- Occupation
Producer, Director - Country
France
Coudray Guillaume
Sharunas Bartas, An Army of One
The film is about Sharunas Bartas, one of the best known and recognized Lithuanian directors outside the country. As a young man, I came to Vilnius 10 years ago to work with Lithuanian master filmmaker Sharunas Bartas. I wanted to discover what made Bartas' films so exceptional, with a unique balance of visual contemplation and dissolved narration. I lived in a corner of his "studio", an old wooden house in the middle of the forest, and bits by bits started to get inside his elusive creative process. But the full picture was missing. In order to put things together, I needed to come back.
The film is about Sharunas Bartas, one of the best known and recognized Lithuanian directors outside the country. As a young man, I came to Vilnius 10 years ago to work with Lithuanian master filmmaker Sharunas Bartas. I wanted to discover what made Bartas' films so exceptional, with a unique balance of visual contemplation and dissolved narration. I lived in a corner of his "studio", an old wooden house in the middle of the forest, and bits by bits started to get inside his elusive creative process. But the full picture was missing. In order to put things together, I needed to come back.
Guillaume Coudray studied political science in Paris, France. He worked shortly as a junior researcher in political sociology, and moved to Lithuania in order to work with the film director Sharunas Bartas. He later lived in the Faroe Islands, and subsequently went back to France where he produces documentary films in the Limoges-based company Leitmotiv production. This is his first film as a director.
Leitmotiv Production
1, rue Huchette
87000 Limoges
1, rue Huchette
87000 Limoges