- Occupation
Producer, Director - Country
Lithuania
Beinoriute Giedre
The Field of Magic
The Field of Magic is a docu-poem about people living for over two decades in Buda forest near the closed down Kariotiškės dump, 40 km from Vilnius, Lithuania. A result of four year's work, the film captures the perspective of the dump dwellers in telling the story of a dissolving community, its uniqueness, daily rhythm, peculiar way of life, every-day joys and sorrows.
Grandpa and Grandma
The documentary - animation is based on a life story of director's grandparents who were exiled to Siberia by Soviets in 1948. The severe period of Lithuanian history is being told in a personal way, in genre of a fairytale. The story teller is a little girl, who sees the events in her own child way. The visual basis of the film consists of extant family photographs together with the national archive material and animation inserts.
The Field of Magic is a docu-poem about people living for over two decades in Buda forest near the closed down Kariotiškės dump, 40 km from Vilnius, Lithuania. A result of four year's work, the film captures the perspective of the dump dwellers in telling the story of a dissolving community, its uniqueness, daily rhythm, peculiar way of life, every-day joys and sorrows.
Grandpa and Grandma
The documentary - animation is based on a life story of director's grandparents who were exiled to Siberia by Soviets in 1948. The severe period of Lithuanian history is being told in a personal way, in genre of a fairytale. The story teller is a little girl, who sees the events in her own child way. The visual basis of the film consists of extant family photographs together with the national archive material and animation inserts.
15 Young by Young
A multimedia documentary project consisting of a series of fresh, colourful insider point-of-view short stories on the present-day life of young people, linked by animated episodes and directed by 15 young and talented filmmakers from the 15 republics formerly annexed by the USSR.
A multimedia documentary project consisting of a series of fresh, colourful insider point-of-view short stories on the present-day life of young people, linked by animated episodes and directed by 15 young and talented filmmakers from the 15 republics formerly annexed by the USSR.
Giedre Beinoriute was born in 1976 in Vilnius. Master’s degree completed at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, television directing. Since 1997 has directed and wrote a number of fiction and documentary short films and worked as an assistant with the established Lithuanian film directors Šarūnas Bartas (Seven Invisible People) and Arūnas Matelis (Before Flying Back to The Earth). Member of the Lithuanian Filmmakers Union since 2004. Teaching scriptwriting at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater since 2007. In 2005, Giedrė Beinoriūtė’s film Egzistencija (Existence) was nominated for the Les Lutins Prize (Paris, France) for best European short film. Also in 2005, her film Vulkanovka was awarded by the Lithuanian Filmmakers Union. In 2002, awarded a prize from the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture for the best professional debut in the arts. Her documentary film Grandpa and Grandma earned awards at film festivals in Ukraine, Belarus, Canada, Lithuania, and was also awarded the Lithuanian Filmmakers Union prize as the best Lithuanian short film in 2007. Filmography: Mano vienišos draugės (My Lonely Friends), fiction, 15 min, 1997; Mama, tėtė, brolis, sesė (Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister), fiction, 23 min, 1999; Troleibusų miestas (City of Trolleybuses), documentary, 28 min, 2002; Egzistencija (Existence), fiction, 23 min, 2003; Vulkanovka. Po Didžiojo kino (Vulkanovka. After the Grand Cinéma), documentary, 50 min, 2005; Gyveno senelis ir bobutė (Grandpa and Grandma), animated documentary, 30 min, 2007, Balkonas (The Balcony), fiction, 48 min, 2008.
Monoklis
Naugarduko 30a-9
03225 Vilnius
Naugarduko 30a-9
03225 Vilnius
VG Studio
Suvalku g. 7-12
Nemenčines pl.4
LT-10102 Vilnius
Suvalku g. 7-12
Nemenčines pl.4
LT-10102 Vilnius