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
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)
