Saulė Bliuvaitė
Directing
Biography
Film director and screenwriter Saule Bliuvaitė was born in 1994 in Kaunas. In 2018, she graduated from the directing department of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater. Her latest short film, "Limousine", was named Best Short Documentary at the Warsaw Film Festival. Saulė is also the co-writer and co-editor of the historical drama "Isaac", nominated for the 2020 FIPRESCI Prize of the European Film Academy. "Toxic" is the director's feature debut.
Known For
Champion fighter Osvald is banned from competing after injuring a girl in a street fight. Stranded in his bleak Lithuanian hometown, he takes refuge in a run-down Taiwanese restaurant owned by his only friend, Ju-Long. Court-ordered therapy leads him to Skaistė, a woman who offers a glimpse of a life he's never known. But as Osvald clings to this fragile hope, his violent past resurfaces, forcing him to choose between redemption and self-destruction.
China Sea
Dreaming of an escape from the bleakness of their hometown, two teens form a unique bond at a local modeling school, where the promise of a better life pushes girls to violate their bodies in increasingly extreme ways.
Toxic
End of summer. Danielius (in mid 30s) makes a return to his hometown to sell his parents' flat. Having nowhere to rush, he reconnects with people and the town that's no longer his. He is confronted with a quiet sense of loneliness.
The Visitor
29-year-old Ilona and her boyfriend have just moved into a new apartment in a block of flats. When the building’s renovation begins soon afterwards and she befriends Oleg, one of the Ukrainian construction workers, her idyllic notions of a fulfilling life as she approaches thirty start to crumble, like the old plaster on the walls.
Renovation
In an academic committee where student performances are judged, a newcomer lecturer must decide: confront the power she once respected or stay silent to belong.
The Evaluation
Two girls are trying to get drugs in late-hour Vilnius while their adventures open up woeful city's nightlife, full of apathy and failed communication.
Life Is Beautiful And Never Ends
Kaunas, Lithuania, 1941, Lithuanian activist Andrius Gluosnis kills a Jew Isaac in Lietukio garage massacre. Years after the incident Gluosnis is haunted by the guilt.
Isaac
Recently divorced mother Sylvia invites her new boyfriend to the Christmas Eve dinner to meet her two grown-up children.
The Contest
Left homeless after a fight with her sister Yana spends 24 hours desperately looking for a place to stay.
Yana
While driving around in limousines, groups of people from different generations struggle to find the best way to have fun they desire.