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.

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About the director

Lukas Kacinauskas

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
   
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

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