ABOUT JORĖ JANAVIČIŪTĖ

Jorė Janavičiūtė holds a BA in Journalism from Vilnius University (2014), has completed a Film Production course at the European Film College in Denmark (2015), and holds an MA in Film Directing from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater (2018). She has made a number of short films. Her short film “Where Things, Where People Disappear” (2017) has been screened in almost twenty festivals around Europe and won the Silver Screen award “Young Director Award” in the Film School (Europe) category in 2018 in Cannes, France, as well as the Best Fiction Film prize in BEAST IFF 2019 in Porto, Portugal. Her short documentary “<3 / Less Than Three” (2019) had its international premiere at Ji.hlava IDFF 2019. “Parking Lot” (2021) was also screened at a number of festivals, including Palm Springs International Shortfest, HollyShorts in the U.S., “FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival” in Portugal, etc. The newest short, “How To Be A Human Being,” premiered at the Vilnius International Film Festival in 2023 and has been screened at Bengaluru International Short Film Festival, Riga IFF, Vilnius Short Film Festival, “FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival”, Reykjavík International Film Festival, etc. Jorė is currently writing articles for Lithuanian media, casting for film, TV, and commercial productions, and directing commercials. Recently, she started learning film production.