Alongside leading Palinoia, Arnas Pigulevicius continues to work as a documentary filmmaker - producing and directing independent films that explore personal stories, social themes, and underrepresented voices.
They’re separate from Palinoia’s commercial work, but grounded in the same values: empathy, clarity, and a belief in the power of story.
SILENCE
Deep in Lithuania’s Labanoras Forest, a small community of locals is haunted by the past. To survive the war against Soviet oppression, they had to live in silence. Only now can they bear witness to the horrors that happened there.
Silence
Arnas Pigulevicius’ short documentary Silence is a frighteningly prescient account of Soviet occupancy in a remote forest deep within Lithuania. Pigulevicius converses with locals who recount their family’s experiences of living in solitude whilst housing partisans who sought to oppose the invasion. It’s a very sombre and reflective watch and it captures the lingering traumatic effects of these instances that can still be felt within the community today.
10 Essential Shorts From the National Film and Television School’s 2022 Graduate Showcase
Sound Designer Guldem Masa
Production Manager Laura Hartwell
Sound Recordists Julius Navagrudskas, Dainius Veršulis
Online Editor Nathaniel Skeels
CREDITS
Director Arnas Pigulevicius
Producer Alfred Deragne
Editor Osian Pearson
Composer Adrian Cermak
CAST
Andrejus Gaidamavičius
Veronika Čaplinskienė
Irena Danilevičiūtė
Irena Virvičiuvienė
MENTORS
Peter Dale
Jo Abel
Status: World Premiere at the BFI London Film Festival [09/10/2022]
Available upon request.
© 2022 National Film & Television School
SPECS
Language Lithuanian, ENG (Sub)
Genre Documentary, Short
Length 16:40 min
DELIVERY DCP, QuickTime
Sound 5.1, Stereo, WEB
Resolution 4K
Aspect 16:9
DASHA
While twelve weeks pregnant, Dasha finds herself alone in the Ukrainian city under siege by Russian soldiers. She attempts to escape.
CREDITS
Shooting Producer Arnas Pigulevicius
Producer Rosie Garthwaite
Composer Adrian Cermak
Sound Guldem Masa
Camera Arnas Pigulevicius, Theo Jessel
FUNDERS
Irene Molodtsov
Mike McGuigan
ARCHIVE OF UKRAINE
©BABYLON'13
© 2023 Arnas Pigulevicius, UKUATogether
SPECS
Language Ukrainian, English, Russian
Genre Documentary, Short
Length 3:21
Delivery QuickTime
Sound Stereo, WEB, TV
Resolution 1080p, 4K
Aspect 16:9; 1:1
THE HIVE
A day of the former Soviet factory worker who revisits the ruins of his ex-workplace, remembering era of Soviet oppression, and his discovery of freedom.
Camera Artūras Macius
Sound Designer Guldem Masa
Production Manager Laura Hartwell
Sound Recordists Julius Navagrudskas
Online Editor Jongheon Lee
CREDITS
Director Arnas Pigulevicius
Producer Alfred Deragne
Editor Mira Thu
Composer Caspar Leopard
CAST
Zenonas Vilcinskas
MENTORS
Peter Dale
Jo Abel
Status: UNRELEASED
Available upon request.
© 2022 National Film & Television School
SPECS
Language Lithuanian, ENG (Sub)
Genre Documentary, Short
Length 16:27 min
DELIVERY DCP, QuickTime
Sound 5.1, Stereo
Resolution 2K
Aspect 16:9
THE WOLF OF LABANORAS
Born in the largest forest of Lithuania, Andrew has spent adulthood away from his home, fighting authorities against deforestation. However, while advising Lithuanian and European parliaments on nature protection, he felt ignored and misunderstood.
After twenty-five years of vain effort, Andrius has returned to his birthplace and has found that the damage to the forests around his dwelling is irreparable. Desperation, pain, and loneliness slowly overtook his mind, turning him into a werewolf.
Composer Mazyar Jalaleddin
Sound Designer Jan Sigsworth
Online Editor
CREDITS
Director, camera Arnas Pigulevicius
Editor Natalia Gozdzik
CAST
Andrejus Gaidamavičius
MENTORS
Peter Dale
Julie Moggan
Status: UNRELEASED
Available upon request.
© 2022 National Film & Television School
SPECS
Language Lithuanian, ENG (Sub)
Genre Documentary, Short
Length 16:40 min
DELIVERY DCP, QuickTime
Sound 5.1, Stereo
Resolution Full HD
Aspect 16:9
THE MARSH GUARDIAN
After 40 years of solitude, Elze finally breaks free from her remote farmstead.
In ‘The Marsh Guardian’, I dive into a personal level with Elze, in order to perceive the world of her despair. The decision to shoot the film from my own perspective, as an intruder or a stranger who tries to interpret the relationship between brother and sister, came from an understanding of Elze’s position towards her brother. The analysis of the inner world of Elze presents the audience with her hidden desire for liberation and the conflict between life and death, which mirrors Elze’s relationship with her cat.
CREDITS
Director, Camera & Edit Arnas Pigulevicius
Executive Producer Brett Whitcomb
Executive Producer Eugenijus Pigulevicius
Composer Tobias Bartsch
MENTOR
Jonathan Carr
Status: World Premiere at Maryland Film Festival, US (2020)
Available upon request.
© 2020 Arnas Pigulevicius
SPECS
Language Lithuanian, ENG (Sub)
Genre Documentary, Short
Length 21:01 min
DELIVERY QuickTime
Sound Stereo
Resolution Full HD
Aspect 16:9