Gabrielė's Notebook

In Spring 2010, I assisted on Michel Gondry’s interview with Prof. Noam Chomsky at MIT, Cambridge, Mass., which was shot Bolex and video cameras and illustrated by hand-drawn animation.

Untitled Noam Chomsky Documentary on IMDB

Also in Spring 2010, I was sound operator in Nic Guevara’s film Blind Luck that was shot in Cambridge, Mass. Here’s the Blind Luck Teaser

Jaunieji Kino Kurejai (The Young Filmmakers) was a film camp that took place in Lithuanian seaside, in August 2010. Its aim was to unite the ideas of disabled youth and the ones of film students in order to make few short films. I was the director of the experimental group and our work’s result was a story of a human-box and his attempts to enter into relations with the surroundings. This social experiment is based on the books of Kobo Abe. That’s where the title (in Lithuanian) comes from: Socialinis Eksperimentas Kobo Abes Motyvais (S.E.K.A.M.)
It’s available here: S.E.K.A.M. on Youtube

Watch the making of here (in Lithuanian): Making Of on Vimeo

I’m working at 3 projects at the moment.

I’m writing a script about a solitary girl who spends all her days in the swimming pool. There she meets a little girl who is totally opposite to the swimmer – cheerful, childish, and talkative. Step by step, she and her brother change the worldview of the swimmer.

I’m working as a producer at a short fiction film (which doesn’t have a title yet) directed by Klaudija Matvejevaite as her piece for “Skalvija” Film Academy. We’ll be shooting this film in the end of April, and the premiere will take place in “Skalvija”, May 28th. The film is about two friends going to a music festival, their adventures and discoveries on the road.

At the last, I’m editing a very personal documentary whose main hero is my very good friend and classmate Kotryna. She talks about going abroad and coming back, as well as about doing last year of high school. However, this documentary talks not only about her or me, but of all young people who have to leave their secure and clear life, and face an unknown tomorrow

The Path is a short fiction film made in CRLS (Cambridge Rindge and Latin) high school’s Media Class, in Spring 2010. Meghan (M.Goodman) is a hard-working high-school student who plans her future in detail. One day, her worldview changes because of a French guy Michel (R.Teil) who appears on her doorstep. A walk around Boston, full of funny misunderstandings caused by cultural differences, lead them to the new friendship.

watch The Path on Vimeo

Dadzis, Babile, and Me (Dadzis, Babile ir as) is an experimental documentary produced in Spring 2009, “Skalvija” Film Academy. It is a story of me going to my grandparents’ house for an advise on my future career. Dadzis (that’s the nickname of my grandfather) is happy because he enjoys his job from the bottom of his heart. Babile, my grandmother, is not as lucky because her dreams were not realized…