Program
FILM BY THE BOOK
20:00
Directed by Karolis Kaupinis (2019), Lithuania, 96 min.
It is the late 1930s. Anticipating the coming war in Europe, Lithuanian geographer Felixas Gruodis comes up with the idea of saving his country by establishing a Lithuanian colony abroad. The plan involves a mass exodus to the so-called Reserve Lithuania in case of occupation. The black-and-white drama deals with interwar paranoia, nationalism, and the identity crisis of nations occupied by the former USSR. The film was inspired by the real-life Lithuanian political theorist of the interwar period, Kazys Pakštas, and his work on Reserve Lithuania. The film won many awards and was a Lithuanian candidate for the Oscars in 2020.
