- Occupation
Producer - Country
Lithuania
Gluskinienė Jurga
The Field of Magic
Life in the dump: A poem to an unknown tribe. 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.
Conversations on Serious Topics
Conversations on Serious Topics is a film without exterior action, props, landscapes or special effects. Its main characters are children and teenagers aged from 8 to 16, with a special ability to describe the surrounding world. Intimate conversations with them reveal an image of the modern world – at times melancholic, at times comical, at times dramatic. Shot in a minimalist fashion, the film raises questions about loneliness, love, God, the world and human relations. “The world is people.” ”Don’t you believe in God? I can teach you how to start believing...”
Life in the dump: A poem to an unknown tribe. 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.
Conversations on Serious Topics
Conversations on Serious Topics is a film without exterior action, props, landscapes or special effects. Its main characters are children and teenagers aged from 8 to 16, with a special ability to describe the surrounding world. Intimate conversations with them reveal an image of the modern world – at times melancholic, at times comical, at times dramatic. Shot in a minimalist fashion, the film raises questions about loneliness, love, God, the world and human relations. “The world is people.” ”Don’t you believe in God? I can teach you how to start believing...”
In 2003, Jurga Gluskinienė received her BA in art critic and in 2008 – a MA in culture management (a study „Coproduction System. Analysis and Possibilities for Lithuania“) from Vilnius Art Academy. Since 2002, has been working in Lithuanian film industry as a line producer and executive producer. In 2006 with colleagues established a film studio “Monoklis“ and since that time is working as producer.
EXISTENCE (short fiction, VG studio, 2004 - line producer); GRANDPA AND GRANDMA (animated documentary, 30 min, VG studio, 2007 – executive producer), THE BALCONY (fiction, 48 min, Monoklis, 2008 - producer), THE FIELD OF MAGIC (documantary, 62 min, Monoklis, 2011 - producer), TEMPORARILY (short fiction, in postproduction, Monoklis - producer), 7 CONVERSATIONS ON SERIOUS TOPICS (documentary, in production, Monoklis - producer)
Monoklis
Naugarduko 34
LT- 03228 Vilnius
Naugarduko 34
LT- 03228 Vilnius