GLITTER KISS
GLITTER KISS
International Short Film Competition

GLITTER KISS

After discovering a brutally beaten drag queen Klaudijus, in his apartment building, homophobe Rolandas reluctantly takes him to the hospital and becomes his first response. As the police investigate and Klaudijus’ life hangs in the balance, Rolandas is forced to rethink his beliefs.

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ENGLISH TITLE:

Glitter Kiss

Original title:

Artimas Kontaktas

Director:

Augustė Gerikaitė

Country:

Lithuania

Genre:

fiction

Year:

2025

Length:

19’

Cast:

Valerijus Jevsejevas, Povilas Jatkevičius

Selective list of festivals and awards:

Tampere Film Festival (Finland), PÖFF Shorts (Estonia), Kino Pavasaris (Lithuania), Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg (Germany), Kyiv International Short Film Festival (Ukraine), Festival international Music & Cinema Marseille (France), Watersprite Film Festival (Uk), Lublin Film Festival (Poland), Capital City Film Festival (USA).

Director’s bio:

Augustė Gerikaitė is a director and screenwriter. After school she went to Vilnius where she first graduated photography before starting her studies at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, where she successfully got her degree as a film director in 2024.

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