AKTYVISTAS

In Kaunas, Lithuania, activist Deividas is organising the first Pride event in the city’s history, despite intimidation from far-right groups. His partner Andrius has always struggled to accept such commitment (“I’m tired of sleeping with the problems of Lithuanian gay people,” he tells him). One evening, returning home after a heated argument, Andrius finds Deividas dead. After the initial shock, a grim realisation sets in: neither the police nor the institutions that ostensibly support the event show any real interest in identifying those responsible for the brutal murder. With no other option, Andrius begins infiltrating the various organisations—often with neo-Nazi ties—that had opposed the Pride parade. With The Activist, director Romas Zabarauskas returns to the Lovers FF with a stark, brooding political thriller that probes what lies behind the growing spread of far-right intolerance—though not only—in Eastern Europe.

Sceneggiatura/Screenplay Romas Zabarauskas, Marc David Jacobs, Vitalija Lapina
Montaggio/Editing Ignė Narbutaitė
Fotografia/Photography Narvydas Naujalis
Scenografia/Production Design Giedre Valeisaite
Suono/Sound Vytautas Kizala, Vytis Puronas
Musica/Music Ieva Marija Baranauskaite
Interpreti/Cast Robertas Petraitis, Vaslov Goom, Simas Kuliesius, Tekle Baroti, Elvinas Juodkazis
Produttore/Producer Romas Zabarauskas, Glenn Elliott, Gabriele Miseviciute
Produzione/Production Naratyvas
Distribuzione/Distribution Alief