Marija Kavtaradzė
Historia
Marija Kavtaradze graduated from the Academy of Music and Theater, Vilnius, with a BA in directing. She has been making films and writing screenplays for films since 2010. Since her debut in the film industry, Marija Kavtaradze was immediately noticed and appreciated by the Lithuanian film community. Marija Kavtaradze's short films The Last Man (2011) and I Am in My Twenties (2015) were awarded Silver Crane Eggs for best student work. Marija Kavtaradze (along with director Andrius Blaževičius and her sister Tekle Kavtaradze) has also been awarded the Silver Crane for the script of the movie The Saint.
Marija Kavtaradze’s best-known movie Summer Survivors appeared in theatres in 2018. It opened Toronto Film Festival in 2019, the film received a special viewer award at the European Film Festival in Lecce, Italy; it was recognized as the Best Baltic Film at the Tallinn Film Festival, and it also won Young Jury Prize at Tofifest Festival in Poland, 2019. The film was voted the best Lithuanian film at the Film Spring Awards.
Screenplay
Elena imparte clases de baile, mientras que Dovydas trabaja como intérprete de lenguaje de signos. En el momento en que se conocen, se establece un hermoso vínculo entre ellos. Sin embargo, su relación será puesta a prueba cuando Dovydas confiesa a Elena que tiene sentimientos románticos por ella, pero es asexual, es decir, no siente y nunca ha sentido deseo sexual por otra persona.
Director
Elena imparte clases de baile, mientras que Dovydas trabaja como intérprete de lenguaje de signos. En el momento en que se conocen, se establece un hermoso vínculo entre ellos. Sin embargo, su relación será puesta a prueba cuando Dovydas confiesa a Elena que tiene sentimientos románticos por ella, pero es asexual, es decir, no siente y nunca ha sentido deseo sexual por otra persona.
Casting
Miglė, who married when she was very young, has for 26 years been divorced from her ex-husband who one day calls her and asks for a favour. He has found that it would be a good time to get married again after the death of his mother. But there is a small problem: their divorce is valid only in the eyes of the law, because a Catholic marriage cannot be divorced. It can, however, be annulled. All that needs to be done is to complete an application and give the “Catholic court” a good reason. But she does not know in what kind of absurd situations she is about to find herself in.
Self
Film school students try to tackle the problem of the missing additional crosswalk to the Sluškai Palace.
Casting
A newly appointed teacher arrives at a remote village school in 1947. The famous journalist and distinguished poet was downgraded for illegal publications and forbidden anti-Soviet verses. Suspicious locals still prefer to test his loyalties, while children wilingly recite his verses from 'To My Soviet Motherland', written under pressure to prase Uncle Lenin. Eventually, an unforgotten friend shows him a secret wintery path to the Dainava resistance platoon's underground bunker.
Screenplay
Cuando Marija se entera de que su inestable novio ha desaparecido, se lanza a las calles con el propósito de encontrarlo.
Casting
Cuando Marija se entera de que su inestable novio ha desaparecido, se lanza a las calles con el propósito de encontrarlo.
Writer
A psychology postgraduate student escorts two patients and their nurse to a seaside psychiatric clinic. Along their journey, they break through each other’s barriers, delve into the sources of their various traumas, and discover the lasting imprints left on their fragile souls.
Director
A psychology postgraduate student escorts two patients and their nurse to a seaside psychiatric clinic. Along their journey, they break through each other’s barriers, delve into the sources of their various traumas, and discover the lasting imprints left on their fragile souls.
Writer
La ciudad de Lituania se enfrenta a la crisis económica en 2008, agobiada por olas de recesión y desempleo, Vytas es despedido de la fábrica donde trabaja como mecánico industrial. Presionado por su esposa y harto de ella, decide buscar un nuevo empleo. Sin embargo esta búsqueda no tendrá mucho éxito. Después de un corte de pelo, conoce a Marija, una peluquera por la cual mantiene una ilusión y con quien quiere empezar una nueva historia de amor, aunque no tendrá éxito tampoco. Por último, Vytas se involucra en una tercera búsqueda, esta vez junto a su mejor amigo Petras, ambos se obsesionan con encontrar a un tipo que ha publicado un vídeo en youtube, afirmando haber visto a Jesucristo en su ciudad. ¿Tendrá éxito en su propósito esta vez?
Writer
Greta, a young woman, returns to Lithuania from abroad to find that her mother turned her room into a hair salon. While thinking of what to do next, Greta sees a TV episode on igloos and decides that the best course of action is to build one outside her mother’s apartment building and live in it. Greta’s igloo becomes the main issue of the neighbourhood – not because it causes them any inconvenience, but simply because it annoys them.
Director
Greta, a young woman, returns to Lithuania from abroad to find that her mother turned her room into a hair salon. While thinking of what to do next, Greta sees a TV episode on igloos and decides that the best course of action is to build one outside her mother’s apartment building and live in it. Greta’s igloo becomes the main issue of the neighbourhood – not because it causes them any inconvenience, but simply because it annoys them.
Writer
It's a sad comedy about twenty something's generation and the question 'if somewhere is better?'
Director
It's a sad comedy about twenty something's generation and the question 'if somewhere is better?'
Writer
Milda is planning to spend a night with her friends, but the news of her grampa's death slowly sets in.
Writer
It’s a real challenge to get into the girls dormitory. You have to be careful, you have to be silent, nobody can notice you. Ben and Vega are sixteen years old. Ben and Vega are in love. Ben comes to Vega. Vega is waiting for Ben. You know the rest.
Director
It’s a real challenge to get into the girls dormitory. You have to be careful, you have to be silent, nobody can notice you. Ben and Vega are sixteen years old. Ben and Vega are in love. Ben comes to Vega. Vega is waiting for Ben. You know the rest.
Director
Normal people don't explode themselves!? Film was nominated for Sidabrine Gerve Award for Best Student Film 2013.
Writer
Waiting that makes you grow up. Saule (15) and Liucija (6) are two sisters living alone, waiting for their parents who have temporarily gone to London in search of work. The biggest responsibility falls on older Saule's shoulders - she must take care of Liucija, look after home while dealing with the usual issues of a teenager's life. With so much on her plate and the huge stress Saule is unable to fit in with her peers. The girls do their best to live on their own and struggle with reality but sometimes being a grown-up is just too hard.
Screenplay
Three women – a mother and two daughters – decide to spend the last summer weekend together in a remote village. As soon as they leave the city, one conflict follows another, forcing them to confront themselves and to accept this bond for what it truly is.
