Parade

Miglė got divorced 26 years ago. One day she gets a call with a strange request: in order to marry his new girlfriend, her ex-husband wants to get a divorce through the “Catholic court”, the only institution that has the power to undo the bond of a Christian marriage. During the process of the court – a series of awkward and embarrassing meetings with several priests – Miglė and her former husband find themselves getting closer to each other. Maybe even closer than they were during their marriage.

Director:
Titas Laucius (born in 1993) finished his BA in Scriptwriting at Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy, followed by an MA in Film Directing. His short fiction film Snake (2018) won the award for Most Promising Director in the student film competition of Vilnius Film Festival Kino Pavasaris. His second short film Family Unit (2019) won the Best Short Film at Vilnius Film Festival Kino Pavasaris and National film award for best student film. Parade is his feature film debut.

Production company and producer:
The film production company „afterschool“ based in Vilnius, Lithuania, was established in 2014 by director/DOP Laurynas Bareisa and producer Klementina Remeikaite. Since then, the company has created and produced over 10 short films, including Laurynas Bareisa’s short Dummy (Berlinale Shorts 2020), Vytautas Katkus’s short film Places (Venice, Orizzonti 2020). The last produced feature film Piligrimai (dir. Laurynas Bareisa) won the Best Film Award at Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti Competition in 2021.