Lina's life seems perfect: a cosy flat, a caring boyfriend and a rewarding job at a morgue in Vilnius, Lithuania. One day, the body of a dead sailor is delivered. His wife claims to recognise him, but Lina isn't convinced. The uncertainty piques her curiosity and, despite the dangers, she becomes obsessed with finding the missing sailor. Along the way, clues lead to the Lithuanian port town, but the mysteries only multiply. The film's tense and grim atmosphere conveys the profound sense of johatsu - the vanishing of a person without a trace. Where will Lina's search take her, and what is she really looking for?
Lina Lužytė was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 1985. In 2011, she graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre with an MA in Film Directing. Since then she's made two features - "Together For Ever" (Karlovy Vary, 2016) , "The Castle" (Galway Film Fleadh, 2020) and two documentaries. The topics that run through Lina's work are often times on humans battling unbearable or even grotesque circumstances. Awkward humour is signature to Lina's work. Her latest documentary was shot in Moria, the biggest refugee camp in Europe on the island of Lesvos, Greece. Currently Lina is working on a dramedy feature “Kopek”, which is a critique of capitalism told through an incident of a ripped off BMW’s mirror.
Nerijus Milerius was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 1971. He has defended a PhD in Philosophy in 2001. Being Professor of Philosophy in Vilnius University, Milerius is a filmmaker as well. In 2019, a documentary “Exemplary Behaviour” about inmates sentenced to life, co-directed by Audrius Mickevičius and Nerijus Milerius, has won three awards in DOK Leipzig - Golden Dove, FIPRESCI ir INTERRELIGIOUS JURI. Milerius is also the director of the documentary “Life After Death’ (2022). Nerijus is currently finishing a documentary "The Old Man's Journeys" (to be premiered in 2025).