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BURIAL
2022 | 60 min. | Documentary | Lithuania, Norway | Trailer
Director and Writer
Emilija ŠkarnulytÄ—
Producers
Dagnė Vildžiūnaitė, Elisa Fernanda Pirir
Cinematographers
Eitvydas Doškus, Audrius Budrys, Adam Khalil, Emilija ŠkarnulytÄ—
Composer
Gaute Barlindhaug
Editors
Mykolas Žukauskas, Darius ŠilÄ—nas
Sound Designer
Vytis Puronas
Colorist
Fredrik Harreschou
Production
Just a moment (LT), Mer Film (N)
Financiers
Creative Europe MEDIA (EU), Lithuanian Film Centre (LT), Vilnius City Municipality (LT), Nordnorsk Filmsenter (N), Frittord (N), Bergen fund (N)
Synopsis
A python slithers and curls over the abandoned control room of Chernobyl’s sister, the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, its radioactive core an unleashed monster that will slither through time for a million years. From Etruscan ruins and sunken cities to the most modern of underground repositories, director Emilija ŠkarnulytÄ— follows our attempts to bury the immortal. Addressing the epochal effects of nuclear technology on all levels, Burial follows the cycle of power, an eternal return, another serpent eating its tail.
Festivals and screenings
2023 Bozcaada International Festival of Ecologic Documentary (TR)
2023 Seoul International Alt Cinema & Media Festival NeMaf (KR)
2023 IsReal – Festival di Cinema del Reale (IT)
2023 Copenhagen Architecture Festival (DK)
2023 EU Film Days (JP)
2023 Lithuanian Documentary Film Festival (US)
2023 Donaufestival (AT)
2023 Ann Arbor Film Festival (US)
2023 IBAFF International Film Festival (ES)
2023 HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival (NO)
2023 DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival (FI)
2023 Göteborg International Film Festival (SE)
2023 FIPADOC International Documentary Festival (FR)
2023 Tromsø International Film Festival (NO)
2022 Busan Anti-Nuclear Film Festival (KR)
2022 European Film Forum "Scanorama" (LT)
2022 Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (HU)
2022 Viennale (AT)
2022 New York Baltic Film Festival (US)
2022 30_70 Doc Fest (IT)
2022 Imagine Science Film Festival (US)
2022 Riga International Film Festival (LV)
2022 Lima Alterna International Film Festival (PE)
2022 MIRAGE International Film Festival (NO)
2022 UnderDox International Film Festival for Experiment & Document (DE)
2022 DMZ International Documentary Film Festival (KR)
2022 Camden International Film Festival (US)
2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (CA)
2022 Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon (CH)
2024 Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin (FR/DE)
2023 Uniondocs (US)
2023 International Thomas Mann Festival (LT)
2023 Helsinki Biennial (FI)
2023 Galerie 35m2 (CZ)
2023 Inventory of the Week (RO)
2023 Kunstverein Gartenhaus (AT)
2023 Yale Macmillan Center (US)
Press
Burial review – deep dive into underworld of nuclear power and its toxic legacy The Guardian
Old demons and vast futures of Lithuania’s nuclear past – film review lrt.lt
"Entierro", en Mubi: una distopía cercana Pagina12
An Interview with Emilija ŠkarnulytÄ— FILM MONTHLY
Dokumentinio filmo „Kapinynas“ režisierÄ— E. ŠkarnulytÄ—: stebÄ—dama žmonijos paliktus randus ŽemÄ—je, ieškau santykio su giliuoju laiku KINFO
KÄ… iš tikrųjų laidojame? 7md.lt
Emilija ŠkarnulytÄ—: „Eiti savo kÅ«nu“ LiteratÅ«ra ir menas
gallery 1986 portretai • w/ Timo Kaukolampi, Emilija ŠkarnulytÄ—, MantÄ— ValiÅ«naitÄ— radiovilnius
Po „Scanoramos“ premjerų. StebÄ—tojai lfc.lt
18th Camden International Film Festival art-agenda
ŠkarnulytÄ—s filmo „Kapinynas“ premjera: branduolinÄ— energija kaip save ryjanti gyvatÄ— lrt.lt
Nebesuvaldomas branduolinis žmogaus sukurtas monstras Emilijos ŠkarnulytÄ—s „Kapinyne“ Pilno metro. LRT Klasika
BURIAL Jonathan Rosenbaum
Wiedersehen mit Jean-Luc Godard Süddeutsche Zeitung
Camden International Film Festival XVIII Screen Slate
Visions du Réel 2022 - Part 7: Awareness En Primera Fila
Visions du Réel 2022: Nuclear Power Plants and Lacanian Robots FILMMAKER
Hot Docs 2022: “Still Working 9 to 5”, “Burial” y “Freedom from Everything” LA ESTATUILLA
My Journey at Visions du Réel 2022 FILMEXPLORER
Visions du Réel 2022: Brennende Grenzen critic.de
Review: Burial CINEUROPA
This list of Hot Docs titles goes to 11 North Bay Nugget
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