The Jump (Lēciens), dir. Giedre Žickyte, 90′, Lithuania/Latvia/France, 2020
Forty years after dramatically defecting to the USA, a renowned Lithuanian asylum seeker Simas returns home in a journey that deconstructs the meaning of freedom and asks what it means to be an immigrant.
To be released in 2020
Scriptwriter Giedre Žickyte
Cinematographers Rimvydas Leipus, Valdis Celmiņš
Original Music Giedrius Puskunigis
Sound Director Artis Dukaļskis
Editor Tom Ernst
Producer Giedre Žickyte, Uldis Cekulis, Catherine Siméon
Production Company Moonmakers (Lithuania)
In Co-production with Faites un voeu (France) and
VFS Films (Latvia)
Lapu street 17, Rīga LV-1002, Latvia
Phone: +371 6750 3588
E-mail: vfs@vfs.lv
www.vfs.lv
Supported by
National Film Centre of Latvia
Lithuanian Film Centre
Lithuanian State TV