interview
Women Cinemakers and the other is XIXth century russian moralist. However, they both share a very sensitive and deeply psychological view to their characters that fascinates me. I think as one of Eastern-europeans born and raised just after the soviet collapse, I stand at the edge of slavic and western culture collision and therefore I can relate to either one of these amazing writers. I think that this radical combination definitely reflects in my work as I am very curious about this easternwestern identity crisis that my generation is in. For this special edition of we have selected , a captivating short film that our readers have already started to get to know in the introductory pages of this article. When walking our readers through of , Could you tell us what did attract you to this particular story? I had a task in my film school – to make a short film based on any piece of lithuanian literature. I was looking for that piece for quite a long time, I just couldn’t find anything that would fit something I already had in my mind. I knew that I wanted to tell a story about a woman looking for spiritual connection in a very non-spiritual environment. I guess I was just looking for an inspiration, the main character, not for a story and I’ve finally found it. I’ve read a short story written by not-very-known lithuanian writer and