Fanaberia. Switch on the light
A famous Man starts loosing his sight. He ignores, the doctor’s warning, that he urgently needs an eye surgery and keeps working on his business, but his sight is getting worse. Having pushed himself to the corner, he decides to memorize every single object in his house in order to keep pretend for others that he can see.
So he spends his days touching every furniture, curtains, carpets in his luxury furnished stylish apartment. He also memorizes every single page of his books- where the certain image is placed.
The day, when he gets totally blind, the event starts in his place. The man shows them his art objects, making remarks about the beauty of the furniture and waiting for the positive answers. He does the same with some art books and asks for confirmation, how formidable is a certain illustration. Finally, he proudly declares, that his room gets such a nice sunlight from the outside, but the forgets to switch on the light so the visitors have to attend the performance in the darkness. After having all sold, but unhappy he is obliged to face his son. It is time for a father to switch on his own light.
Film is based on a Alejandro Jodorowsky comic “The Panic Fables”.
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Laura Tamošiūnaitė
Laura Tamošiūnaitė was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, into a family of musicians, and her earliest memories revolve around her captivation with creative performance.
Passionate about the archaic world and delving into the truths of the subconscious mind, Laura uses these tools to integrate into her cinematic experiences the modern world of man.
Laura draws on two master’s degrees – one in Audiovisual Management from the Media Business School in Ronda and another in Film Directing from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.
Having a long experience in film production as a producer, in 2014 Laura created the film studio Oktava LT, possesses a strong artistic point of view and the ability to be a scriptwriter and directing producer, and to organise and lead substantial production teams of highly skilled individuals in the co- creation process of filmmaking.
Laura’s last three short films travelled internationally (“Grand prix for the Best Student short film” at Bastau IFF (2019), “Best music award” at RAVAC IFF, Moldova (2019). “Fanaberia. Switch on the light” (2021) is a short film-haiku, based on one of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s comics.
Laura is in the pre-production stage of a feature length fiction film, written by Jaroslav Melnik, the same Lithuanian novelist who wrote her previous short film, “Visiting God”.
