Nova Lituania

"An elegant, offbeat fiction that is both steeped in pre-war Lithuanian history and starkly relevant to our current moment."

Variety
  • Archive - Festival 35
  • Director: Karolis Kaupinis
  • Lithuania 2019
  • 96 minutes
  • Lithuanian
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

1938. A new war looms on the horizon. Geographer Gruodis comes up with a novel solution to the situation: he proposes creating a “backup Lithuania” overseas, a place where the country’s inhabitants could move in case of danger.

Working with carefully composed black-and-white shots, debuting director Karolis Kaupinis has forged this original idea into the gripping drama of a man trying to save his homeland while facing the collapse of his marriage. 

Feature Debut


  • Director Karolis Kaupinis
  • Production Marija Razgute
  • Script Karolis Kaupinis
  • Cinematography Simonas Glinskis
  • Editing Silvija Vilkaite
  • Festivals Karlovy Vary
  • Actors Aleksas Kazanavičius, Vaidotas Martinaitis, Valentinas Masalskis, Rasa Samuolytė
  • Source Some Shorts, Nijmegen