The Trolleybus-Man (2016)
Short superhero comedy
Vilnius Trolleybus Park is sold to a young investor, who wants to change trolleybuses to more convenient high-tech, wireless, pilotless vehicles. Needless to say, that this high-tech wonder will require very little maintenance, so the drivers and supporting staff will be fired.
But it is way more than that. Without the old trolleybuses the city is never going to be the same. And in this darkest hour the hero arises. An ex-mechanic who shall fight the technical revolution to save the heritage of trolleybuses. And although he is not suited to be a superhero- he will do his best to drive the capitalist oppressors away.
Festivals:
21 st Vilnius International Film Festival "Kino Pavasaris" 2016 - Lithuanian short premieres programme, Vilnius, Lithuania 2016.
14th CINEMADAMARE - Official Selection, Various Locations, Italy, 2016
5th Kolkata International Short Film Festival - Official selection, India, 2016
1st Farm Film Festival - Official Selection, Italy, 2016
Meters International Film Festival - Official Selection, Naples, New York, 2016
Reflecta - Rethink Your World Film Festival - Official Selection, Weisbaden, Germany, 2016
Cinemania International Film Festival - Official Selection, Kansas, USA, 2016
1st Totoshka International Film Festival - Official Selection, Minsk, Belarus, 2016
9th Maipu Cortos Festival De Cine De Humor - Official Selection, Argentina, 2016
6th Litauiches Kino Goes Berlin Festival - Official Selection, Berlin Germany 2016
13th Sedicicorto International Film Festival - Official Selection, Italy, 2016
10th Byron Bay International Film Festival - Official Selection, Byron Bay, Australia, 2016
9th Nordic Wave Film Festival - Official Selection, Rif, Iceland, 2016
30th Braunschweig International Film Festival - Official Selection, Germany, 2016
1st Bucharest International Film Festival - Human Rights Selection, Bucharest, Romania, 2016
31st Festival Europeen du Film Court de Brest - International Competition, Brest, France, 2016
1st Birmingham Film Festival - International competition, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 2016
be a better being film competition - Official selection, Berlin, Germany, 2016
Eurochannel Short Programme 2016 - Screenings
17th International Independent Days Festival - Official Selection, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2017
2nd LESS than 15 minutes Film Festival - Official Selection, Online, 2017.
Open Place Film Festival - International Competition, Rezakne, Latvia, 2017
Awards:
Nominated for Lithuanian Film and TV Awards "Silver Crane 2016" for the "Best Production Design"
Best VFX - 5th Kolkata International Short Film Festival
Best Film - 1st Farm Film Festival, Fevara, Italy
2nd place as Audience Favorite - 6th Litauisches Kino Goes Berlin Festival
Best Short Film - 1st Birmingham International Film Festival
Production: Dansu Films (Lithuania) and NAFTA Films (Estonia)
Made with support of Lithuanian Film Centre
Producers: Gabija Siurbytė, Monika Sakalauskaitė, Justinas Pocius, Esko Rips, Liis Orav
Director: Jonas Trukanas
Screenplay by: Jonas Trukanas, Barbora Pankė
Director of Photography: Meelis Vermeets ESC
Production Design: Paulius Jurevičius
Cast: Vytautas Kupšys, Šarūnas Datenis, Liubomiras Laucevičius, Gabija Siurbytė, Karina Stungytė.
Ghost I don't remember (2015)
Short horror comedy
Ghost I don't remember is a short horror comedy. The home of elderly teacher Vilmute is haunted. And ghost happened to be quite an irritation - it would not let Vilmute sleep, ruin her insistent routine and... it smokes inside the flat. But ghost did not know that it is messing with a wrong grandmother - Vilmute's home is her stronghold. So she will do anything it takes to get back the former peace and tranquility of her home.
Festivals:
Vilnius International Film Festival "Kino Pavasaris" 2015 - Shorts comeptition, Vilnius, Lithuania.
NIFFF (Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival) 2015 International competition, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Open Place International Film Festival 2015, International Competition, Rezakne, Latvia.
Trash X Film Festival 2015, International Competition, Varaždin, Croatia.
Landshut Short Film Festival 2016, International Competition, Landshut, Germany.
Imagine Film Festival 2016, International Competition, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Corti A Ponte Festival 2016, International Competition, Padua, Italy
Production: Dansu
Producers: Gabija Siurbytė, Monika Sakalauskaitė, Jurga Jutaitė, Justinas Pocius
Director: Jonas Trukanas
Screenplay by: Jonas Trukanas, Gabija Siurbytė
Director of Photography: Saulius Lukoševičius
Production Design: Paulius Jurevičius
Cast: Vaiva Mainelytė, Gabija Siurbytė, Vitalijus Cololo, Valentinas Krulikovskis
Radviliad (2014)
Full Feature Documentary
Radviliad is a full-feature documentary on one of the most powerful families in Lithuanian history - Razdwill. Film is a mixture of documentary, fictional scenes and animation. It has opened in more than twenty screens in Lithuania in August 2014.
Production: "Nominum Studio"
Producer: Arūnas Matelis
Director of documentary parts: Ramūnė Rakauskaitė
Director of fictional parts: Jonas Trukanas
Director of photography: Simonas Glinskis
Production design: Lina Gečienė
Cast: Donatas Šimukauskas, Andrius Paulavičius, Algirdas Dainavičius, Liubomiras Laucevičius
Booksmuggler (2011)
Short film
Booksmuggler is a short fiction period comedy. Year 1869 – Lithuania is a part of Imperial Russia. Both Lithuanian written language and Lithuanian press are banished. But these oppressions are engaged by secret Lithuanian schools – where young people are thaught Lithuanian language and book smugglers start walking around villages and smuggling books to simple folk. Even if large part of society is still indifferent to Lithuanian national identity – book smuggler ranks are constantly growing.
Colorful life of nineteenth century Lithuanian country side, humor, adventures, dangers and hard choices… That’s only a little part of what scapegrace named Jurgis experiences when he meets book smuggler Mažvydas.
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Festivals:
International Vilnius Film Festival Kino Pavasaris 2011 - Shorts competition, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Awards:
Audience choice Award in International Film Festival Kino Pavasaris 2011
Nominated for "Best Soundtrack" at Lithuanian Film and TV awards "Silver Crane 2011"
Production: A. Adamkus charity and support fund
Producers: Paulius Juočeris, Justinas Piliponis, Tadas Bojarskas
Director: Jonas Trukanas
Screenplay by: Simonas Jatkonis, Jonas Trukanas
Director of Photography: Saulius Lukoševičius
Production Design: Dovilė Levickaitė
Cast: Laisvūnas Raudonis, Valerijus Jevesejevas, Donatas Šimukauskas