28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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Open the Door to Him Who Comes
Open the Door to Him Who Comes

Open the Door to Him Who Comes

director: Audrius Stonys
original title: Atverti duris ateinančiam
country: Lithuania
year: 1989
running time: 10 min.

synopsis

The meditative landscape of a Lithuanian village filled with silent prayer. Tree crowns, church roots, and a rural homestead offer a silent sanctuary that withstands the pressures of the totalitarian regime.  Stonys foreshadowed his cinematic liturgy of ordinariness with his directorial debut.

biography

Audrius Stonys (1966) is the only Lithuanian filmmaker to win the European Film Academy award, for his film Earth of the Blind (1992, Ji.hlava IDFF 2001). Ten years later, he represented Lithuania at the Oscars with his film Ramin (2011, Ji.hlava IDFF 2011).

more about film

director: Audrius Stonys
producer: Laima Velionaitė
script: Audrius Stonys
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