Naiku

Ten eccentric hooligans recklessly drive a jeep around abandoned industrial neighbourhoods. The one sitting on the roof holds a kite, which allures a passer-by, Adomas, to join them. He is drawn into a game, which turns out to be a violent tournament. The winner may wield the kite. However, due to the nature of the game maintaining humanity becomes a struggle.

Information

Year
2023
Genre
Fiction
Duration
20'
Production country
Lithuania
Dialogues
Lithuanian

Team

Režisierius
Prodiuseris
Lauras Lučiūnas, Lukrecija Neverovskaja, Mykolas Vosylius
Scenarijaus autorius
Pijus Mačiulskis, Rokas Mickevičius
Operatorius
Nojus Drąsutis
Montažo režisierius
Vilius Mačiulskis, Pijus Mačiulskis
Garso režisierius
Marius Pakštas
Kompozitorius
Pijus Džiugas Meižis
Pagrindiniai aktoriai
Erik Vojevodin, Urtė Lučiūnaitė, Karolis Zajauskas
Prodiuserinė kompanija
Creative Industries
Koprodiuseris
Uljana Kim
Koprodiuserinė kompanija
Studio Uljana Kim

Contacts

Lukrecija Neverovskaja

Director's biography

Pijus Mačiulskis

Pijus Mačiulskis is an independent film director from Lithuania who has been active since 2015. He is currently a Film Studies student at King’s College London, learning about the theoretical, social, and philosophical evolution of cinema. He also creates electronic music. His independent short films have been shown at 14 International Film Festivals and have received awards such as “Best foreign entry” at the 2017 CSFF in the US and “Best Cinematography” at the 2017 International Abasha Short Film Festival in Georgia.

Two of his short films, “Butter” (2016) and “Idea” (2017) were selected to be kept and distributed in the collection of the Lithuanian short and feature film foundation Kino Fondas. In 2020, Pijus was chosen to represent Lithuania in the official jury of Giornate degli Autori at the Venice International Film Festival. He has also been invited to spend a week with and learn from the Polish film director, Krzysztof Zanussi.

Filmography:

Somnium (2015, short fiction)

Atony / Atonija (2016, short fiction)

34 / 34 (2016, short fiction)

Butter / Sviestas (2016, short fiction)

Idea / Idėja (2017, short fiction)

Waves shine in grey / Bangos spindi pilkai (2019, fiction)

Grid / Tinklelis (2020, short fiction)

Vilnius. Electric gardens 1 / Vilnius. Elektriniai sodai 1 (2020, short experimental)

Naiku / Naiku (2023, short fiction)