LAGUNA
by Sharunas Bartas
Doc | 102 min | 2025 | Lithuania / France
On Mexico’s Pacific coast—the land Ina Marija had embraced before passing away too young—her father and younger sister Una set out on a journey retracing her steps. There, in the lush mangrove forests, within a lagoon devastated by hurricanes yet endlessly reborn, they begin the work of mourning. As he films this passage, Sharunas Bartas lays bare his emotions and, in an act of transmission, seeks a form of renewal nurtured by the cycles of life and nature.
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Credits
With Ina Marija Bartaite, Sharunas Bartas, Una Marija Bartaite and Bryan Ordonez Ruiz
Written and directed by Sharunas Bartas
Collaboration on the screenplay: Geoffroy Grison
Image: Lukas Karalius, Alina Lu
Editing: Lucie Jego, Alina Lu
Music: Gabriele Dikciute
In co-production with KinoElektron (France), Studija Kinema (Lithuania) and Arte France Cinema
With the support of Arte France, Creative Europe Media, the Lithuanian Film Center, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region in partnership with the CNC and the support of ALCA, Bordeaux Métropole, the Cinema Tax Credit of Lithuania
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French release and International Sales: Shellac
Festivals
2026 : Trieste Festival (Italy)
2025: Giornate degli Autori / Special screenings (Venice)
2025: FIC.UBA / Panorama (Buenos Aires)
2025: Bangkok International Film Festival (Thailand)
2025: 29th Black Nights Film Festival / Doc@PÖFF Baltic Competition (Estonia)
2025 : 19° LEFFEST - Lisboa Film Festival (Portugal)
2025 : Venezia a Napoli - Il cinema esteso (Italy)
2025 : FIDOCS - Santiago International Documentary Film Festival / Special Screenings (Chile)
2025 : FICX - Gijon International Film Festival / "Esbilla" Section (Spain)
Sharunas Bartas
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Born in Siauliai, Lithuania, Sharunas Bartas graduated from the VGIK film school in Moscow.
He founded Studija Kinema in 1989, the first independent film studio in Lithuania. From his very first films, Sharunas
Bartas received critical acclaim. Three Days, Korridorius and Few of Us built a rare and sensitive universe, which
Peace to Us in Our Dreams to reflect. Laguna is a continuation of.
The Centre Pompidou dedicated a retrospective to the director, adding to those already organized in Poland, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Portugal and Belgium, among others.
BACK TO THE FAMILY
Fiction, 91 min, 2025
Rotterdam IFF 2025
IN THE DUSK
Fiction, 128 min, 2020
Cannes / Directors' Fortnight 2021
San Sebastian IFF 2021
Trieste FF 2021
FROST
Fiction, 132 min, 2017
Cannes / Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2017
Raimondo Rezzonico Prize in Locarno 2017
Istanbul IFF 2018
Trieste FF 2018
PEACE TO US IN OUR DREAMS
Fiction, 97 min, 2015
Cannes / Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2015
Best Director Award at the 2016 Lithuanian Film Awards
NATIVE OF EURASIA
Fiction, 111 min, 2010
Berlinale / Forum 2010
Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress at the Lithuanian Film Awards 2010
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