18min |Lithuania | 2021 Nikita loves to listen techno music and dreams to go to Berlin and visit the famous club “Berghain”. His mother Irena doesn’t know about his son’s dreams and soon enough their mutual expectations will clash. Original Title Techno, Mama Year of production 2021 Length 18min Country Lithuania Shooting Format 4K Aspect Ratio 1:1 DialogueLithuanian DirectorSaulius Baradinskas Production Company Viktoria Films Producer Viktorija Seniut Writer Saulius Baradinskas CinematographerVytautas Katkus Editor Karolis Labutis Music Rob Meyer Production Designer Daumantas Levickas Sound Designer Andrius Kriščiūnas CastMotiejus Aškelovičius, Neringa Varnelytė, Kasparas Varanavičius, Urtė Strolaitė, Algirdas Galkus
Festival selections Venezia 78, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica - Orizzonti Short Films Competition 2021, Italy - World Premiere BFI London Film Festival 2021, UK GwangHwaMun International Short Film Festival 2021, South Korea International Film Festival Kyrgyzstan - Land of Short Films 2021 - Jury Special Mention Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema 2021, Canada International Short Film Festival of Cyprus 2021 - Nomination For The European Film Academy Awards 2022 Seminci - Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid 2021, Spain Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2021, Switzerland FilmFestival Cottbus 2021, Germany - Best Short Film Award Scanorama 2021, Lithuania -Best Short Film Award CINEMAFORUM 2021, Poland - Jury Special Mention ALCINE - Festival Internacional de Cine 2021, Spain Ce l'ho Corto Film Festival 2021, Italy Leuven International Short Film Festival 2021, Belgium Beirut Shorts International Film Festival 2021, Lebanon Vicoli Corti 2021, Italy - Special Mention Best Cinematography Vilnius International Short Film Festival 2022, Lithuania London Short Film Festival 2022, UK Trieste Film Festival 2022, Italy Tampere Film Festival 2022, Finland Seeyousound - International Music Film Festival 2022, Italy - Best Short Film Award Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2022, USA Semana de Cine de Medina del Campo 2022, Spain BUFF Malmö Filmfestival 2022, Sweden Dhaka - International Short and Independent Film Festival 2022, Bangladesh Mecal, Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes y Animación de Barcelona 2022, Spain - Third Award, International Competition Filmfest Dresden - International Short Film Festival 2022, Germany - Golden Horseman of the Youth Jury International Competition Movies That Matter Festival 2022, Netherlands - Jury Special Mention Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2022, Netherlands Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS 2022, Latvia Landshut Short Film Festival 2022, Germany BAFICI - Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente 2022, Argentina Sehsüchte International Film Festival 2022, Germany International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2022, Germany Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2022, Japan ELBE DOCK International Film Festival 2022, Germany Cinema in Sneakers Film Festival for Children and Youth 2022, Poland Fastnet Film Festival 2022, Ireland Mieres International Short Film Festival 2022, Spain - Best Actor Award for Motiejus Aškelovicius International Film Festival Kino Otok - Isola Cinema 2022, Slovenia Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival 2022, Hungary - Best International Short Film Award Norwegian Short Film Festival 2022, Norway Leiden Shorts 2022, Netherlands Festival du Film Subversif de Metz 2022, France - Best Short Film Award (Young Jury), Best Short Film Award, (Professional Jury) Figari Film Fest 2022, Italy ShorTS - International Film Festival 2022, Italy Manlleu Film Festival 2022, Spain Director's Note Techno, Mama is a film about teenager Nikita, who tries to pursue his “Techno” dream, but the real “Techno” in his life is his abusive mother. The main topic of the film is domestic violence against children. It's a still huge problem in Lithuania and, as a director, I want to talk about it because it has such a huge impact on young souls. So, I want to ask the viewer in the film - "why is it so hard to love each other?" This film is an essay about two Lithuanian generations that didn’t find a way to love each other. It is a story about kids, who didn’t have a childhood because their dreams were lost in post-soviet urban yards.
