How can you adapt when you get 118 litas? How can you, my kiddie, adapt? You go and must keep on searching – you go to a church, you come here… Here I’m alive. I’m 79 years old – it seems I’ve managed to adapt. —16th Vilnius International Film Festival
Andrius Blaževičius was born on June 26th, 1985 in Vilnius. After finishing St. Christophe’s high school, he started culture and anthropology studies at Vilnius University. After a year he entered Lithuanian Music and Theater Academy for film directing studies. During his studies Blaževičius directed six short films, one of them is documentary. In 2011 he graduated from Lithuanian Music and Theater Academy with a master’s degree in TV and film directing. At the moment Blaževičius works as a freelance director. Since 2010 he has been a program director for International Short Film Festival Vilnius Film Shorts. In 2009 Scanorama premiered his short film Bergen. —Scanorama