Rūta Petronytė
Production
Known For

After the National Performing Arts Awards, the bus of actors returns home: everyone was nominated, but no one won. The bus is filled with thank-you speeches, karaoke and champagne. As the actors are driving along, they suddenly see their colleagues' car on the side of the road.
The Nominees

Seventeen-year-old Yasha is rebelling against authority. But in the USSR of 1990, some opposing forces are more dangerous than others. Determined not to give in, Yasha’s need for self-expression will propel him to the precipice of irreparable harm.
Ressentiment

"When the Lights Go Down" is a fantasy movie based on a personal experience of the film director. The film tells a story about a teen boy who is being bullied in school. A boy named Mantas creates his own guardian demon, who protects him from the bullies. Although it is not letting the boy to live a normal life. Film's timeline portrays one day at school, when the classmates of Mantas assault and beat up him badly. And here it comes, the guardian demon ready to revenge.
When the Lights Go Out

Milda is planning to spend a night with her friends, but the news of her grampa's death slowly sets in.
After Rave

A girl arrested after a car crash is taken to a detention centre to spend the night. In a cold and dark basement, she faces the apathy of the cops - she's just another criminal in their routine. The vivid experiences and the inner confrontation with herself affect the girl. It is unclear how long her detention will last.
Arrested

Aldona is the single mother of a daughter, Miglė, who is soon to become a mother herself. When Miglė comes to visit for the weekend during the last days of her pregnancy, Aldona tries to show how much she cares, but instead starts to control her daughter. Step by step, Aldona pushes the boundaries between the two, until she crosses the line.
Mothers
Kotryna and Paulius move to a small island to build their first home. But Kotryna’s joy fades as Paulius’ son from an earlier marriage is about to arrive and villagers act strangely, fleeing the island as if escaping something unseen.
Flood
Aldona, an intimacy coordinator on a film set, is devastated to discover her partner Audrius’s infidelity with multiple women. He claims to suffer from sex addiction. Having once been married to an alcoholic, Aldona is familiar with the risks, yet she chooses once again to take a leap of faith, hoping their bond can survive this test.
Hold Me Closer

Maria returns to her former life after checking herself out of a rehabilitation clinic where she was being treated for panic attacks. To gain back her position as lead researcher and convince her family she is fine, she hides her breakdowns, which manifest themselves as crazy hallucinations. However, hiding her special condition while also competing for a neuroscience project and the love of her family proves to be more difficult than she’d thought.
I Am Fine, Thanks

Ship is an overnight cruise on the occasion of a birthday celebration of Algirdas Stravinskas, the star of Lithuanian choreography in the former Soviet Union, culminating in a dance performance by a young contemporary dance troupe. On the cruise, the universal urge for beauty and creativity unites those who have already become history and those who are yet to make it.
Ship

It's a feature-length narrative film about a middle-class couple, that wants to adopt the perfect little girl, but they end up being offered a rebellious 12-year-old boy.
Sasha Was Here
Gytė is trying to savour the last days of the summer. Her parents are very tense and their behaviour raises many questions, the answers to which she starts seeking on her own.
Blueberry Bruise

Architecture student Paulius is faced with a moral choice, after discovering his beloved professor is one of the creatures wanted by police and hunted by Paulius’ vigilante friends.
Big Loop - Small Loop

A desperate couple tries to conceive a baby, unfortunately, Vytas is infertile. They look for a solution and get creative in the process, trying out weirder and weirder methods. This situation slowly forces Vytas to question his masculinity. The story reflects relationship problems of a messed up couple.