2025 | Lithuania, France, Poland, Latvia | Fiction

Back to the Family (2025)

  • Lithuanian - 91 mins
  • Director | Sharunas Bartas
  • Writer | Sharunas Bartas
  • Producer | Sharunas Bartas, Jurijus Stancikas, Jurga Kaye, Alina Lu, Janja Kralj, Dariusz Jablonski, Izabela Wójcik, Violetta Kaminska, Tadeusz Król, Mateusz Szulc, Gints Grube

STATUS: Post-Production

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Upon hearing her beloved grandmother is dying, a young woman returns to rural Lithuania, where she must confront a past she’s tried to forget. Sharunas Bartas unflinchingly examines family fractures, capturing unspoken tensions and simmering resentments within a rural household isolated by geography and emotional distance.

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IFFR 54 (Jan 30-Feb 9, 2025)