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Pagirnis

director: Anastasija Piroženko

original title: Pagirnis

country: Netherlands, Lithuania

year: 2021

running time: 21 min.

synopsis

In her film, the director juxtaposes Lithuanian mythology on household deities and the current situation in the Netherlands, where the housing crisis has pushed people to live in camping vans. The stories of the inhabitants of the camping village about their destinies and life philosophies, contrasting with the footage of their vans, are a testimony of the effects of late capitalism on everyday life, from which the old deities have been disappearing.

"One of the biggest illusions we live with is that we are going to make it." (From the film.)

biography

Anastasija Piroženko (1988), is an audio-visual artist and filmmaker born in Lithuania. She graduated from The Netherlands Film Academy and currently lives and works in Amsterdam. Her works include feature films as well as documentaries. Her minimalist narratives explore the course of time and routine.

more about film

director:	Anastasija Piroženko
producer:	Anastasija Piroženko
editing:	Anastasija Pirozenko
sound:	Justina Nekrašaitė , Philemon Mukarno
sound design:	Ronnie van der Veer

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