Remember to Blink
program information
Dirección:
Austėja Urbaitė
Guión:
Austėja Urbaité
Reparto:
Ajus Antanavicius, Anne Azoulay, Arthur Igual, Dovile Kundrotaite, Inesa Sionova
Critical text
A French couple has just adopted two Lithuanian children. In order to help them to acclimatize to the language and their new context, they have the help of a bilingual student, who will work both as a translator and a babysitter for two months. The coexistence of this emerging family will not take long to crack. This sharp intimate drama, Austeja Urbaite's feature debut, reveals personal and ethnocentric dynamics of domination at the same time that wraps its narrative in a natural setting full of mythological references. GABRIEL DOMÉNECH
BIOGRAPHY
Austėja Urbaitė was born in 1991. She grew up surrounded by nature, in a small village near Vilnius (Lithuania). In 2010, she started studying film directing at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Her student short film The Etude (Etiudas, 2013) received considerable attention, and was the prelude to her acclaimed debut short film The Bridges (Tiltai, 2015). Both films received numerous nominations and awards on the film festival circuit. Remember to Blink (Per Arti, 2022) is Austėja's first feature film. The Etude (Etiudas, 2013) mereció una considerable atención, y fue el preludio de su aclamado cortometraje de debut, The Bridges (Tiltai, 2015). Ambas películas recibieron numerosas nominaciones y premios en el circuito de festivales de cine. Remember to Blink (Per Arti, 2022) es el primer largometraje de Austėja.
