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The Swimmer
Ariel, young and promissing swimmer, spends her summer preparing for the upcoming Olympics. In the pool, she meets Grete who has just started swimming lessons. Despite the age difference, two become friends, as Ariel helps Grete to overcome her fear of jumping into the water. However, Ariel’s leg ache becomes more and more painful…
Information
Year
2013
Genre
Fiction
Duration
28'
Production country
Lithuania
Dialogues
Lithuanian
Team
Director
Producer
Justinas Piliponis
Script
Gabrielė Urbonaitė
Cinematography
Saulius Lukoševičius
Editing
Nicolas Houver
Sound designers
Jonas Jocys, Joseph Fiorillo
Composer
Pablo Pico
Cast
Eglė Valadkevičiūtė, Ugnė Beleckaitė, Petras Kuneika, Dainius Gavenonis, Viktorija Kuodytė, Sonata Visockaitė
Production company
Pilou Films (LT)
Director's biography
Gabrielė Urbonaitė
Gabrielė Urbonaitė is a writer and director based in between Lithuania and the US. Her short film “The Swimmer” won the National Lithuanian Film Award for best short film in 2013. Gabrielė was selected for Berlinale Talents, Odense Talent Camp, and Reykjavik Talent Lab. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Filmmaking at Columbia University in New York City.
Filmography
Buttons and Pigeons / Sagos ir balandžiai (2009, short documentary)
16 mm / 16 mm (2010, short)
S.E.K.A.M. (2010, short)
The Watcher / Stebėtojas (2011, short)
The Swimmer / Plaukikė (2013, short fiction)
Goodbye / Atsisveikinimas (2014, short fiction)
Back / Namo (2016, short fiction)
Last Day Of School / Paskutinis skambutis (2018, short fiction)
