Winner of the Crystal Globe for Best Director at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Lithuanian filmmaker Vytautas Katkus joins us to talk about his feature debut “The Visitor” (Svečias).

Here’s what the Jury had to say about his film. 

“In his feature debut, Vytautas Katkus truly exploits the creative freedom that a director perhaps only ever properly enjoys with their first film, displaying an uncompromised, idiosyncratic vision that is both dazzlingly precise in its detail and dreamily peculiar as whole.”

“The Visitor” evolved from his earlier short films ”Community Gardens” and “Cherries” which touched on some similar themes. We will talk about that evolution and his experience on the film festival circuit among other topics.

"The Visitor" follows Danielius, a 30-year-old new father who returns from Norway to Lithuania to sell his father's apartment, exploring themes of homecoming, displacement, and the complex emotions that arise when familiar places feel foreign. This Lithuanian production serves as a cinematic meditation on solitude, marking a significant milestone in Katkus's career transition from cinematographer to director.

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