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
To come :
2026: GoEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film / Competition (Germany)
2026: ZagrebDox / Master of Dox (Croatia)
2026: International Film Festival of Uruguay / Trajectories Competition
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2026 : Artdocfest - Riga International Documentary Film Festival / Baltic Focus Competition (Letonia)
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)
VOD
Starting May 23 2026​​
Sharunas Bartas
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Born in Siauliai, Lithuania, Sharunas Bartas graduated from the VGIK film school in Moscow.
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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.
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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 / Directors' Fortnight 2017
Raimondo Rezzonico Prize in Locarno 2017
Istanbul IFF 2018; Trieste FF 2018 ...
PEACE TO US IN OUR DREAMS - Fiction, 97 min, 2015
Cannes / Directors' Fortnight 2015
Best Director Award at the 2016 Lithuanian Film Awards
EASTERN DRIFT - Fiction, 111 min, 2010
Berlinale / Forum 2010
Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress at the Lithuanian Film Awards 2010
SEVEN INVISIBLE MEN - Fiction, 119 min, 2005
Cannes / Directors' Fortnight 2005
VISIONS OF EUROPE : CHILDREN LOOSE NOTHING - Fiction, 140 min, 2004
FREEDOM - Fiction, 96 min, 2000
Venice 2000
THE HOUSE - Fiction, 120 min, 1997
Cannes / Un Certain Regard 1997
FEW OF US - Fiction, 105 min, 1996
Cannes / Un Certain Regard 1996
CORRIDOR - Fiction, 85 min, 1995
Thessaloniki IFF 1995
FIPRESCI Award at Viennale 1995
THREE DAYS - Fiction, 75 min, 1991
Honorable Mention FIPRESCI Award at Berlinale 1992
