Where Things, Where People Disappear

Domas is a kleptomaniac. He works in a sports club through an integration program which helps people with mental disorders to return to society. One day he does not manage to resist and steals a bag from a young doctor Simona, who is living through an existential crisis. She asks his help to find her things. Domas feels ashamed, but he cannot confess. He offers her a ride home. Together they go on a journey through the night in Vilnius, their painful experiences reveal as well as a fragile, but at the same time impossible connection between them sets up.

Information

Year

2017

Genre

Fiction

Duration

22'

Production country

Lithuania

Dialogues

Lithuanian

Team

Director

Jorė Janavičiūtė

Producer

Jorė Janavičiūtė

Script

Jorė Janavičiūtė, Anelė Kerpauskaitė

Cinematographer

Zbigniev Bartoševič

Editor

Urtė Aškelovičiūtė

Sound

Paulius Ivanauskas, Kazimieras Čejauskas

Composers

Arklio Galia, Remigijus Rančys, Povilas Čepulis

Cast

Justina Nemanytė, Laurynas Jurgelis

Production Company

Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LT)

Production designer

Jovita Papučkaitė

Contacts

Jorė Janavičiūtė

jore.janaviciute@gmail.com

Director’s Biography

Jorė Janavičiūtė

Jorė Janavičiūtė has a BA in Journalism from Vilnius University (2014), has completed a Film Production course at the European Film College in Denmark (2015), and holds a Film Directing MA from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (2018). Her previous short films were screened at a number of festivals around the world and won awards. Jorė is currently developing new film projects, lecturing at Vilnius University, writing articles for Lithuanian media, and working in casting on film and commercial productions.

Filmography:

Where Things, Where People Disappear / Kur dingsta daiktai, kur dingsta žmonės (2017, short fiction)

On Time / Laiku (2019, short fiction)

<3 / Less Than Three / <3 / Mažiau nei trys (2019, short documentary)

Parking Lot / Automobilių stovėjimo aikštelė (2021, short fiction)

How To Be A Human Being / Kaip būti žmogumi (2023, short fiction)