hammer and Juliette Binoche (Queen at Sea).
For media enquiries, write to the festival’s press officer Domas Kunčinas.
