Project Detail

Praeis

©Dovydas Drakšas

Synopsis

A 17-year-old Ada spends the school vacation helping her father sell contraband cigarettes on the streets. This unusual complicity enables Ada to spend more time and strengthen her bond with a loving but aloof father. However, as Ada gradually ventures into adulthood, her father struggles to acknowledge that his daughter has grown up, and their worlds start drifting apart.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2024 - La Cinef Competition

Details

Year: 2024
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 27 min
Format: digital
Director: Dovydas Drakšas
Producer: Mantas Macenaviius, Jing Zhao
Editor: Laszlo Dunai, Dovydas Drakšas
Screenwriter: Dovydas Drakšas
Director of Photography: Tamás Apor Méder
Production Designer: Anastasiya Mykhaylova
Sound: Tamás Jeszenszky
Composer: Agn Matuleviit
Principal cast: Ieva Kaniušait, Šarnas Puidokas

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

London Film School

24 Shelton Street
London
WC2H 9UB

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