The ‘Wild Card’ program is a special Residency offer that enables a filmmaker we believe in to start writing her/his new film project at the Pop Up Film Residency.

First Wild Card Residency: August 2019 (Marija Kavtaradże)

MARIJA KAVTARADŻE

MARIJA KAVTARADŻE

Director (Lithuania)

Marija Kavtaradzė was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. She studied film directing at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.

Her short film I’m Twenty Something won best student film at the Lithuanian Film Academy Awards in 2015. Kavtaradzė also co-wrote the feature film The Saint, which premiered at Busan IFF and Warsaw ISFF in 2016.

Her debut feature Summer Survivors made a splash at the Toronto Film Festival. This road-movie across Lithuania moved audiences due to its unique tone to portray mental illness – light-hearted, humorous and ultimately radiant.

SLOW

 

A romantic drama about the constant search for closeness, the fear of love and the fear of being alone.

 

Mentors

Matthieu Darras

Matthieu Darras