When You Cross The River

The spring of 1990. A newly independent Lithuania experiences an economic blockade. Ukrainian student Tarasas arrives to a small town, where Regina, a girl whom he secretly loves, lives in a big house. However, the unexpected guest only causes more tension in Regina’s family house. She has to make a big decision: stay and help her parents with their marriage, or follow her future life with Tarasas.

Information

Year

2018

Genre

Fiction

Duration

30'

Production country

Lithuania

Dialogues

Lithuanian, Russian

Team

Director

Klaudija Matvejevaitė

Producers

Urtė Aškelovičiūtė, Andrėja Čebatavičiūtė

Script

Klaudija Matvejevaitė, Anelė Kerpauskaitė

Cinematography

Odeta Riškutė

Editing

Klaudija Matvejevaitė

Sound designer

Vytautas Valiūnas

Cast

Augustė Šimulynaitė, Aleksandr Železnov, Ilona Balsytė, Evaldas Jaras

Production companies

Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LT), Baltic Productions (LT)

Contacts

Urtė Aškelovičiūtė

urte.askeloviciute@gmail.com

Director's biography

Klaudija Matvejevaitė

Born in Vilnius in 1995. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Film Directing at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in 2018 and earned her Master’s degree in Directing there in 2024, studying under Marija Kavtaradze and Laurynas Bareiša. She works as a casting director, assistant director on film sets, and directs and edits TV shows for LRT television. Her cinematic interests include exploring themes of love, authenticity, and human connections, as well as women’s experiences in the world and the fusion of genre and auteur cinema. Currently, Klaudija is developing a feature film script, working on the post-production of the short film “All in”, and searching for protagonists for a documentary TV series on unconventional friendships.

Filmography

The Last Day / Paskutinė diena (2017, short fiction)

When You Cross The River / Kai perplauksi upę (2018, short fiction)

Quartz / Kvarcas (2018, short fiction)

Knock 3 Times / Pabelsk 3 kartus (2021, short fiction)

Small Talk (2023, short documentary)

All in / Koziriai (2024, short fiction)