Films
The 2026 programme is announced closer to the festival, which runs 13–21 November 2026. Below is the full line-up from our most recent edition.
LBFF 2026
Morten
1h 40min
Morten is a magical-realist coming-of-age story about a teenage boy caught between the everyday and the mystical, after a street artist and a mysterious bog girl enter his life. Special Screenings selection, Karlovy Vary IFF 2026.
Ulya
1h 42min
Ulya follows a young basketball prodigy discovered on a remote Soviet Latvian farm in 1964, torn between an elite athletic career and an ordinary life. Selected for Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2026.
How to Divorce During the War
1h 48min
How to Divorce During the War follows a couple's separation in Vilnius on the eve of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Winner of the Directing Award, Sundance Film Festival 2026.
Kingpins
1h 35min
Drowning in unpaid bills, an actress-slash-waitress hatches a plan to rob the bowling alley where she works. When the heist goes wrong, she must give the performance of a lifetime to clear her name. A Latvian crime comedy and the directorial debut of Kristians Riekstins.
Hunger Strike Breakfast
1h 25min
Hunger Strike Breakfast is an absurd drama about Lithuanian television employees who declare a hunger strike after Soviet forces seize the Vilnius TV Tower in January 1991. Official Selection, Warsaw Film Festival 2025, and Baltic Competition, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2025.
Our Erika
2h 5min
Our Erika is a biographical drama tracing Olympic track cyclist Erika Salumäe's journey from a difficult childhood to Olympic gold, and the feature debut of director German Golub.
LBFF 2025
LBFF presents: The Best of Estonian Short Films
1h 29min
The screening consists of contemporary and classic award-winning Estonian short films. In partnership with Estonian Film Institute, Estonian Embassy in London.
Renovation
1h 30 min
True renovation begins from the inside. Present-day Vilnius, Lithuania. Ilona, a perfectionist 29-year-old, feels the pressure to be settled and successful by the time she turns 30.
Rolling Papers
1h 38min
Rolling Papers explores the lives of young adults, united by their uncertainty about the future and a shared longing for a purposeful existence. Estonia's official submission to the Academy Awards in the International feature category.
Life and Love
1h 58min
In 1933, a young woman embarks on a journey, leaving behind the countryside for the bustling heart of the city. Her fate converges with a middle-aged printing house owner. leading to the inception of a heart-wrenching love story.
Maria's Silence
1h 44min
A powerful and critically acclaimed historical drama, based on the true story of Maria Leiko, a famous Latvian stage and silent-film actress who late in her career travels to Stalin’s Russia in 1937.
Toxic
1h 39min
Dreaming of an escape from the bleakness of their hometown, two teens form a unique bond at a local modeling school, where the promise of a better life pushes girls to violate their bodies in increasingly extreme ways.
Youth Eternal
1h 45min
A coming-of-age story about a group of millennials who start to face their self-destructive tendencies as they each head straight into their crisis of thirtysomethings and embark on a journey to embrace responsibility.
See the 2026 programme for dates and venues, or the latest news.