Kristina Buožytė

Director

“What I like in film is ellipsis and off screen shots, as they invite the viewer to participate to the creation of the film.”

Biography

Kristina Buožytė (b. 1982, Klajpeda, Lithuania) graduated in film and television direction in 2008 from Lithuania’s Music and Theater Academy. She has participated in a variety of workshops and seminars, and shot music videos and shorts, including Change the Record (Pakeisk plokštelę, 2005). After her feature debut The Collectress (2008) premiered in the East of the West competition at the KVIFF, it went on to screen at more than 30 film festivals. Vanishing Waves is her second feature film. Her third feature is in the works, The Glamour, an adaptation of the Christopher Priest novel. —Karlovy Vary International Film Festival