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-Strolienė 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 - Jury Special Mention 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 - Jury Special Mention Manlleu Film Festival 2022, Spain Pop Corn Festival del Corto 2022, Italy European Film Festival Palić 2022, Serbia Cisterna Film Festival - International Short Film Festival 2022, Italy -Special Mention Best Cinematography Motovun Film Festival 2022, Croatia Toko Film Festival 2022, Italy - Best Cinematography Award La Guarimba Film Festival 2022, Italy ANONIMUL - International Independent Film Festival 2022, Romania Drim Short Film Festival 2022, North Macedonia Jecheon International Music&Film Festival 2022, South Korea HollyShorts Film Festival 2022, USA Castrovillari Film Festival 2022, Italy - Best Short Film Award, Young Jury Prize Award, Best Actor Award for Motiejus Aškelovicius Oulu Music Video Festival 2022, Finland Odense International Film Festival 2022, Denmark Festival international du film de Nancy 2022, France BuSho Film Festival 2022, Hungary - Silver Busho Award Drama International Short Film Festival 2022, Greece - Grand Prix Award, Human Values Award Minikino Film Week – Bali International Short Film Festival 2022, Indonesia Vilnius Queer Festival “Kreives” 2022, Lithuania Bucharest International Dance Film Festival 2022, Romania DC Shorts International Film Festival 2022, USA BUZZ - Buzau International Film Festival 2022, Romania Visioni Corte Film Festival 2022, Italy - Best Film Award (Sguardi dal Mondo Section) Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy 2022, Finland BEAST International Film Festival 2022, Portugal Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival 2022, Norway Reykjavik International Film Festival 2022, Iceland Legnago Film Festival 2022, Italy Linz International Short Film Festival 2022, Austria - Best Director Award CinEast - Central and Eastern European Film Festival 2022, Luxembourg Desenzano Film Festival 2022, Italy Reggio Film Festival 2022, Italy Spektrum Festiwal 2022, Poland - Best Short Film Award Lobo Fest - Festival Internacional de Filmes 2022, Brazil Film Front - International Short Film 2022, Serbia Nordic Film Days Lübeck 2022, Germany Litauisches Kino Goes Berlin 2022, Germany - Audience Award Ljubljana International Film Festival 2022, Slovenia Fenêtres Sur Courts 2022, France Still Voices Short Film Festival 2022, Ireland Baku International Short Film Festival 2022, Azerbaijan - Best Film Award KUKI - Young Short Film Festival Berlin 2022, Germany Dingle Distillery International Film Festival 2022, Ireland Castellinaria Film Festival 2022, Switzerland - Daniel Award Festival International Du Film D'éducation 2022, France Zubroffka Short Film Festival 2022, Poland International Usak Short Film Festival 2022, Turkey Athens Marathon Film Festival 2022, Greece - Best Short Film Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award for Motiejus Aškelovičius, Best Actress Award for Neringa Varnelytė Smita Patil International Short Film Festival 2022, India Norient Festival 2023, Switzerland Ibizacinefest-Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Ibiza 2023, Spain MEME PAS PEUR International Film Festival 2023, Réunion (France) Pragueshorts Film Festival 2023, Czech Republic Tampere Film Festival 2023, Finland Zoom - Zblizenia International Film Festival 2023, Poland Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2023, Netherlands 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.
