On Purpose

Mėta
Lithuania
2023
Fiction
15 min.

Director | Adas Burkšaitis
Script | Adas Burkšaitis
Director of photography | Zbigniev Bartoševič
Editing | Adas Burkšaitis
Sound designer | Justas Levickas, Jonas Jocys
Composer | Aurimas Vilkišius
Main cast |
Elena Vasiliauskaitė, Valerijus Jevsejevas, Vaidotas Martinaitis, Velta Žygurė, Neringa Varnelytė
Produser | Kotryna Ramanauskaitė
Production company | Lietuvos muzikos ir teatro akademija
Co-producers and Production Companies |
Kino metropolis, Greta Akcijonaitė

An 8-year-old girl Mėta is in a hurry desperate to find help for her injured dog.

 

About the director:

Adas Burkšaitis graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2012. During his undergraduate years, Adas became obsessed with cinema, theatre, and contemporary art. In 2017, he directed the stage play “Honey I’m Home”, which was a repertoire show at Menų spaustuvė in Vilnius. He has also written and directed short films. In 2020, Adas began his postgraduate studies in film directing at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. “I didn’t start my professional career as a director. After finishing school, I studied Computer Science at the University of Cambridge, then worked as a researcher and software engineer at Google, Barclays, and T-Mobile. Finally, after several years in the technology industry, I gathered the courage to start working on my dream to direct films. My background has an important influence on my creative work. Personal experiences not only inspire stories but also determine the themes I work on. I am interested in technology, growing isolation among people, and disillusionment.”

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