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ABOUT MY FILMS

In this section below you can find trailers and descriptions of my short films.

Find more information about some these films below or contact me.

HOW TO BE A HUMAN BEING Trailer | RIGA IFF 2023
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RIGA IFF (Riga International Film Festival)

HOW TO BE A HUMAN BEING Trailer | RIGA IFF 2023

HOW TO BE A HUMAN BEING https://rigaiff.lv/films-2023/ka-but-cilvekam/ Directed by: Jorė Janavičiūtė LT, 2023 Thirty-year-old Simona meets Mantas, whom she dated as a teenager, at a hotel during a conference. Back then, she accused him of date rape. As part of her duties at the conference, Simona needs to help participants prepare for their presentations. The acquaintances from long ago start talking. It turns out that her memory is playing tricks – something completely different than what she has thought for many years happened. A black comedy of the #MeToo era that seeks to re-examine the relationship between victim and abuser through the rules of the genre. Lithuanian-born Jorė Janavičiūtė studied journalism at Vilnius University, production at the European Film College in Denmark and holds a Master’s degree in film directing from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Her dramedy about a kleptomaniac, the short film Where Things, Where People Disappear (2017), has won acclaim and awards at several European festivals. Meanwhile, her latest work focuses on the discourse of intimate relationships and the inherited taboos of the millennial generation.
Parking Lot (2021) short film TEASER
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Jore Janaviciute

Parking Lot (2021) short film TEASER

Martyna and Kamilė are young women in their mid-twenties. They used to be best friends during their studies. About a half a year ago, Martyna decided to vanish from Kamilė’s life. But she didn't tell it to her friend. One day Martyna is on her way to meet her co-workers, she is passing through the parking lot of a shopping center in a rush. She meets Kamilė, who wants to find out the reasons for Martyna‘s disappearance. A short film “Parking Lot” is examining the theme of “emotional hygiene” through the perspective of friendship. Director & Writer - Jorė Janavičiūtė Cinematographer - Vytautas Katkus LAC Producer - Migla Butkutė Production Designer - Tadas Klimavičius Editor - Gabrielė Urbonaitė Cast: Milda Noreikaitė, Greta Petrovskytė Production: nonsense.tv Duration: 13 min.
Kur dingsta daiktai, kur dingsta žmonės | Where Things, Where People Disappear (2017) - Fiction Short
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Jore Janaviciute

Kur dingsta daiktai, kur dingsta žmonės | Where Things, Where People Disappear (2017) - Fiction Short

Director: Jorė Janavičiūtė Cinematographer: Zbigniev Bartoševič Writers: Jorė Janavičiūtė, Anelė Kerpauskaitė Producer: Jorė Janavičiūtė Production Designer: Jovita Papučkaitė Editing: Urtė Aškelovičiūtė Cast: Justina Nemanytė, Laurynas Jurgelis Music: Arklio Galia, Remigijus Rančys, Povilas Čepulis Domas is a kleptomaniac. He works in a sport club through an integration program which helps people with mental disorders to return to society. One day he does not manage to resist and steals a bag from a young doctor Simona, who is going through an existential crisis. She asks for him to help find her things, and Domas, although ashamed, cannot confess he did it. Instead, he offers her a ride home, and they go on a journey through the night in Vilnius, during which a fragile, but at the same time impossible connection between them appears. Where Things, Where People Disappear (Lithuania, 2017, 22 min., fiction short) – director, screenwriter, producer Most important festivals: 59th Lübeck Nordic Film Days, Lübeck, Germany – November 2017 (world premiere) 7th “Litauisches Kino Goes Berlin“, Berlin, Germany – November 2017 15th European Film Forum “Scanorama“, Vilnius, Lithuania – November 2017 (national premiere) 11,5th Vilniaus International Short Film Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania – January, 2018 32th Bolzano Film Festival Bozen, Bolzano, Italy – April 2018 58th Zlín Film Festival, Zlín, Czech Republic – May 2018 16th TOFIFEST FF, Torun, Poland – October 2018 23rd 2ANNAS International Short Film Festival, Riga, Latvia – November 2018 International BEAST Film Festival, Porto, Portugal – October 2019 Awards: Young Director Award 2018 – Silver Screen (Film School category; Cannes, France) International BEAST Film Festival 2019 – Best Film (Porto, Portugal)
Laiku | On Time (2019) - Fiction Short
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Jore Janaviciute

Laiku | On Time (2019) - Fiction Short

Julė is 27. She is always late everywhere. She is about to become a judge, but the fact that she is always late gets in the way. She starts going to driving lessons that should help to solve her problem. Here she meets a driving instructor Artūras, a cause of her problem starts to show. Director: Jorė Janavičiūtė Scriptwriter: Jorė Janavičiūtė Cinematographer: Zbigniev Bartoševič Producer: Ona Kotryna Dikavičiūtė Production Designer: Evelina Dapkutė Costume Designer: Dovilė Paulauskaitė Cast: Milda Noreikaitė, Vygandas Vadeiša, Rapolas Šlevas On Time (2019, Lithuania, 18 min., fiction short) – director, screenwriter (graduation film) Most important festivals: tiff ODA, Tetovo, North Macedonia – October 2019 61st Lübeck Nordic Film Days, Lübeck, Germany – November 2019 9th “Litauisches Kino Goes Berlin“, Berlin, Germany – November 2019 17th European Film Forum “Scanorama“, Vilnius, Lithuania – November 2019 (national premiere)

FESTIVALS SCREENED AT:

Where Things, Where People Disappear (Lithuania, 2017, 22 min., fiction short)

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Some festivals screened at:


59th Lübeck Nordic Film Days, Lübeck, Germany – November 2017

7th “Litauisches Kino Goes Berlin“, Berlin, Germany – November 2017
15th European Film Forum “Scanorama“, Vilnius, Lithuania – November 2017 
11,5th Vilniaus International Short Film Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania – January, 2018 32th Bolzano Film Festival Bozen, Bolzano, Italy – April 2018
58th Zlín Film Festival, Zlín, Czech Republic – May 2018
16th TOFIFEST FF, Torun, Poland – October 2018
23rd 2ANNAS International Short Film Festival, Riga, Latvia – November 2018

International BEAST Film Festival, Porto, Portugal – October 2019

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Awards:
Young Director Award 2018 – Silver Screen (Film School category; Cannes, France)

International BEAST Film Festival 2019 – Best Film (Porto, Portugal)

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<3 / Less Than Three (2019, Lithuania, 13 min., short documentary)

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23rd Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Jihlava, Czech Republic – October 2019 (International premiere)


9th „Litauisches Kino Goes Berlin“, Berlin, Germany – November 2019

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Awards:
Šoblė Film Festival – Best Character (Vilnius, February 2019)

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On Time (Lithuania, 2019, 19 min., fiction short)

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tiff ODA, Tetovo, North Macedonia – October 2019
61st Lübeck Nordic Film Days, Lübeck, Germany – November 2019
9th “Litauisches Kino Goes Berlin“, Berlin, Germany – November 2019
17th European Film Forum “Scanorama“, Vilnius, Lithuania – November 2019

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Parking Lot (Lithuania, 2021, 13 min., short fiction)

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Lübeck Nordic Film Days (Nordische Filmtage Lübeck) - November 2021 

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Schweizer Jugendfilmtage / Festival Ciné Jeuness Suisse (Zürich, Switzerland) - March 2022

 

Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS (Riga, Latvia) - April 2022

 

FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival (Espinho, Portugal) - June 2022

 

Palm Springs International Shortfest (Palm Springs, USA) - June 2022

 

HollyShorts Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA) - August 2022

 

Nevada City Film Festival (Nevada City, USA) - August 2022

 

Bolton Film Festival (Bolton, UK) - October 2022

 

Litauisches Kino Goes Berlin (Berlin, Germany) - November 2022

 

Macau International Short Film Festival (Macau, China) - December 2022

 

Cortogenia International Short Film Festival (Madrid, Spain) - December 2022

 

Vilnius International Short Film Festival (Vilnius, Lithuania) - January, 2023

 

Film O'Clock International Festival (Lithuania, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Egypt, and South Africa) - February-March, 2023

 

International Film Festival ZOOM – ZBLIZENIA (Jelenia Góra, Poland) - March, 2023

 

Ismailia International Film Festival (Ismailia, Egypt) - March, 2023

 

Internationale Grenzland-Filmtage (Selb, Aš, Regensburg, Germany and Czech Republic) - April, 2023

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Directed by Women Turkey International Short Film Festival (Istanbul, Turkey) - September, 2023

 

We Make Movies International Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA) - November, 2023

 

Demakijaż – Women’s Film Festival (Lublin, Poland) - December, 2023

 

Festival Mental - Mental Health Arts and Film Festival (Lisbon, Portugal) – May, 2024

 

Go Mental! International Film Festival (Berlin, Germany) – May, 2024

 

Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival (Glasgow, Scotland) - October, 2024

 

Awards:

Directed by Women Turkey International Short Film Festival (Istanbul, Turkey) - September, 2023 - FIRST PRIZE IN INTERNATIONAL CATEGORY​

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How To Be A Human Being (Lithuania, 2023, 15 min., short fiction)

 

Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino pavasaris” (Vilnius, Lithuania) – March, 2023

 

ShorTS International Film Festival (Trieste, Italy) – July, 2023

 

Bengaluru International Short Film Festival (Bengaluru, India) – August, 2023

 

CineFem – International Women Film Festival (Punta del Este, Uruguay) – September, 2023

 

Filmfestival Münster 2023 (Münster, Germany) – September, 2023

 

Cuenca International Film Festival FICC (Cuenca, Equador) – September, 2023

 

Riga International Film Festival (Riga, Latvia) – October, 2023

 

Goa Short Film Festival (Goa, India) – November, 2023

 

Arlington International Film Festival (Arlington, USA) – November, 2023

 

Clapham International Film Festival (London, UK) – November, 2023

 

Litauisches Kino Goes Berlin (Berlin, Germany) – November, 2023

 

Canberra Short Film Festival (Canberra, Australia) – November, 2023

 

KIN International Film Festival (Yerevan, Armenia) – December, 2023

 

Vilnius Short Film Festival (Vilnius, Lithuania) – January, 2024

 

Close Up: Reykjavik Film Festival (Reykjavik, Iceland) – March, 2024

 

Internationale Grenzland-Filmtage (Selb, Aš, Regensburg, Germany and Czech Republic) - April, 2024

 

FICIC - Festival International du Cinema Indépendant de Casablanca (Casablanca, Morocco) - April, 2024

 

FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival (Espinho, Portugal) - June 2024

 

Beach Film Festival (Ohrid, North Macedonia) – July 2024

 

Directed By Women Türkiye International Short Film Festival

(Istanbul, Turkey) - September, 2024

 

Reykjavík International Film Festival (Reykjavík, Iceland) – October, 2024

 

Científica Webseries & Film Festival (Lima, Peru) – October, 2024

 

Demakijaż – Women’s Film Festival (Lublin, Poland) – October, 2024

 

We Make Movies International Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA) – November, 2024

 

Lublin Film Festival (Lublin, Poland) – November, 2024

 

Eastern Neighbors Film Festival (The Hague, Netherlands) – November/ December, 2024

 

Awards:

Best Script - CineFem – International Women Film Festival (Punta del Este, Uruguay) – September, 2023

Best Film – Short Wave Short Film Competition - Beach Film Festival (Ohrid, North Macedonia) – July 2024​

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I am is also writing my first feature film "A Manual How To Hit Your Head Against The Wall Elegantly", which already participated in "Torino Film Lab Next Feature" screenwriting workshop and Riga IFF Showcase.

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