"Living Among Grasses" by Ramunė Rakauskaitė won a prize in Finland

"Nominum" inf.
2013 Septermbet 3 d.

At the International Film Festival "Baltic Herring" in Rauma, , film "Living Among Grasses" by Ramunė Rakauskaitė was recognized as the best short documentary and won the third prize.

The film participated in the Professional category and competed with more than 50 films in all genres from six countries of the Baltic region, and for the beautiful photography and harmonious rhythm was rated by the jury as the best documentary.

The film, revealing secrets of herbal art, tells the story of three Lithuanian herbalists who toil from sunrise to sunset,- through the portrait of which the essence of their meaningful and challenging work is revealed, and it has no less secrets than the pharmaceutical laboratories: what kind of moon has to be rising for picking of a certain herb, what prayer needs to be said during the picking, how to dry, with what other herbs it can be mixed...

The film was created by director Ramunė Rakauskaitė, cinematographer Eitvydas Doškus, film editors Kostas Radlinskas and Valdas Misevičius, composer Domas Strupinskas, producers Algimantė Matelienė, Rolandas Skaisgirys.

The film, produced by studios "Nominum" and "Videometra", has been shown at international festivals Festival delle Terre and Ischia Film Festival in , and  Ekotopfilm festival in , where it won a special prize.  

 

 

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