WHEN CHILDREN COME HOME/NACIONALINĖS PREMIJOS LAUREATŲ VAIKAI

Drama, D: Kamilė Milašiūtė, 12′, LT, 2018

Director: Kamilė Milašiūtė
Screenwriter: Marija Kavtaradzė
DOP: Vytautas Katkus
Editor: Laurynas Bareiša
Sound Designer: Lina Semaškaitė
Composer: Dominykas Digimas
Art Director: Giedrė Valeišaitė
Producer: Marija Fridinovaitė
Production: Filmai iš toli, Lithuanian Music and Theater Academy
Contact: Filmai iš toli, fridinovaite@gmail.com
Cast: Laura Marija Rinkevičiūtė, Kasparas Varanavičius, Gelminė Glemžaitė

Synopsis: The kids are locked out of their home: the door is shut from the inside and their mother is out of reach. Their last hope is their elder sister, but even with her being there, there’s nothing they can do, but wait.

TWO OF US/MUDU ABUDU

Documentary, D: Elena Kairytė, 11′, LT, 2019

Director/Screenwriter: Elena Kairytė
DOP: Vytautas Plukas
Editing: Silvija Vilkaitė
Sound Designer: Iveta Macevičiūtė
Producer: Rūta Jekentaitė
Production: Baltic Productions
Contact: Rūta Jekentaitė, ruta@strictlyproduction.com

Synopsis: A couple of artists had been married for many years. Now Algimantas is painting Jūratė’s portrait for the first time, and the beautiful (and contradictory) dynamics of togetherness unfolds.

CAUCASUS/KAUKAZAS

Drama, D: Laurynas Bareiša, 14′, LT, 2018

Director/Editing: Laurynas Bareiša
Screenwriter: Laurynas Bareiša, Teklė Kavtaradzė
DOP: Narvydas Naujalis
Sound Designer: Julius Grigelionis
Producer: Klementina Remeikaitė
Production: Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Afterschool
Contact: Klementina Remeikaitė, klementina@aftschool.lt
Cast: Vilija Grigaitytė-Klėmanienė, Teklė Kavtaradzė, Laura Sofia Buzaitė Pereira

Synopsis: Teklė and her little daughter Ema now live abroad. They come back to visit the grandmother Dalia. When Ema goes to walk a dog, Dalia starts picturing the worst case scenarios.

SAD EYES/LIŪDNOS AKYS

Music Video, D: Titas Sūdžius, 5′, LT, 2018

Director/Screenwriter: Titas Sūdžius
DOP: Julius Sičiūnas
Editing: Domas Petronis, Titas Sūdžius
Art Director: Martynas Duškinas
Music: Garbanotas
Producer: Laurynas Mataitis
Production/Contact: Scuare, info@scuare.lt
Cast: Džiugas Gvozdzinskas, Kristina Aglaja Skaldina, Evelina Šeškauskytė, Juras Papinigis

Awards:
KlipVid 2018 – Best Director, Best Music Video
Best Global Shorts 2019 – Best Music Video
European Cinematography Awards 2019 – Best Music Video

Synopsis: In the surreal world, a Man pays a visit to a mysterious sadness healer. A music video by Garbanotas.

QUARZ/KVARCAS

Drama/Coming-of-Age/Sci-Fi, D: Odeta Riškutė, Klaudija Matvejevaitė, 5′, LT, 2018

Directors/Screenwriters: Odeta Riškutė, Klaudija Matvejevaitė
DOP: Odeta Riškutė
Editing: Darius Šilėnas
Art Director: Paulina Ružauskaitė
Sound Design: Iveta Macevičiūtė
Music: Teisutis Makačinas
Producers: Urtė Aškelovičiūtė
Production: Baltic Productions, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater
Contact: Urtė Aškelovičiūtė, urte.askeloviciute@gmail.com
Cast: Unė Sauliutė, Pijus Vansevičius

Synopsis: Deep winter at school in Soviet Lithuania. The authorities introduce regular quartz lamp sessions for the vitamin D. All must obey the rules, but Jokūbas has more important things on his mind.

THE JUGGLER/ŽONGLIERIUS

Drama/Animation, D: Skirmanta Jakaitė, 11′, LT/FR, 2018

Director/Screenwriter/Editing: Skirmanta Jakaitė
Sound Designer: David Vincent
Composer: Biosphere
Producers: Agnė Adomėnė, Delphine Schmit
Production: Art Shot, Tripode Productions, Perspective Films
Contact: Agnė Adomėnė, agne@artshot.lt

Synopsis: We live in the same house, but in different apartments, jobs, situations, believes, and visions. Each in our own box, we fool ourselves that the world is one and that it exists.

LIFE AFTER DEATH/POMIRTINIS GYVENIMAS

Tragicomedy/Drama, D: Paulius Stankevičius, 15′, LT, 2019

Director/Editor: Paulius Stankevičius
DOP: Lina Margaitytė
Production Designer: Martynas Duškinas
Sound Designer: Vilius Erminas
Composer: Edvinas Gogelis
Producers: Martynas Budrys, Paulius Stankevičius, Lina Margaitytė
Production: Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater
Contact: Lina Margaitytė, margaityte@gmail.com
Cast: Alina Žaliukaitė-Ramanauskienė, Šarūnas Gedvilas, Erika Gaidauskaitė, Elvyra Piškinaitė, Larisa Kalpokaitė

Synopsis: Danutė, a healthy seventy year old woman, is convinced she will die tonight. She wants her last dinner to be proper, so she persuades her son and his pregnant wife to come.

FAMILY UNIT/ŠEIMA

Drama/Tragicomedy, D: Titas Laucius, 20’30, LT, 2019

Director/Screenwriter: Titas Laucius
DOP: Zbigniev Bartoševič
Editing: Darius Šilėnas
Sound Designer: Iveta Macevičiūtė
Composers: Titas Laucius, Vilius Verbus
Production Designer: Justė Vazgytė
Producer: Klementina Remeikaitė
Production: Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Afterschool
Contact: Klementina Remeikaitė, klementina@aftschool.lt
Cast: Arūnas Sakalauskas, Dainius Gavenonis, Vidas Petkevičius, Andrius Alešiūnas, Aistė Zabotkaitė, Aldona Vilutytė, Rasa Samuolytė, Mantas Šalkauskas, Rapolas Šlevas

Awards: Vilnius IFF 2019 – Awdience Award

Synopsis: Eimantas, after only a couple of months being together with Miglė, wants to please her and comes to help her grandfather to move out. But the dynamics of the family might be very tricky.