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How We Played the Revolution (18+)

Lithuania, 2012, colour, 69 min.
Director: Giedrė Žickytė
The story of the film begins in 1984, the very beginning of perestroika in USSR, when a group of architects decided to organize a one night music band as a New Year’s party joke in Kaunas, Lithuania. The joke proved to be so good that rumors about the new exciting rock band ANTIS spread from lips to lips. Imposing make-up and props, stylized show, and lyrics were creating pervasive caricature of the Soviet propaganda and perfectly discrediting the absurd of the Soviet reality. Soon their intellectual clownery grew into the Rock Marches – massive events involving thousands of people – that transformed into the big meetings for Lithuanian Independence later named the Singing Revolution.

AWARDS

The winner of the Baltic Sea Film competition at Vilnius International Documentary Film Festival, 2012 (Lithuania). Nomination for the best documentary film of the year at Lithuanian National Film Awards “Silver Crane’12”.

Giedrė Žickytė

Giedrė Žickytė

From 2002 - an independent director working in film, TV and commercial fields. 2007– Master degree in visual arts at Vilnius Art Academy, Photo and Media Department. 2002-2004 – Course on TV and Film Directing at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. 2002 – Bachelor degree in journalism at Vilnius University.

FILMOGRAPHY

«The Role», 2004; «Born Innocent», 2005; «Europe», 2006; «Baras», 2009; «The Rebels», 2010; «How We Played the Revolution», 2011.
Lithuania, 2012, colour, 69 min.
Director: Giedrė Žickytė
The story of the film begins in 1984, the very beginning of perestroika in USSR, when a group of architects decided to organize a one night music band as a New Year’s party joke in Kaunas, Lithuania. The joke proved to be so good that rumors about the new exciting rock band ANTIS spread from lips to lips. Imposing make-up and props, stylized show, and lyrics were creating pervasive caricature of the Soviet propaganda and perfectly discrediting the absurd of the Soviet reality. Soon their intellectual clownery grew into the Rock Marches – massive events involving thousands of people – that transformed into the big meetings for Lithuanian Independence later named the Singing Revolution.

AWARDS

The winner of the Baltic Sea Film competition at Vilnius International Documentary Film Festival, 2012 (Lithuania). Nomination for the best documentary film of the year at Lithuanian National Film Awards “Silver Crane’12”.