Programme
Cherries
Uogos
2022 Lithuania 15 min N-7
Short film
Added to my films
A hot summer day. Cherry branches weighed down by ripe berries are dangling over the roof of a summer house. Recently retired father invites his son to help him with the cherry picking in the garden. The father is in no hurry to finish the cherry job though, as he tries to catch up with his son. The cherries remain in the background.
“Vytautas Katkus' films are always surprising. Usually, they leave us with a smile and warmth. Cherries puts a spell on the viewer. It seems to have so many oddities and unfinished phrases, but it also tells so much that it leaves food for thought for weeks. It features Vytautas, his father, and friends, but after watching it, I felt as if I was there myself: I climbed onto a hot roof, squeezed ripe cherries between my fingers, and felt their bursting color, smell, acidity... The film is also about something hard to describe – that bittersweet feeling of returning home. This is just one subjective perspective, and every viewer will perceive the film differently. It was important for us to open the festival with a film that gives power to the viewer's participation in creating the film's meaning.” (Aistė Račaitytė)
“Vytautas Katkus' films are always surprising. Usually, they leave us with a smile and warmth. Cherries puts a spell on the viewer. It seems to have so many oddities and unfinished phrases, but it also tells so much that it leaves food for thought for weeks. It features Vytautas, his father, and friends, but after watching it, I felt as if I was there myself: I climbed onto a hot roof, squeezed ripe cherries between my fingers, and felt their bursting color, smell, acidity... The film is also about something hard to describe – that bittersweet feeling of returning home. This is just one subjective perspective, and every viewer will perceive the film differently. It was important for us to open the festival with a film that gives power to the viewer's participation in creating the film's meaning.” (Aistė Račaitytė)
Awards
World Premiere: Cannes Film Festival, 2022
Director's biography
Born in 1991 in Vilnius, Vytautas Katkus is one of the most talented and appreciated up-and-coming directors and cinematographers in Lithuania. He graduated with a BA in Cinematography and at the moment continues his MA studies at Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. He debuted as a director with his first short film Community Gaardens (2019), which was selected to the 58th Semaine de la Critique, his second short film Places (2020) premiered in Venice, Orrizonti programme, while his third short film Cherries premiered in official selection of Cannes Film Festiva 2022. Currently he is also developing his first feature film The Visitor, which was already awarded as the best project part of Next Step 2021 and received ArteKino prize at Les Arcs Co-production Village 2022.
Director(s) - Vytautas Katkus
Screenwriter(s) - Vytautas Katkus
Actors - Vytautas Katkus, Vismantė Ruzgaitė, Viktoras Katkus, Vitalijus Luciūnas, Audrius Luciūnas
Producer(s) - Marija Razgutė
Cinematographer - Simonas Glinskis
Editor(s) - Laurynas Bareiša
Sound - Julius Grigelionis
Composer(s) -
Sales agent - Lights On
Distributor -
Production company - m-films
Translation -
Dialogues - Lithuanian
Subtitles - English
Awards
World Premiere: Cannes Film Festival, 2022
Director's biography
Born in 1991 in Vilnius, Vytautas Katkus is one of the most talented and appreciated up-and-coming directors and cinematographers in Lithuania. He graduated with a BA in Cinematography and at the moment continues his MA studies at Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. He debuted as a director with his first short film Community Gaardens (2019), which was selected to the 58th Semaine de la Critique, his second short film Places (2020) premiered in Venice, Orrizonti programme, while his third short film Cherries premiered in official selection of Cannes Film Festiva 2022. Currently he is also developing his first feature film The Visitor, which was already awarded as the best project part of Next Step 2021 and received ArteKino prize at Les Arcs Co-production Village 2022.
