Vilnius Academy of Arts

In 1251 Lithuania, Mindaugas' wedding day takes an unexpected turn when the love of his life is mysteriously taken. Determined to rescue her, he embarks on a quest that spans from hell to heaven and even higher dimensions.

Plica polonica is a disease people used to believe in that would make your hair uncombable. The main protagonist of the film- a severely tangled girl- goes on a search for a "cure". She seeks answers from the most tangled of them all - the infamous Baba Yaga.

Katherine kneads clay, shapes it, and fires a cup. A curiosity sparked by this physical sensation leads her to reveal her own body. Sensing this, a lustrous linden blossom breaks away from the tree and begins to drift toward the girl. She crushes it with her hand, and an allergic reaction rash appears on her groin. Back home, the girl encounters three cats.

Combing is a meditative act leading to contemplation and introspection. It is an animated self-portrait sculpted in motion and time about memory and relationship with the other. Hair becomes a symbolic thread that connects past and present, memories and the current father-daughter relationship.

A travel experience, an encounter with other codes and other gods in a contemporary Lithuania. In the country where legends and pagan practices have survived the influence of the Catholic religion and later the Soviet bloc to feed a folklore still tenacious, weighs the strange sensation of presences belonging to another world. If one takes the time to listen and look, the forest seems inhabited, filled with stories and life. This narrative is part of a search of the other and of different spiritualities. Where some indulge in rituals borrowed from Mongolian traditions while others perpetuate a cultural heritage. If Laima, the mother, the one of destiny, of good and bad fortune, still exists in the Lithuanian culture, the ideology of the Soviet bloc is only a painful page of history.

When creating the film “Only a Trace Remains,” a connection was established between the film and soil fungi, without the authors expecting to receive any specific results in return. However, the microorganisms were generous. Although part of the film is no longer on the reel, its traces continue to circulate in the ecological system. How can this complex connection be described?

Fairy tales often tell of wicked old witches who steal children and mean them harm. Their role is not merely to make the story more frightening, but to warn children about the dangers of the real world. Drawing on personal experience, this animated short reveals how child grooming begins almost unnoticed before evolving into a cycle of emotional dependency where abuse and affection become impossible to separate. How do you escape it?

My research on the urban spaces of Vilnius focuses on how urban development and infrastructure decisions reflect the personal and community needs of the residents. How environmental sustainability is taken into account in the creation of a sustainable urban environment: citizens' access to green spaces, leisure areas and their inner well-being in the city. I usecontemporary animation tools to create a dystopian narrative that provokes and raises questions about contemporary urban development processes.