It’s not very modest to call one’s own film ‘groundbreaking’. And indeed modesty isn’t a virtue I usually aspire to. Moreover, in my defense, our new feature THE LAWYER actually is the first movie in Lithuania telling a gay male love story.
Yes, history is being made here – cheers, sweetie, you’re welcome! A gay love story in a country where gay love isn’t legal yet.
Well, marriage isn’t, at least. Nor partnership. You can still love, I suppose. We were working on this film for four years, only for the pandemic to fuck up our world premier at London’s LGBT+ film festival – BFI Flare.
But even before the pandemic, we started to plan our distribution strategy. Our main goal was to get a wide theatrical release in August 2020, and do it all by