Vilnius Documentary Film Festival

  • 2018-09-19
  • TBT Staff

VILNIUS - The 15th edition of the Vilnius Documentary Film Festival is dedicated to the Swiss filmmaker Peter Liechti (1951-2014). At the VDFF, some of Liechti’s long and short films will be shown. Furthermore, the installation DEDICATIONS, organized by Liechti’s partner Jolanda Gsponer, will show some extracts of Liechti’s last unfinished movie.

Peter Liechti was born in St. Gallen. He directed more than 20 films and he was nominated for many awards. Almost all of his creations were documentary, essay, music or experimental films.

Films shown:

- Father’s Garden – The Love of My Parents (93’) - The Sound of Insects – Record of a Mummy (88’) - Lucky Jack – Three Attempts to Stop Smoking (90’) - Signer’s Suitcase – On the Way with the Artis Roman Signer (80’) - Kick that Habit (45’) - Theatre of Hope (19’) - Spring Thaw (8’) - Vertical / Horizontal (8’)

The festival will take place in Vilnius (21.09-10.01), Ukmerge (06.10-08.10) and Klaipeda (06.10-08.10).