Ionian ContemporaryAnimation Festival ICONA November 12th - 15th, 2026
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Selection
Alkos
Netherlands 2026
Duration: 18:50
Directed: Smiltė Butkevičiūtė
Screenplay: Smiltė Butkevičiūtė
Production: Smiltė Butkevičiūtė
Marked by the violence of Christianization, little remains of the ancestral Lithuanian world. The protagonist awakes in an Alka - a sacred pagan ritual site where the old histories and cultural practices took place - which now sits abandoned and empty. Following the wounded shape-shifting deity Aitvaras, she sets out on a journey through the ancient world in search of a connection with the past.
Duration: 18:50
Directed: Smiltė Butkevičiūtė
Screenplay: Smiltė Butkevičiūtė
Production: Smiltė Butkevičiūtė
Marked by the violence of Christianization, little remains of the ancestral Lithuanian world. The protagonist awakes in an Alka - a sacred pagan ritual site where the old histories and cultural practices took place - which now sits abandoned and empty. Following the wounded shape-shifting deity Aitvaras, she sets out on a journey through the ancient world in search of a connection with the past.
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