Dummy

Atkūrimas

Using a faceless doll, a criminal re-enacts a brutal crime. But surprisingly he is not the one being judged. There seems to be an odd one out in the investigative group.

Festival list

Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival, Germany, 2020
Glasgow Short Film Festival, UK, 2020
Regard sur le court au Saguenay, Canada, 2020
Short Waves Festival, Poland, 2020
Mecal – International Short Film Festival of Barcelona, Spain, 2020
Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino pavasaris”, Lithuania, 2020
Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2020
International Film Festival of Uruguay, Uruguay, 2020
Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA, 2020
Cinema Jove – Festival Internacional de Cine de Valencia, Spain, 2020
Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico, 2020
Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2020
Wiz-Art – Lviv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine, 2020
Odense International Film Festival, Denmark, 2020
Seattle True Independent Film Festival, USA, 2020
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, UK, 2020
FICBUEU – Festival Internaccional de Curtametraxes de Bueu, Spain, 2020
Pacific Meridian International Film Festival, Russia, 2020
IndieCork Film Festival, Ireland, 2020
CinEast – Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxembourg, 2020
Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival, Sweden, 2020
Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland, 2020
Cormorán Film Fest, Spain, 2020
Fesival Européen du Film Court de Brest, France, 2020
Leuven Internationaal Kortfilmfestival, Belgium, 2020
Zubroffka International Short Film Festival, Poland, 2020

Information

Year
2020
Genre
Fiction
Duration
13'
Production country
Lithuania
Dialogues
Lithuanian

Team

Producer
Klementina Remeikaitė
Script
Laurynas Bareiša
Cinematography
Laurynas Bareiša
Editing
Laurynas Bareiša
Sound designer
Julius Grigelionis
Cast
Dmitrijus Denisiukas, Kęstutis Stasys Jakštas, Giedrius Kiela, Artūras Lepiochinas, Karolis Maiskis, Paulius Markevičius, Indrė Patkauskaitė
Production company
Afterschool (LT)

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)