ABOUT JORĖ JANAVIČIŪTĖ - FILM DIRECTOR

Bio

Jorė Janavičiūtė  has a BA in Journalism from Vilnius University (2014), has completed a Film Production course at European Film College in Denmark (2015), and holds a Film Directing MA from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater (2018). She has made five 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 Film School (Europe) category in 2018 in Cannes, France as well as Best Fiction Film prize in BEAST IFF 2019 in Porto, Portugal. Her short documentary “<3 / Less Than Three” (2019) had an International premiere in Ji.hlava IDFF 2019. “Parking Lot” (2021) was also screened in a number of festivals including Palm Springs International Shortfest, HollyShorts in the U.S., FEST in Portugal, etc. The newest short “How To Be A Human Being” (2023) premiered in Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino pavasaris 2023” and is now travelling in film festivals, has been screened in Bengaluru International Short Film Festival, Riga IFF, etc. Jorė currently is developing a debut feature film project titled “A Manual How To Hit Your Head Against The Wall Elegantly”, lecturing at Vilnius University, writing articles for Lithuanian media as well as in casting on film, TV, and commercial productions.