Nova Lituania

Drama, 2019, Lithuania, Director: Karolis Kaupinis, Producer: Marija Razgutė, Language: Lithuanian with English subtitles, 97 min
During the interwar period, a Lithuanian geography professor tries to convince the government to establish a backup state overseas to save their country from ruin. Debut director Karolis Kaupinis worked with carefully composed black-and-white shots to forge a witty, universally relevant, modern Don Quixote satire.

About the Film

Nova Lituania examines Lithuania in 1938, drawing some sometimes uncomfortable parallels with the current state of world politics.

Winner of the Golden Athena Award for Best Picture at the Athens International Film Festival, five major awards at the Lithuanian Film Awards and Best Director at Wiesbaden goEast.

“Beautifully poker-faced…elegant, offbeat, relevant meticulous, intelligent,
engaging” – Variety
“A droll period drama. Rewarding.” – The Guardian

A Conversation with the director Karolis Kaupinis and Nicholas Bell, Chief Film Critic at IONCINEMA.COM follows the film.