Pilgrims

Pilgrimai

62nd TIFF: Greek Premiere

Two ex-lovers who have lost track of one another meet again on a road trip to a small town where a gruesome crime was committed – an incident that left an indelible mark on their own lives. Layer after layer, the truth unravels and the couple revisits their unsettling past in a desperate attempt to heal their shared trauma. A fixating drama that wakes up our inner ghosts, urging us to imagine all that occurs on the sidelines.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Available at the Agora Market.

Direction: Laurynas Bareiša

Script: Laurynas Bareiša

Cinematography: Narvydas Naujalis

Editing: Laurynas Bareiša

Sound: Julius Grigelionis

Actors: Gabija Bargailaitė, Giedrius Kiela, Paulius Markevičius

Production: Afterschool

Producers: Klementina Remeikatė

Costumes: Arūnė Daukantaitė

Production Design: Sigita Šimkūnaitė

Make Up: Brigita Stelmokė

Format: DCP

Color: Colοr

Production Country: Lithuania

Production Year: 2021

Duration: 92'

Contact: REASON8

Laurynas Bareiša

Laurynas Bareiša (b. 1988, Lithuania) graduated in Applied Mathematics and Cinematography and earned an MA in Film Directing (2016). He recently worked as cinematographer on the feature films Summer Survivors and Slow by Marija Kavtaradze. He directed the short films By the Pool (Venice IFF 2017), Caucasus (Locarno FF 2018), Dummy (Berlinale IFF 2020). His first feature film Pilgrims was awarded for the best film in Venice IFF, Orizzonti Competition 2021. It was selected in competition in Thessaloniki, Jeonju and in New Directors /New Films in 2022. His second feature, Drowning Dry (Sesės, 2024), premiered in Competition at the Locarno Film Festival, earning him the Best Director Award and the ensemble cast the Best Performance Award.