Section: Short Film Competition

Techno, Mama

Saulius Baradinskas

Lithuania, 2021, 18 Min

Nikita loves techno. He dreams of going to Berlin to experience first-hand the city's famous techno scene. Nikita's mother refuses to hear of it however and tries to prevent him from leaving. A switch is flicked inside Nikita's head, the conflict escalates.

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Drehbuch
Saulius Baradinskas

Kamera
Vytautas Katkus

Schnitt
Karolis Labutis

Musik
Rob Meyer

Darsteller
Nikita (Son) Motiejus Aškelovičius,
Irena (Mother) Neringa Varnelytė,
Dima (Nikita's boyfriend) Kasparas Varanavičius

Produzent
Viktorija Seniut

Produktion
VIKTORIA FILMS

Kontakt
VIKTORIA FILMS
Viktorija Seniut
lightson@lightsonfilm.org

Saulius Baradinskas - He is a film & music video director from Vilnius, Lithuania. In 2013 Saulius graduated Architecture in Vilnius Arts Academy. In the 2018 annual music video awards Saulius won "the best director award” and "the best music video award”. In 2019, Saulius premiered his debut short film “Golden Minutes”. This short film was filmed on one take and the main role was created by Scottish actor Billy Boyd. The short film won various awards and traveled to more than 40 film festivals around the world. In 2020 Saulius was selected as one of the Berlinale Talents in the 70th Berlinale Film Festival. His second short film "Techno, Mama" premiered at 78th Venice film festival.

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