The Trip
dir. RIMANTAS OICENKA
DUTCH PREMIERE
Before they head off to catch fish in the far Atlantic, fishermen from Soviet Lithuania kiss their wives goodbye. The shadow of the Iron Curtain still follows the men.
Port of Klaipeda, Soviet Lithuania, 1975. Against the backdrop of an industrial fishing boat, fishermen say goodbye to their wives. They are going off to the sea to catch fish on the faraway Atlantic coasts of Africa. The boat is going to be their home for the next five months. Even though the ship sails thousands of miles away from the Iron Curtain, its shadow follows the men.
SHOWTIMES | Special Feature: New Talents Competition 1 with Avitaminosis, Big Phat Party, Hope Hotel Phantom & Until All Is Resolved
– Special Guests: directors Rimantas Oičenka, Bojan Stojcic, Kateryna Ruzhyna, Marija Georgiev
Saturday, 25 November – 11:30
Sunday, 26 November – 14:15
REISAS | 2022 | 25 min | Lithuania
| PRODUCTION | Jurga Kaye – Studija Kinema |
| SCREENPLAY | Rimantas Oicenka |
| CINEMATOGRAPHY | Linas Ziura, Laimis Janutenas (archival footage) |
| EDITING | Rimantas Oicenka |
| SOUND | Sigitas Motoras |
| MUSIC | Vytautas Leistrumas |
| LANGUAGE | Lithuanian |
| SUBTITLES | English |
FESTIVALS & AWARDS (SELECTION)
Warsaw International Film Festival, 2022 – Special Mention: Short Grand Prix | Lithuanian Film Awards, 2023 | Vilnius International Film Festival, 2023 | MakeDox, 2023 | Oslo Short Film Festival, 2023
DIRECTOR’S BIO
Rimantas Oičenka was born in Jurbarkas, Lithuania, in 1987. He has been working at the Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino pavasaris“ as a film distribution manager for the past ten years. He also works as a cinema technician and produces various exhibitions at the National Museum of Lithuania. “The Trip” is his first professional short film.