The Balcony
| 48 min. – Short film , Feature film – 48 min., color, video – 2008 , MONOKLIS |
Cinematographer : Audrius Kemežys
Sound director : Saulius Urbanavičius
Production designer : Algirdas Garbačiauskas
Editing director : Giedrė Beinoriūtė
Cast : Dovilė Tarvydaitė, Saulė Rašimaitė, Karolis Savickis, Elzbieta Degutytė, Irmantas Bačelis, Viktorija Kuodytė, Rolandas Kazlas
„Falling out of a balcony and scratching a chin or to swallowing a fishbone - doesn't hurt, but it hurts to love"
Soviet eighties. A little town in a periphery. In the neighbourhood of eleven year old Emilija after the divorcement of his parents comes to live Rolanas and his dad. A connection sets up between two kids. They are shy and are afraid to open up, so they communicate through the wall or sitting in their own balconies or through the rosette that connects their flats. It appears that Emilijas parents are about to divorce as well. Kids find common topics, but almost a tragic event closes Emilijas way to the balcony. This encourages kids to go for a "real" date.
Web: http://balkonas.wordpress.com/
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Awards:
Lithuanian distributors award for the Best Lithuanian film, 2008
"Silver Crane" award for the Best Short Film, Lithuania, 2009
Festivals:
IFF Vilnius Spring (
Lucas International Children’s Film Festival (
Michel Children's and Youth FilmFestival Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany, 2009)
Nordic Film Days
Het Jeugd Filmfestival (Antverp / Brueges, Belgium, 2010)
