» Introductory words International short film festival "Tinklai" was born as an initiative aimed to create a regular cultural event on the Lithuanian coast and in the Capital. The festival was meant to attract audiences of both cities, despite their diverse tastes, and present them with a unique cinema event. This year "Tinklai" starts in the capital in an attempt to connect Vilnius' and Klaipėda's spectators and establish a creative link among the artists and cinephiles of these distinct Lithuanian cities. Action among the nets at Ventes Ragas, an ornithological station, will continue to be a defining event in the festival, which unites nature and cinema, coastal audience and guests from other Lithuanian cities as well as abroad.

International short film festival "Tinklai" is a fledging cinema event, which evolves in its structure, image and attracts a growing crowd of fans. The festival, which will take place for the third time this year, emphasises variety of short film forms in the Baltic region countries, thus, seeking to revive a short film evolution in Lithuania and encourage its further integration into European film space.

This year short feature, documentary and animation films from eleven European countries are shown in "Tinklai" festival. The third programme of "Tinklai" consists not only of recent short films. Documentary classics and special programs from different countries should also draw attention to another important aspect of the cinema - European cinema heritage, which vividly reflects variety of film genres.

"Tinklai" provokes a dialogue among the directors producing non-standard films, festivals that show their films and audiences that come to appreciate them. That is why this year there will be directors, international film festival co-ordinators and cinema critics present among the festival's guest. Their visit should encourage new contacts among Lithuanian cinema people and those from abroad.

Artūras Jevdokimovas,
Festival Director

Gražina Arlickaitė,
Programme Director

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