Happy Next Year!

Laimingų kitų!

On New Year’s morning, Sharunas wakes up next to the charming guy Martin, while his girlfriend Iveta is in the shower. Sharunas can’t help but wonder if things will ever be the same again. Meantime, Martin wishes him a Happy Next Year.

Information

Year
2023
Genre
Fiction
Duration
18'
Production country
Lithuania
Dialogues
English, Lithuanian

Team

Producer
Brigita Beniušytė, Marija Razgutė
Script
Lukas Kacinauskas
Cinematography
Vytautas Katkus
Editing
Lukas Kacinauskas
Sound designer
Auksė Jurevičiūtė
Composer
Mindaugas Juška
Cast
Petras Kuneika, Augustė Ona Šimulynaitė, Miika Pihlak
Production company
M-Films (Čiobreliai)

Contacts

Brigita Beniušytė, M-Films (Čiobreliai)

Director's biography

Lukas Kacinauskas

Lukas Kacinauskas (born in 1992) is an up-and-coming film director and screenwriter. Before taking up film directing, he started out as an actor. He obtained a BA in Film Directing at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in 2020 and an MA in the same field in 2022. His debut film “I was Max” was screened at major European film festivals. The film was also selected for the EFP Future Frames programme.

Filmography:

I Was Max / Aš buvau Maksas (2021, short fiction)

Happy Next Year! / Laimingų kitų! (2024, short fiction)