DICE-CHING-O-MAT by Kristijonas Vildžiūnas
Drama, Sci-fi 88' LT LV EE Lithuanian, English & Estonian
WP - In Competition Warsaw IFF 2026

A man trapped in a strange cube must solve its riddle while his family faces danger; his journey becomes a race against time to transform himself and protect his loved ones.

Vilis (55), a scholar in Asian Studies, finds himself trapped in the CUBE — a mysterious, elevator-like structure. When the CUBE flips, Vilis hits his head and realizes he no longer knows who he is.


An intercom tells him to leave through the red door and find the green door outside. The red door leads Vilis into Vilnius, brought to a standstill by the 2020 pandemic. There, he encounters his wife and adult children — two daughters and a son — yet feels like a stranger in his own family. His children are not surprised; after all, their father had long since disappeared into his academic bubble.


As Vilis searches aimlessly for the green door, his family starts to fall apart. Turning to the ancient Chinese Book of Change, the core of his academic life, Vilis tries to outsmart the CUBE’s controlling mechanism — the “Dicechingomat.” But ultimately, he understands: only by establishing an emotional connection with his children can he find the green door.


CAST


DAINIUS GAVENONIS

VILMA RAUBAITĖ

ADELĖ ŠUMINSKAITĖ

VAIDILĖ JUOZAITYTĖ

MAKSIM SEMIONOV


CREW


Scriptwriter & Director

KRISTIJONAS VILDŽIŪNAS


Producer

ULJANA KIM


Co-Producers

ROBERTS VINOVSKIS, DOMINIKS JARMAKOVIČS,

MARJU LEPP, AGNIESZKA BĘDKOWSKA


Director of Photography

JURĢIS KMINS, LGC


Production Designer

JURĢIS KRĀSONS


Music by

IXOJI


Editor

DANIELIUS KOKANAUSKIS


Costume Designer

LIENE DOBRĀJA


Makeup Designer

EGLĖ MIKALAUSKAITĖ-GRICIENĖ


Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer

SAULIUS URBANAVIČIUS, MPSE


Animation and VFX Director

JAAGUP METSALU


Art Directors

VLADAS DAUTARTAS, DOMINAS PULOKAS


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