SHORT FILM COMPETITION

A CAKE IS A CAKE/PYRAGAS YRA PYRAGAS

Animation, D: Ugnė Balsytė, 2’30, LT, 2017

Director/Screenwriter: Ugnė Balsytė
DOP/Editors: Ugnė Balsytė, Monika Navickaitė
Producer: Monika Navickaitė
Production: Skalvija Film Academy
Contact: Skalvija Film Academy, akademija@skalvija.lt

Synopsis: The lives and fates of pies. Adaptation of Alberto Ríos’ poem Perfect for Any Occasion.

ABANDONED/PALIKTAS

Drama, D: Klementas Davidavičius, 11′, LT, 2019

Director/Editing: Klementas Davidavičius
Screenwriters: Klementas Davidavičius, Eva Sinicaitė
DOP: Rokas Šydeikis
Sound Designer: Tomas Stonys
Composer: Eivinas Butkus
Production Designer: Julius Visakavičius
Producer: Saulė Gerikaitė
Production: Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Contact: Klementas Davidavičius, klementas@gmail.com
Cast: Donatas Želvys, Regina Arbačiauskaitė, Miglė Polikevičiūtė

Synopsis: Alanas has just started his job as a night guard at a hospital. One night he sees how a woman abandons her child there. While she slowly limps away into the night, he is left here with so many questions.

ALTER/ALTER

Drama/Romance/Queer, D: Eglė Rupaitė, 7′, LT, 2018

Director/Editor: Eglė Rupaitė
DOP: Laurynas Lukoševičius
Sound Designer: Viltė Gustytė
Producer: Aurelija Bagdonaitė
Contact: Eglė Rupaitė, rupaite@gmail.com
Cast: Ieva Tamoševičiūtė, Mingaudė Kotryna Zujūtė

Synopsis: A young woman is woken up by another woman. Who are they? Is it reality or just a fantasy?

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: 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.

CAVEWOMAN GOES HUNTING/OLOS MOTERIS EINA MEDŽIOTI

Documentary, D: Akvilė Kavaliauskaitė, 19’30, LT, 2018

Director/Screenwriter: Akvilė Kavaliauskaitė
DOP: Šarūnas Burža
Producers: Ringailė Leščinskienė, Rūta Sarapė
Editing: Žilvinas Kuzma, Akvilė Kavaliauskaitė
Sound Design: Jonas Jocys
Contact: Akvilė Kavaliauskaitė, akvile@kavaliauskaite.lt

Synopsis: Once Agnė was a bank teller in London, and those where the dirtiest days of her life. She made a radical change and now, she lives in a cave on the Canary Islands.

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.

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.

ON TIME/LAIKU

Drama/Romance, D: Jorė Janavičiūtė, 18′, LT, 2019

Director/Screenwriter: Jorė Janavičiūtė
DOP: Zbigniev Bartoševič
Editing: Aistė Kalčytė, Jorė Janavičiūtė
Sound Designer: Domas Morkūnas, Ignas Mateika, Kipras Čėsna, Vilius Erminas
Production Designer: Evelina Dapkutė
Producer: Ona Kotryna Dikavičiūtė
Production: Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Contact: Jorė Janavičiūtė, jore.janaviciute@gmail.com
Cast: Milda Noreikaitė, Vygandas Vadeiša, Rapolas Šlevas

Synopsis: Julė is 27 and she is always late. When it starts causing troubles for her career, she looks for a solution and starts attending driving classes.

QUARTZ/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.

ROOFTOP/ROOFTOP

Music Video/Mystic, D: Justas Ramanauskas, 4’, LT, 2018

Director/Screenwriter: Justas Ramanauskas
DOP: Rokas Šydeikis
Editor: Jonė Zakaraitė
Costume Designers: Rūta Sakalauskaitė, Beissoul
Production Designer: Greta Vileikytė
Music: Beissoul & Einius
Producer: Darija Skvarnavičiūtė
Contact: Justas Ramanauskas, info@justasramanauskas.com
Cast: Aleksas Kazanavičius, Paulina Taujanskaitė

Awards: KlipVid 2019 – Best DOP

Synopsis: After a burst of loud music disturbs a hotel’s rest aman goes on a quest to find a mysterious room. A music video by Beissoul & Einius.

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.

THE CONTEST/KONKURSAS

Drama, D: Saulė Bliuvaitė, 26′, LT, 2019

Director/Screenwriter: Saulė Bliuvaitė
DOP: Vytautas Plukas
Editing: Saulė Bliuvaitė, Ignė Narbutaitė
Sound Designer: Iveta Macevičiūtė
Composer: Agnė Matulevičiūtė
Production Designer: Justė Vazgytė
Producer: Giedrė Burokaitė, Kipras Garla
Production: Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Kinetografai
Contact: Giedrė Burokaitė, burokaite.giedre@gmail.com
Cast: Airida Gintautaitė, Jovita Jankelaitytė, Mantas Zemleckas, Gediminas Rimeika

Synopsis: Recently divorced Sylvia invites her new boyfriend to the Christmas Eve dinner to meet her two grown-up children and to proof everyone she is doing more than fine.

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.

THE SHIP/LAIVAS

Drama, D: Jokūbas Lapinskas, 25′, LT, 2018

Director/Screenwriter/Editing/Production Designer: Jokūbas Lapinskas
DOP: Ugnius Tuleikis
Sound Designer: Adomas Koreniukas
Composer: Džiugas Gvozdinskas
Producers: Giedrė Nalivaikaitė, Jokūbas Lapinskas
Production: Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Contact: Aneta Bublytė, aneta.bublyte@gmail.com
Cast: Džiugas Gvozdzinskas, Mantas Zemleckas

Synopsis: After the death of their parents, the two brothers struggle to survive in a decaying family house. Deprivation and inability to make peace with the past becomes a test for their connection.

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.

UNBURIED/NEPALAIDOTAS

Drama/Horror, D: Elvina Nevardauskaitė, David Heinemann, 26′, UK/LT, 2018

Directors/Sound Designers/Producers: Elvina Nevardauskaitė, David Heinemann
Screenwriter: David Heinemann
DOP/Editing: Elvina Nevardauskaitė
Composer: Andrea Boccadoro
Production Designer: Lina Židonytė, Naubertas Jasinskas
Production: Broken Island Films
Contact: Elvina Nevardauskaitė, elvina@brokenislandfilms.com
Cast: Severija Janušauskaitė, Vilma Raubaitė, Rimantas Bagdzevičius, Jonas Vaitkus

Synopsis: When her estranged father dies suddenly, Eglė begins to hear voices which prophesy his return. Fearing for her life, Eglė asks for the help of a friend, an actress from the theatre, where Eglė works.

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.

WHEN YOU CROSS THE RIVER/KAI PERPLAUKSI UPĘ

Drama/Romance, D: Klaudija Matvejevaitė, 30′, LT, 2018

Director/Editing: Klaudija Matvejevaitė
Screenwriters: Klaudija Matvejevaitė, Anelė Kerpauskaitė
DOP: Odeta Riškutė
Sound Designer: Vytautas Valiūnas
Producers: Urtė Aškelovičiūtė, Andrėja Čebatavičiūtė
Production: Baltic Productions, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Contact: Urtė Aškelovičiūtė, urte.askeloviciute@gmail.com
Cast: Augustė Šimulynaitė, Aleksandr Železnov, Ilona Balsytė, Evaldas Jaras

Synopsis: The spring of 1990. While a newly independent Lithuania experiences an economic blockade and Regina’s family undergoes yet another drama, she and Tarasas meet and she has to choose between family and freedom.