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THEY CALL ME DANKA
a film by Dovilė Gasiūnaitė
2025 Lithuania | 104 min | N-13 | Lithuanian
Director Dovilė Gasiūnaitė Screenwriter Dovilė Gasiūnaitė Cast Ula Liagaitė, Lina Rastokaitė, Kęstutis Cicėnas, Salvijus Trepulis, Darius Gumauskas, Urtė Povilauskaitė, Silvestras Samuolis Producer Artūras Dvinelis Cinematographer Zbigniev Bartoševič Music Giedrius Puskunigis Sound Lina Semaškaitė
9-12.03.2026 KINO PAVASARIS film festival, Lithuania
“A realistic and socially conscious narrative imbued with empathy and humanism invites viewers to see what we often fail to notice or do not want to notice: the trauma and deprivation hidden behind the facade of the family, the fragility lurking behind a teenager’s determination to take on an inadequate burden of responsibility, and the cold “algorithmic” nature that has taken hold in social systems that are supposed to help people in need.” (Programme curator Giedrė Vyšniauskaitė, Kino Pavasaris)
Being an adult is hard. It’s especially hard when you’re only fifteen. Danutė is the only “adult” in her family. Clearly, that’s far too complex a role for a teenager. Every day, she faces external limitations that restrict her potential. A child like that measures everything through the lens of survival and takes on responsibility as her only form of protection.
ALONE TOGETHER SOMEWHERE HOT
transdisciplinary performance
You cannot …. it, but does your body …. it ?
Are you willing to change/lose/destroy your ….., if that would help us to get closer to ….?
What do you ……, when you feel sad about the …… ?
Do you still ……, even though you know that ……. ?
What would you ….., if that could change …… ?
We might be in the same storm, but are we in the same boat ?
Climate change exists in a hyper temporality, therefore it cannot be felt. But how about the rising temperature? It's getting so hot here. How about the sweet petroleum taste of the chewing gum? Or the cracking of ice 7375.62 km away from here? Listen.
A group of bodies engage in a stretching exercise to feel the climate change. As bodies lengthen, thoughts get thicker - and where to find yourself in this sticky weather?
by Ula Liagaitė with Antto Logy, Cru Encarnação, Ness, Martha Oelschläger, Eglė Švedkauskaitė, Noe Mael, Shun Perrotta & Hannah Dal Cero
13.12.2025 6pm, MAXIM THEATER Ernastrasse 20, 8004 Zürich,
STRETCHING EXERCISES TO FEEL CLIMATE CHANGE
transdisciplinary performance
Performance by Ula Liagaitė
Video by Antto Logy
20.06.2025 6pm TONI AREAL 7 F03, Zürich