Mothers

Motinos

Aldona is the single mother of a daughter, Miglė, who is soon to become a mother herself. ​When Miglė comes to visit for the weekend during the last days of her pregnancy, Aldona tries to show how much she cares, but instead starts to control her daughter. Step by step, Aldona pushes the boundaries between the two, until she crosses the line.

Information

Year
2021
Genre
Fiction
Duration
15'
Production country
Lithuania
Dialogues
Lithuanian

Team

Producers
Rūta Petronytė, Kęstutis Drazdauskas
Script
Birutė Kapustinskaitė
Cinematographer
Vytautas Katkus
Editor
Gabrielė Urbonavičiūtė
Sound
Dominyka Adomaitytė
Cast
Aldona Vilutytė, Laima Akstinaitė
Production Company
UAB "ARTBOX"

Contacts

Rūta Petronytė

Director’s Biography

Birutė Kapustinskaitė

Birutė Kapustinskaitė has been working as a screenwriter and a playwright for quite some time. She has received the main National Award as the best playwright of the year, for the play “Therapies”, which was staged in South Korea as well. She holds the best screenplay award for the feature film, “Sasha Was Here”, from the Aubagne Film Festival. Since 2019, the writer started directing. Her debut short, “Mothers” (2019), received a special mention during the Ismailia Film Festival 2022 in Egypt and is touring around festivals together with the film agency Lights On. “The Nominees” (2022) is the second short film directed by her.

Filmography:

Mothers / Motinos (2021, short fiction)

The Nominees / Nominantai (2023, short fiction)