NOVA LITUANIA

By Karolis KAUPINIS

M-FILMS - as PROD

Historical - Completed 2019

Alerted by approaching invasion from the big neighbouring countries, an interwar Baltic geographer and a Prime Minister try to save their small homeland by re-establishing it in the overseas.

Festivals
& Awards

Karlovy Vary IFF 2019
East of the West - Competition
Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2019
Cairo IFF 2019
Goteborg IFF 2020
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Historical, First film, Drama
    • Countries
    • LITHUANIA
    • Languages
    • LITHUANIAN
    • Duration
    • 97 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Karolis KAUPINIS
    • Writer(s)
    • Karolis KAUPINIS
    • Producer(s)
    • Marija RAZGUTE (M-FILMS)
    • Synopsis
    • It’s late 1930’s. Foreseeing the upcoming war in Europe, Lithuanian geographer Feliksas Gruodis comes up with an idea to save his country by establishing a Lithuanian colony overseas. The plan is a massive exodus to the so called “Reserve Lithuania” in case of occupation. Feliksas tries to sell his idea to one of the most important persons of the state – a grey cardinal of the president, the Prime Minister. Dismissing the idea at first, soon Prime Minister experiences a heart stroke as the country gets the first signs of war at it’s borders. As the president uses Prime Minister’s illness to turn him into a scapegoat, Prime Minister gets back to Feliksas, persuades him to reveal his plan and offers his help.