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Calvert Journal Film Festival · 2021

Calvert Journal Film Festival 2021

Fiction Features

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5 films · 1 review

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Dawn

An idealistic young man living on a commune in Soviet Latvia rebels against his violent father.

(Country: Latvia, Estonia, Poland; Year: 2015; Director: Laila Pakalnina; Writer: Laila Pakalnina; Stars: Vilis Daudzins, Antons Grauds, Andris Keiss, Liena Smukte, Wiktor Zborowski)

Isaac (Izaokas)

Review preview for Isaac

The potential for violence and creeping paranoia haunt the film, but though some elements of it may feel murkier than others, there's always a sense that Matulevicius and his cinematographer Narvydas Naujalis are in control.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
Skeletons rattle in the closet of a film director and his friends, 20 years after an infamous massacre.

(Country: Lithuania; Year: 2019; Director: Jurgis Matulevicius; Writer: Jurgis Matulevicius, Saule Bliuvaite, Nerijus Milerius, Antanas Skema; Stars: Aleksas Kazanavicius, Severija Janusauskaite, Dainius Gavenonis, Dainius Kazlauskas, Martynas Nedzinskas, Ainis Storpirstis, Salvijus Trepulis, Eugenijus Jankelaitis, Arunas Vozbutas, Rytis Saladzius, Mindaugas Ancevicius, Andrius Alesiunas, Jonas Baltakis, Kestutis Cicenas, Arvydas Dapsys)

Full review See: Jurgis Matulevicius on his debut film Isaac

I Work At The Cemetery

A cemetery worker becomes involved in his clients' tragedies, forcing him to confront his own ghosts.

(Country: Poland, Ukraine; Year: 2021; Director: Alexey Taranenko; Writer: Pawel Belyanskiy; Stars: Olga Safronova, Andrey Isaenko, Viktor Zhdanov, Rimma Zyubina, Aleksey Tritenko, Wiktoria Gorodecka, Maksim Donets, Anna Ivanova, Yaroslav Bezkorovayny, Nina Naboka, Vitaliy Saliy, Vladislav Kunitsyn, Galina Korneeva, Yelena Khokhlatkina, Igor Salimonov)

Nova Lituania

In 1936, a man comes up with the idea of saving Lithuania from the war in Europe by establishing an overseas colony involving a mass exodus.

(Country: Lithuania; Year: 2019; Director: Karolis Kaupinis; Writer: Karolis Kaupinis; Stars: Aleksas Kazanavicius, Vaidotas Martinaitis, Valentinas Masalskis, Rasa Samuolyte, Egle Gabrenaite, Roberta Sirgedaite, Julius Zalakevicius, Darius Meskauskas, Vidmantas Fijalkauskas, Valdas Latonas, Danguole Ragazinskaite, Aleksas Kazanavicius, Vaidotas Martinaitis, Valentinas Masalskis, Rasa Samuolyte)

Otto The Barbarian

A teenage punk tries to deal with the loss of his girlfriend.

(Country: Romania, Belgium; Year: 2020; Director: Ruxandra Ghitescu; Writer: Ruxandra Ghitescu; Stars: Marc Titieni, Iulian Postelnicu, Ana Radu, Ioana Bugarin, Constantin Draganescu, Aida Economu, Ioana Flora, Andreea Gramosteanu, Andrei Mateiu, Maria Popistasu, Mihaela Sirbu, Adrian Titieni)