Drowning Dry

New Directors Competition

Drowning Dry

Sesės

Lithuania, Latvia 2024 Fiction cor 88 min.

To celebrate Lukas’ victory at the martial arts tournament and Tomas’ birthday party, two sisters organize a weekend at the country house. With their children and husbands, they swim in the lake, relax, and discuss family finances. After a near-tragic accident involving one of the children, the sisters become single mothers.

Winner of the awards for best direction and best performance for the movie cast at the Locarno Film Festival.

Lithuania Latvia family drama family motherhood awarded films international film festivals

direction

Laurynas Bareiša

screenplay

Laurynas Bareiša

cinematography

Laurynas Bareiša

editing

Silvija Vilkaitė

sound design

Julius Grigelionis

production design

Sigita Šimkūnaitė

cast

Gelminė Glemžaitė, Agnė Kaktaitė, Giedrius Kiela, Paulius Markevičius

production

Klementina Remeikaitė

co-production

Matīss Kaža

produced by

afterschool production

co-produced by

Trickster Pictures

world sales

Alpha Violet

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

16