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Ieva, 22, comes back to her hometown Vilnius, Lithuania, after four years in Hollywood. During her first twelve hours at home, Ieva sees her mom and friends who project their false expectations on her, picturing Ieva as a successful actress and America as the land of opportunity. Ieva only reveals her doubts about her future to her ex-boyfriend Tadas. As they walk down the streets of Vilnius, Ieva notices how much her city has changed. The cinema where Ieva fell in love with movies is now closed. Instead, a supermarket is about to be built. In order to reconnect with the people and the city Ieva has to accept the fact that nothing stays the same.

Information

Year
2016
Genre
Fiction
Duration
20'
Production country
Lithuania
Dialogues
Lithuanian

Team

Producer
Ieva Bužinskaitė, Jonas Špokas
Script
Gabrielė Urbonaitė
Cinematography
Pal Ulvik Rokseth
Editing
Gabrielė Urbonaitė
Sound designer
Jonas Jocys
Composer
Snorre Bergerud
Cast
Severija Bielskytė, Šarūnas Zenkevičius, Viola Klimčiauskaitė, Eglė Lekstutytė, Petras Kuneika, Dainius Jankauskas, Aistė Diržiūtė, Vytautas Rašimas

Contacts

Ieva Bužinskaitė

Director's biography

Gabrielė Urbonaitė

Gabrielė Urbonaitė is a writer and director based in between Lithuania and the US. Her short film “The Swimmer” won the National Lithuanian Film Award for best short film in 2013. Gabrielė was selected for Berlinale Talents, Odense Talent Camp, and Reykjavik Talent Lab. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Filmmaking at Columbia University in New York City.

Filmography

Buttons and Pigeons / Sagos ir balandžiai (2009, short documentary)
16 mm / 16 mm (2010, short)
S.E.K.A.M. (2010, short)
The Watcher / Stebėtojas (2011, short)
The Swimmer / Plaukikė (2013, short fiction)
Goodbye / Atsisveikinimas (2014, short fiction)
Back / Namo (2016, short fiction)
Last Day Of School / Paskutinis skambutis (2018, short fiction)