Spetial Mention from The Jury

Directed by Rimantas Oičenka

The Trip

Country of Origin

Lithuania

Runtime

25 : 00

Producer

Jurga Kaye
Director Biography – Rimantas Oičenka
 

Rimantas Oičenka was born in Jurbarkas, Lithuania, in 1987. He has been working at the Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino pavasaris“ as film distribution manager for the past 10 years. He also works as a cinema technician and produces various exhibitions at the National Museum of Lithuania. “The Trip” is his first professional short film.

 

 

Film Overwiew

Soviet Lithuania, 1975. Against the backdrop of an industrial fishing boat, fishermen kiss their wives goodbye. They are going off to catch fish in the far Atlantic. Even though the ship sails thousands miles away from the Iron Curtain, its shadow follows the men.

 

Stills

Screenings/Awards

Warsaw International Film Festival
Warsaw
Poland
October 20, 2022
World Premiere
Special Mention Documentary Short
 
“Litauisches Kino Goes Berlin” Film Festival
Berlin
Germany
November 4, 2022
 
Dingle Distillery International Film Festival
Dingle
Ireland
November 11, 2022
Best International Short Film Award
 
Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino pavasaris”
Vilnius
Lithuania
March 24, 2023
National Premiere
 
LindenFest
Cetinje
Montenegro
August 3, 2023
 
MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival
Skopje
Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
August 19, 2023
 
Cinemod Debuts
Saaremaa
Estonia
September 25, 2023
 
Oslo Short Film Festival
Oslo
Norway
August 31, 2023
 
Serbest International Film Festival
Chișinău
Moldova, Republic of
September 8, 2023
 
Desenzano Film Festival
Desenzano del Garda
Italy
September 17, 2023
Best Short Documentary Award
 
BEAST International Film Festival
Porto
Portugal
September 28, 2023
Best Short Documentary Award
 
The Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival
Kassel
Germany
November 17, 2023
 
Eastern Neighbours Film Festival
The Hague
Netherlands
November 25, 2023
Best Film Audience Award