MURMURING HEARTS/ MURMANČIOS ŠIRDYS (2024)

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Documentary, 81 min., Lithuania, France, Norway 2024
At a desolate farm in the snowy countryside, a group of troubled men, including recovering addicts and former prisoners, find their last chance of redemption. Led by Žanas, a former addict who turned his life around through nature and Catholicism, the men struggle to overcome their past and avoid relapse. Unexpectedly, a 14-year-old boy named Matas joins the farm, seeking solace from his own childhood trauma.

FESTIVALS & AWARDS:

Tallinn Black Nights 2024 – Doc@PÖFF International Competition, Best Cinematography Award
Fipadoc 2025 – European Stories Competition, Young Europeans Award
Vilnius Film Festival / Kino Pavasaris 2025 – National Premiere
Bergen International Film Festival 2025 – Checkpoints Programme
New York Baltic Film Festival 2025, USA

Silver Crane 2025 – Lithuanian National Film Award for Best Lithuanian Feature Documentary

PITCHINGS & TRAININGS

Last Stop Trieste, 2024, Italy.
Berlinale Talents, 2023, Germany.
Baltic Sea Docs 2022, Latvia.
Nipkow Programm 2022, Germany.
Visions du Reel 2022, Switzerland.
Esodoc (European Social Documentary) - 2021 edition.



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