06/11/2014 - The director’s first fiction feature will be presented in the Agora Works in Progress programme at Thessaloniki

Among the projects to be presented during the Agora Works in Progress programme at the 55th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (31 October - 9 November) is Do You Love Me [+see also:
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The film’s team hopes to find co-production and distribution partners for this family drama currently in post-production. Do You Love Me received support from the Lithuanian National Film Center.

The screenplay, written by the director, tells the story of a family of three, but instead of focusing on the mother, the father and their 11-year-old daughter, Lužytė tackles their relationship as the main character. At first, they simply exist next to each other, rather than living together, but the atmosphere will change when a water pipe bursts and floods their neighbours downstairs. A minor misadventure in the life of a normal family will become a great challenge in theirs.

The domestic release is expected for 2015 or 2016. 

Born in 1985 in Vilnius, Lužytė directed It Would Be Splendid, Yet, a short film selected at more than 15 international film festivals. She also directed a documentary, Igrushki (Toys), which centres on the violation of human rights in Belarus.