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The Daytime Is Not For Me
During the night, people in the largest Romany settlement in Lithuania don‘t sleep. They go out into the streets, talk, dance or stay at home and try to solve their problems. Two sisters, Zita and Liuba, have lived in this settlement their entire lives. “The daytime is not for me, for me it‘s night. At night I like my home and my life,“ -says one of the sisters. This film tells the story of a long winter night in their home.
Information
Year
2017
Genre
Documentary
Duration
19'
Production country
Lithuania
Dialogues
Lithuanian, Romany
Team
Director
Producer
Cinematography
Vytautas Gradeckas
Editing
Vytautas Gradeckas
Production company
LMTA
Director's biography
Akvilė Žilionytė
Akvilė Žilionytė (b. 1987) studied Linguistics and Literature at Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences. She has published two books. In 2018, Akvilė got her MA in Film Directing at Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Her first short documentary “The Daytime Is Not For Me” premiered at Hamburg Short Film Festival 2018, and was screened in Vienna, Tirana, Vilnius, Riga, Berlin, Istanbul and other international film festivals. Her second short documentary “A Piece For Two Hands” had its world premiere at the “Sound & Image Challenge” International Film Festival 2018 in Macau. Akvilė’s newest documentary film “Windows” premiered at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
Filmography
The Daytime Is Not For Me / Diena man ne (2017, short documentary)
A Piece For Two Hands / Pjesė dviem rankoms (2018, short documentary/fiction)
Windows / Langai (2018, short documentary)
