Lithuania, 1991.
Soviet takeover of Lithuanian TV.
Employees declare a hunger strike.
In the early '90s, Lithuanian TV star Daiva loses her job as TV studios are taken over by russian soldiers . Unable to chase the armed men away, Daiva decides to declare a hunger strike in a small trailer facing the occupied TV station . Only a handful of people join, and the soldiers cannot care less . Merely a day into the strike, reclaiming the TV already seems like a lost fight . As hunger grows, the strikers realise what they are truly starving for — confession and human warmth .
85 MIN / 2025 / Lithuaninan
DRAMA
CO-PRODUCTION
(LT) (CZ) (LV)
WRITER AND DIRECTOR
Karolis Kaupinis
PRODUCTION COMPANY
M-Films (Lithuania)
Background Films (Czech Republic)
Tasse Film (Latvia)
PRODUCER
Marija Razgutė
CO-PRODUCERS
Mikuláš Novotný
Aija Bērziņa
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Brigita Beniušytė
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Simonas Glinskis Lac
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Sigita Šimkūnaitė
SUPPORTED BY
Lithuanian Film Centre
Eurimages
Czech Film Fund
National Film Centre of Latvia
Creative Europe MEDIA
Lithuanian National Radio and Television





ORIGINAL TRAILER
MOVIE POSTER

Lithuania, 1991.
Soviet takeover of Lithuanian TV.
Employees declare a hunger strike.
In the early '90s, Lithuanian TV star Daiva loses her job as TV studios are taken over by russian soldiers . Unable to chase the armed men away, Daiva decides to declare a hunger strike in a small trailer facing the occupied TV station . Only a handful of people join, and the soldiers cannot care less . Merely a day into the strike, reclaiming the TV already seems like a lost fight . As hunger grows, the strikers realise what they are truly starving for — confession and human warmth .
85 MIN / 2025 / Lithuaninan
DRAMA
CO-PRODUCTION
(LT) (CZ) (LV)
WRITER AND DIRECTOR
Karolis Kaupinis
PRODUCTION COMPANY
M-Films (Lithuania)
Background Films (Czech Republic)
Tasse Film (Latvia)
PRODUCER
Marija Razgutė
CO-PRODUCERS
Mikuláš Novotný
Aija Bērziņa
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Brigita Beniušytė
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Simonas Glinskis Lac
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Sigita Šimkūnaitė
SUPPORTED BY
Lithuanian Film Centre
Eurimages
Czech Film Fund
National Film Centre of Latvia
Creative Europe MEDIA
Lithuanian National Radio and Television





ORIGINAL TRAILER
MOVIE POSTER
