Two men meet in a shabby Vilnius restaurant – an old man and a young thug named Vytas. After a couple of shots the old man suggests that Vytas, who is leaving for Bergen the following day, would save the restaurant singer from hardships and take her away from Lithuania. —scanorama.lt
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