Shifting
DeteritorizacijaLeah’s German course is cancelled, she is bored in her room taking selfies when her step sister comes asking for help. Being unable to cope with the nascent sexuality, the desire to fit into groups of much more free-spirited peers, the need to free herself from the dictates imposed by her father, Leah makes a first shift towards it, while her sister finally realizes the problem, which has been dragging her down.
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Eglė Razumaitė
Eglė Razumaitė is a writer and director born in Vilnius in 1993. She graduated from Vilnius University with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and holds a master’s degree in film directing from the Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy, faculty of Theatre and Film. In 2017, she participated in the alternative art education program at Rupert Art Center and was actively involved in the Lithuanian contemporary art scene until fully turned into filmmaking. Eglė has been working for the Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, Department of Sacral Art Heritage, since 2017. Together with a collective, she founded an analog moving image lab Spongė. Her short film “The Fall” won the Lithuanian Association of Cinematographers’ Best Young Cinematographer’s Work prize in 2022 and was nominated for the Lithuanian National Film Award in 2023. Her short film “Ootid” was nominated for the Palme d’Or at Festival de Cannes in 2024.
Filmografija:
Water Castle / Vandens Pilis (2017 short experimental)
Down to Earth / Žemyn Žemėn (2018, short experimental / scriptwriter)
Notes from the Underground / Užrašai iš Pogrindžio (2020, short experimental)
The Fall / Krytis (2023, short fiction)
Above the Ground / Aukščiau Žemės (2023, short documentary)
Ootid / Ootidė (2024, short fiction)
Shifting / Deteritorizacija (2024, short fiction)
Signal Path / Signalo kelias (2025, short fiction)
