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About
Filmmaker Gabrielė Urbonaitė posts about her work and fields of interest.
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The Observer (Stebetojas) is my latest short fiction film. Made in “Skalvija” Film Academy, 2011, it shows a story of a boy who has a habit to observe his neighbors. One evening, he notices an attempt to commit a suicide, and decides to rescue the victim.
The Observer on Vimeo
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“Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world”
“A bout de souffle” (Breathless), “Bande a part” (Band of Outsiders) and “Made in U.S.A.” are ones of my favorite films of all time
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Once Upon a Time in the Summer (Karta Vasara) is my short fiction film that I shot in summer 2009. It is a story about a boy who visits his friend in the countryside. There he meets a mysterious girls whom he gets allergic to. In the end, he doesn’t know if this acquaintance was real at all.
Cast: Vytautas Katkus, Une Kaunaite, Jonas Kuklys, Nomeda Urboniene, Silvija Prakapaite, Severija Bielskyte, Dziuginta Daujotaite, Aurimas Zemaitis.
Crew: Gabriele Urbonaite (Director/Scripwriter/Editor), Dziugas Sema (Director of Photography), Marija Kavtaradze (Producer), Severija Bielskyte (Assistant)
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Buttons and Pigeons (Sagos ir Balandziai) 2009, is a short documentary about fears. It’s an authentic story about different fears, creation and frustration coming out of it. The first line is a story about a mother who’s afraid of buttons and her daughter who’s afraid of pigeons. fears. The second is the director’s line, talking about the process of filmmaking and the fear of failure. It’s a sincere piece, revealing the world-view of the new generation of artists.
Buttons and Pigeons were screened in the Youth Film Festival “Youth Vision” in Boston, Massachusetts, 2010 and in Vilnius Documentary Film Festival, 2010.
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I am Gabrielė Urbonaitė (born in 1993, Vilnius, Lithuania), writer, director and editor currently based in Los Angeles. I started making short films at the age of 14. After a year of Philosophy studies in Paris, France, I moved to Boston, MA to study Film Production at Emerson College. I earned my B.F.A. with Honors in 2016. I was selected to Berlinale Talent Campus in 2012, Odense Talent Camp in 2013, and to Berlinale Talents Short Film Station in 2015. I am a recipient of Princess Grace Film Award and “Silver Crane” National Lithuanian Film Award for Best Short Film, as well as a member of Lithuanian Academy of Cinema (LiKA).
In my films, I explore themes of identity, migration, self-discovery, and alienation. Besides making and watching films, I enjoy traveling, reading, swimming, biking, and yoga. I am fluent in Lithuanian, English, and French.
Contact: gabriele@vilma.cc
Gabriele Urbonaite Resume
IMDb Page
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