Ten Minutes Before the Flight of Icarus

A manifesto for the postSoviet generation of Lithuanian filmmakers who rejected straightforward declarativity and immersed themselves into the silent observation of reality Arunas Matelis traces the beginnings of postSoviet transformation not in the main squares of Vilnius but observes it in the daily life of the inhabitants of Užupisa historical quarter of the old town of Vilnius The film awarded in the Oberhausen Bornholm and Pärnu film festivals was also screened as a feature in the Cannes Film Festival