Sinopsis
Contemporary dancer Elena meets Dovydas when he is assigned to interpret via sign language in a class she is teaching to deaf youth. A beautiful bond is established between them. However, their relationship will be tested when Dovydas discloses his asexuality.
Marija Kavtaradze is a film director and screenwriter. Born in 1991, she graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater in 2014, specializing in Film Directing. Marija's debut film Summer Survivors, 2018, had a successful run at festivals. It achieved 26,000 spectators at the domestic box office, becoming the most appreciated Lithuanian independent film in 2019 and received three awards from the Lithuanian Film Academy. Slow premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Best Director Award.
Director: Marija Kavtaradze (Lithuania)
Genre: Fiction
Country of production: Lithuania/Spain/Sweden
Year of production: 2023
Running time: 108’
Language: Lithuanian/English. OV with Spanish subtitles.
Cast: Greta Grineviciute, Kestutis Cicenas, Pijus Ganusauskas, Laima Akstinaite, Vaiva Zymantaite and Mantas Barvicius.
Production: Marija Razgutė
Screenwriter: Marija Kavtaradze
Director of photography: Laurynas Bareisa
Production companies: M-Films, Frida Films and Garagefilm International
International sales: Totem Films
Festival/Awards: Selected at Sundance Film Festival, Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest, International Film Festival Karlovy Vary, Submitted as Lithuania’s candidate to the Oscar for Best International Feature Film.
Premiere in Madrid.
