The year 1991. A hot summer night. Lithuania-Belarus border. It is nearly dawn. There are two customs wagons on the roadside. One of them has been burnt down. In the other one, border guards sit in silence. Someone opens the door without knocking.
International Short Film Competition
1991
Shorts O’Clock II, Thursday, February 29th, 19:00
ENGLISH TITLE:
1991
ORIGINAL TITLE:
1991
DIRECTOR:
Linas Ziura
COUNTRY:
Lithuania
GENRE:
fiction
YEAR:
2023
LENGTH:
12’
CAST:
Matas Dirgincius, Zygimante Elena Jakstaite
A QUOTE FOR THE FILM:
“Are you not afraid right now?”
SELECTIVE LIST OF FESTIVALS AND AWARDS:
2023 Brest European Short Film Festival European Competition Best Director Award (FR), 2023 Film Festival Cottbus (DE), 2023 CinEast Film Festival (LU), 2023 Omladinski Film Festival Sarajevo (BA), 2023 Vilnius International Film Festival (LT)
DIRECTOR’S BIO:
Linas Ziura has graduated from Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater with BA in Cinematograhy. After his graduation in 2018 he has been working in various projects as a cinematographer, mostly in fiction and documentary films.
