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Existence

This is an ironic story about the unpredictability of human existence. The main characters of the film are the two crazy old women driving an original velomobile, the young photographer shooting weddings and funerals, and the sexy girl whom he just met. The old women are thinking about death, the young couple about eternal love. Unfortunately, life may and does take unpredictable turns.

Information

Year
2004
Genre
Fiction
Duration
23'
Production country
Lithuania
Dialogues
Lithuanian

Team

Director
Giedrė Beinoriūtė
Producer
Valdas Navasaitis
Script
Giedrė Beinoriūtė
Cinematography
Rytis Kurkulis
Editing
Giedrė Beinoriūtė
Sound designer
Algimantas A. Apanavičius, Jonas Maskvytis
Composer
Indrė Stakvilė
Cast
Birutė Didžgalvytė, Elena Gaigalaitė, Vilma Raubaitė, Eimutis Kvoščiauskas
Production company
VG studija

Contacts

VG studija

Director's biography

Giedrė Beinoriūtė

Giedrė Beinoriūtė was born on August 23, 1976. Graduated from The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, Film and TV department with MA in audiovisual arts in 2001. Since 1999 directed and wrote seven fiction and documentary short films and worked as an assistant director with the established Lithuanian filmmakers Šarūnas Bartas ir Arūnas Matelis.

Since 2004, member of Lithuanian Filmmakers Union. Since 2007, teaching script writing and TV directing at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater. In 2002 Giedrė Beinoriūtė was awarded with a prize from Lithuanian Ministry of Culture for the best professional debut in the arts. In 2005 she was awarded by the proze of Lithuanian Filmmakers Union for the documentary film “Vulkanovka”. Since 2007 she also teches in Skalvija Film Academy, works as a tutor in cinema workshops.

Filmography

My Lonely Friends / Mano vienišos draugės (1997, short fiction)
Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister / Mama, tėtė, brolis, sesė (1999, short fiction)
City of TrolleyBusses / Troleibusų miestas (2002, short documentary)
Existence / Egzistencija (2003, short fiction)
Vulkanovka. After the Grand Cinema / Vulkanovka. Po Didžiojo kino (2005, short documentary)
Grandpa and Grandma / Gyveno senelis ir bobutė (2007, short documentary-animation)
The Balcony / Balkonas (2008, short fiction)
Conversations on Serious Topics / 7 pokalbiai rimtomis temomis (2012, documentary)
An expert / Specialistė (2012, short documentary)
Breathing Into Marble / Kvėpavimas į marmurą (2018, feature fiction)