Can you imagine a tourist attraction where people come to see a dead forest? Where are they not only observers, but also the ones being observed and heard by the black birds? Once there was an ancient pine forest, but then several cormorants landed there. Now there are thousands of them and they kill pine trees by...shitting. This place has become one of the most macabre tourist destinations in the world.
CREW:
Director: Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė
Producer: Dovydas Korba, Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė
Cinematographer: Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė
Editor: Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė
Sound: Jonas Maksvytis
Production
Neon Realism / A Laukas
Awards
Locarno International Film Festival — Swatch Art Peace Hotel Award;
Zinebi International Festival of Documentary and Short Film First Film — Grand Award;
Baltic Wave Film Festival —Main Prize, Audience Favourite Film;
Dokufest — Special Mention
Director
Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė
Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė works as a film and the-atre director. She completed her studies in theater directing and cinematography at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and screen documentary at Goldsmiths, University of London.
She is a winner of the Golden Lion for the best national pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Arts in 2019, for the collaborative work, Sun & Sea (Marina), a contemporary opera that she directed. Rugilė and this collaborative performance were listed among the most influential artists and works of art of 2019 by Artsy and The Guardian, receiving dozens of positive reviews in many other leading world media channels.
In parallel to this, Rugilė has continued to work in cinema and her most recent documentary, Acid Forest, was premiered and received an award at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2018 after 5 years of production. The film continues to circulate extensively in festivals around the world.Selected Filmography
Acid Forest (2018) 
