G.H.1 investigates the bond between a human and an animal, and also the connection between one dog and another. A pet owner, stroking their companion for the last time, knows this: what stays forever is not sadness or pain, but the memory of true friendship and love.
Arūnas Matelis is a Lithuanian documentary film director and producer.
His documentaries have received main awards in IDFA, DOK Leipzig, ZagrebDox, Oberhausen, Documenta Madrid, and others. Arūnas is one of the few European filmmakers to receive a Directors Guild of America (DGA) award for
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary. This recognition was awarded for his film Before Flying Back to the Earth, which the DGA named the Best Documentary of the Year.
His latest documentary, Wonderful Losers: A Different World, has won 17 international awards, including main prizes at the Warsaw Film Festival and Trieste Film Festival. It has been broadcast globally via platforms such as Apple TV, Google Play, Amazon Prime, Orange, Rakuten TV, and more.
