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Golden Minutes
It’s a story of a middle-aged man who decides to kill himself but is rescued by a heart attack. As Liudas is laying on the ground without any signs of life, the street around him is lively as usual. Nobody including an ambulance driving by pays any attention to Liudas, whose “golden minutes” are ticking away.
Information
Year
2019
Genre
Fiction
Duration
10'
Production country
Lithuania
Dialogues
Lithuanian
Team
Director
Producer
Viktorija Seniut, Martynas Mickėnas
Script
Saulius Baradinskas, Titas Laucius
Cinematography
Vytautas Katkus
Sound designer
Iveta Macevičiūtė
Composer
Rob Meyer
Cast
Billy Boyd, Salvijus Trepulis, Kęstutis Cicėnas, Vainius Sodeika
Production company
Viktoria Films (LT), Baltic Productions (LT)
Production designer
Stanislovas Marmokas
Director's biography
Saulius Baradinskas
Saulius Baradinskas (b. 1990) graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in Architecture. In 2011 he started a Lithuanian web-based music videos project called “Vilnius Temperature”, where he filmed audiovisual documentaries of various musicians from Lithuania and Europe. During the four years of activity, he made over 70 live music videos from 16 different countries, including artists such as Gus Gus, Sunsay, and Casiokids. After the studies, Saulius directed music videos that received recognition in the Baltic States. In 2019, Saulius premiered his debut short film “Golden Minutes”, which won various awards and was screened at more than 50 film festivals. In 2020, Saulius participated in the Berlinale Talents programme. His second short film, “Techno, Mama”, premiered at the 78th Venice Film Festival in 2021.
Filmography
Grąžinti nepriklausomybę (2018, feature fiction)
Golden Minutes / Auksinės minutės (2019, short fiction)
Techno, Mama / Techno, Mama (2021, short fiction)
Concrete Kids / Betono vaikai (2025, short fiction)
