Rūta Jekentaitė

Murmuring Hearts

Award-winning Lithuanian documentary filmmaker Vytautas Puidokas’s new film tells the story of a rehabilitation centre on an abandoned farm. It’s a refuge for troubled recovering addicts and former prisoners hoping for one last chance at a normal life. It is run by Žanas, a former addict who has turned his life around through nature and religion. One day, a 14-year-old boy named Matas joins the farm, seeking solace from his own childhood trauma. Together they begin to confront his past.

Roberta

We follow Roberta's transition from youth to adulthood. It is an intimate portrait of a person who is floating in time and space, without finding purpose in life. She doesn't want to be bothered by society, but cannot deny that she's dependent on it.

Drylands

Coming back home after a night out, a young woman decides to call a taxi and drives to the forest. The encounter with nature compels the woman to shed different parts of herself – her clothes, her emotions, her fatigue. At the same time, it evokes the feelings of newly found strength and peace.

The Bearers of Memories

With every moment – one more memory. But memory sometimes goes blind and what is left becomes hazy.

The Little Moon

"Where the last house faded away in the wheat, there lived a little girl, who walked at night out in the fields, with a bucket of water to mirror the moon." It's a true story based on Tonino Guerra's poem, about a girl who lives in a remote Lithuanian village. This single farm holds her entire world: family, beloved animals, and the watchful moon.

Follow Me

Four friends get together in a spirituality day camp for nature-hungry girls. Still, this practice seems suspicious to one girl, but she is persuaded by other friends and tries to adopt the teacher's methods.

I Know You

The story of a fifteen-year old girl who feels that her room, her district, her school and even herself is too small for her.