The 29th annual Vilnius International Film Festival was held on March 14th-27th of this year. There were over 100 films shown at the festival, though one stood above the rest. Maciek Hamela’s documentary In The Rearview won best film at the festival. It centers around the stories of Ukrainians fleeing from the war.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, “The Vilnius jury picked the “touching documentary” for its top prize in a unanimous vote. Filmed in the first days following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the film tells stories of trauma, loss and humanity as it follows a small van that crisscrosses the war-torn country, picking up Ukrainians as they are forced to abandon their homes at the front and shuttling them across the battered landscape into exile.”

Other winners at the festival include The Peasants, which took home the audience award, Resentment, which won best short film, and The One Who Knows, which won best Lithuanian short film. In addition, Saura Lightfoot Leon got a special mention for her performance in Hoard.