EUROPEAN SHORT PITCH / 2019
INTENTION NOTE The origin story of animated film Girl and the Piano comes from directors’ dreams, that has always constituted a separate world for her: beautiful or adversarial; granting her deepest wishes or horrific and difficult to understand, yet always clearly pointing out her grievances. Jurga began writing a dream diary, as she was interested in observing the images generated by her subconscious. She realised that she must bring two weary, damaged characters to a better place. We are bringing together a creative team to conjure up a fantasy world composed of highly interrelated parts which lead to transformations at the slightest hint of characters action. Here, the means of influence commonly used in film to amplify regular emotions become characters: the music takes on a corporeal form (such the piano keys scattered on the shore) and the elements of style used in the film reflect the girl’s view of the World, obscured by tears. This is done so as to bring the viewer as close to the events of the film as possible, create a familiar environment and present the journey as a potential solution to the challenges viewer faced in real life.
DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY Jurga Šeduikytė (Director, Scriptwriter) was born into a family of musicians. In 2005 she began her solo music career under the stage name Jurga. In 2009, Jurga published a childrens book. She worked as composer on a number of films. In 2017 she won a Silver Crane award for the soundtrack of short animated film Running Lights (dir. Gediminas Šiaulys). jurga.seduikyte@gmail.com
PRODUCER'S BIOGRAPHY Giedrė Burokaitė holds a BA degree in Cultural History and Anthropology and a MA degree in Arts management. In 2015 she initiated a film production platform in NGO Meno avilys, which specializes in the area of film education and preservation. Giedrė produced number of short films and a feature lenght documentary and currently is working on two short animated films. burokaite.giedre@gmail.com
PRODUCTION NOTE Genre: Fantasy Length: 8 minutes Language: No dialogues Technique: Hand-drawn animation Production company: Meno avilys Estimated budget: 60.000 EUR Funding: 14.600 EUR (Lithuanian Film Center)
Estimated release: 2020 Looking for: Co-Producer, International Sales Agents
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