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Dembava

Last night two brothers kidnapped and raped a girl. Now its morning and both are at a loss at what to do next. They circle their hometown, visit familiar places and slowly descend into darkness both will be unable to climb out of. As night falls they find an inexplicable solution.
In 2013, near Panevėžys, Lithuania, two young men burned a car. A girl’s body was found in the trunk of that car.

Information

Year
2014
Genre
Fiction
Duration
10'
Production country
Lithuania
Dialogues
Lithuanian

Team

Producer
Klementina Remeikaitė, Marija Kavtaradzė
Script
Laurynas Bareiša
Cinematography
Laurynas Bareiša
Cast
Paulius Markevičius, Laurynas Jurgelis
Production company
LMTA, Afterschool

Contacts

Klementina Remeikaitė

Director's biography

Laurynas Bareiša

Laurynas Bareiša (b. 1988, Lithuania) graduated in Applied Mathematics and Cinematography, and earned an MA in Film Directing (2016). He recently worked as cinematographer on the feature film “Summer Survivors” by Marija Kavtaradzė (Toronto IFF, Discovery 2018). He directed the short films “By the Pool” (Venice IFF, Orizzonti 2017) and “Caucasus” (Locarno FF, Leopards of Tomorrow 2018). His newest short film “Dummy” premiered at Berlinale Shorts 2020. Laurynas Bareiša’s debut feature film “Pilgrims” premiered at 78th Venice Film Festival where it won Orizzonti Award for Best Film.

Filmography

Dembava / Dembava (2014, short fiction)
The Camel / Kupranugaris (2016, short fiction)
By The Pool / Pirtis (2017, short fiction)
Caucasus / Kaukazas (2018, short fiction)
Dummy / Atkūrimas (2020, short fiction)
Pilgrims / Piligrimai (2021, feature fiction)