Audio documentary festival BANGUOJA, taking place for the 5th time in Vilnius, Lithuania,
presents local and international audio documentaries translated into Lithuanian and
projected onto screens and building walls across the city. With a strong focus on human
rights, the festival explores social realities through sound and storytelling. It brings together
professional and emerging audio documentary creators and listeners, creating a shared
listening experience.

For this year's programme, we invite proposals for live events during the festival. We
welcome live documentary storytelling, audio walks, performative listening sessions,
activated sound installations, interdisciplinary or similar works immersing live audiences –
projects that aim to create spaces and conditions for deeper listening.

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Theme of 2026: Finding One Another

 

In the context of increasing polarisation across societies, we are looking for stories that explore possibilities of dialogue and connection.

 

• Where do people with opposing views still encounter each other?

• What does it take to stay in conversation?

• Can sound create space for listening where politics fails?
   

 

Practical information
 

Proposals may be submitted by independent creators and collectives. Works may have been
previously created and presented, but we also welcome new ideas that could be developed
and realised before the festival.

Works may be presented in any language; however, authors, in collaboration with the festival
organisers, should ensure accessibility for participants in both Lithuanian and English.
Applications may be submitted in Lithuanian or English.

Selected works will be presented during the festival, taking place 9–14 June 2026 in
Vilnius, Lithuania.

An artist fee of 300 EUR is provided for the creation and presentation of the work. The
festival is unable to cover travel or accommodation expenses.

Application deadline: 26 April 2026
Selected artists will be contacted by 1 May

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To submit your work, please complete the submission form: HERE 

If you have any questions, please contact: festival@banguoja.lt

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The project is partially funded by Vilnius City Municipality

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