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.
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.
Current stage: post-production
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, Rezakne, Latvia.
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 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
Behind the Big Top is a short fiction comedy about Oskar the Clown who has been imprisoned and forced to perform by a ruthless ringmaster Vlad.
Screened at:
EBienale 2013
Reyjkavyk Film Festival 2013
Production: UCA
Producer: Thomas Northrop
Director: Jonas Trukanas
Screenplay by: Lewis Britnell
Director of Photography: James Chegwyn
Production Design: Sean Leishmann
Starring: Ed Hughes, Andrea Pelaez
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.
Awards won:
Best short film at Vilnius International Film Festival 2011
Nominated for Lithuanian Film and TV Awards 2012
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
Starring: Laisvūnas Raudonis, Valerijus Jevesejevas, Donatas Šimukauskas
Arrows in the Dark is a short documentary about a visually impared archer who is preparing for Paralympics in London.
Nominated for Learning on Screen Awards 2011 as Best Documentary
Production: UCA
Producer: John Arch
Director: Jonas Trukanas
Director of Photography: Johnathan Schofield