Archive of films I Was Max / Aš buvau Maksas
Lithuania
2021, 21 min
Section:
Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema
Year: 2022
One evening that means a lot for Max. It’s the first time he dares to go on a date arranged on the internet. The moment he gets into Tadas’s car, he embarks on a journey into the unknown. A sensitive look at the process of self-acceptance, at the moment when we have to stop hiding and to accept responsibility for who we truly are – and not to be ashamed of it.
Synopsis
One evening that means a lot for Max. It’s the first time he dares to go on a date arranged on the internet. The moment he gets into Tadas’s car, he embarks on a journey into the unknown. Max is nervous, and you can tell that he feels uncomfortable in this situation. The visibly more experienced and uninhibited Tadas tries to take the initiative to dispel Max’s uncertainty, but the more he tries, the more Max shuts down. Something is clearly not alright… I Was Max is a sensitive exploration of the process of self-acceptance, of the moment when we have to stop hiding and to accept responsibility for who we truly are – and not to be ashamed of it. It is the moment when we fully become one with our own identity.
Anna Kořínek
About the director

Lukas Kacinauskas (1992, Lithuania). Filmography: I Was Max (Aš buvau Maksas, 2021, short).
Contacts
Lithuanian Film Centre
Zigmanto Sierakausko st. 15, 03105, Vilnius
Lithuania
Tel: +370 5 213 0547
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.lkc.lt
About the film
Color, DCP
Section: | Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema |
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Director: | Lukas Kacinauskas |
Screenplay: | Lukas Kacinauskas |
Dir. of Photography: | Meida Lileikytė |
Sound: | Mindaugas Juška |
Editor: | Lukas Kacinauskas |
Art Director: | Deimantė Krutulytė |
Producer: | Laura Vrubliauskaitė |
Production: | Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater |
Coproduction: | M-Films |
Cast: | Šarūnas Zenkevičius, Matas Dirginčius |
Contact: | Lithuanian Film Centre |
Guests

Lukas Kacinauskas
Film Director