Isaac
FOCUS: FEATURE FILMS
Focus: Feature films is a competition of full-length acting films with distinctively original style. Both young and experienced filmmakers will compete for the prize. This year, 7 films from 6 countries will take part in the competition.
Isaac, dir. Jurgis Matulevičius (Lithuania) 2019, 104’, 16+
In 1941, a Lithuanian man kills his neighbor Jew, Isaac, in Kaunas. Twenty five years later in Soviet Lithuania, movie director Gediminas Gutauskas returns from the USA . He makes a screenplay about what happened in Kaunas. His actions are brought to the attention of the KGB. Film nominated for a European Film Award and awarded 2 Silver Cranes.