The Robot and the Butterfly
Ieva, seeking escape from the domestic troubles and having left her daughter with the grandparents, arrives to an art residency in Kintai. There the young artist with her friend Vadim proceeds to produce the musical performance ‘The Robot and The Butterfly’. This might be her chance to get back to the creative self-realisation. After sensing that the show might fail her expectations Ieva starts to question whether this creative activity and rocky relationship with Vadim are worth of sacrificing her connection with her daughter. It is both light and comical story about woman‘s life alternatives trying to negotiate maternal and artistic callings.
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Director's biography
Gailė Garnelytė
Gailė Garnelytė was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. During 2006-2010 she studied literature at Vilnius University, and in 2009-2013 she studied screenwriting at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater where she got a bachelor’s degree. Since 2009, she has been actively working in the field of screenwriting, writing for different shorts (“Experman”, dir. R. Marcinkus, “Jackie”, dir. G. Tamoševičius, “Dear Theresa”, dir. I. Šakalytė). She was also writer and co-writer of various TV programs and worked as a screenwriter and script supervisor for Lithuanian documentary films (“The Nest”, dir. R. Matačius, “Fierce Gods”, dir. V. Oškinis, “Final Destination”, dir. R. Marcinkus). Gailė Garnelytė is currently directing her first short documentary film “The Robot and The Butterfly”.
Filmography
The Robot and the Butterfly / Robotas ir peteliškė (2021, short documentary)
