Lernavan

Lithuania

2009

24 Min

Color

Lithuanian

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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SCR Marat Sargsyan, Lina Lužytė

CAST Vytautas Šapranauskas, Martynas Jasevičius, Ferdinandas Jakšys

Synopsis

After a long time away from their homeland, fate hands a father and son an opportunity to visit. But when they start their journey they discover that no such a place exists and no one they meet has ever heard of it. When a strange bus appears, destined for their homeland, they get on board. They are the only passengers and after a long trip the bus arrives at a very peculiar place with no houses, no people, no nature, and no land. They are surrounded by white mountains, looming like a blank, empty page. —Vilnius International Film Festival

Director

Marat Sargsyan

Marat Sargsyan was born in 1978 in Kirokovan, Armenia. At the age of 13 he started to work in local television. When he was 16 he moved with his family to Siauliai, Lithuania. Here he also started to work in local television. Later he moved to Lithuanian capital Vilnius and started to work in television as culinary show host. At this time he also started to make music videos for Lithuanian music starts. He has made 4 award winning music videos. At the age of 27 he stopped working in television and entered Lithuanian academy of music and theater where he started to study cinema directing. He finished his bachelor at the age of 31 with 25 min movie Lernavan. The movie won the award of “best picture” in Vilnius short films festival in 2009. —International Küstendorf Film and Music Festival