Director I Screenwriter (Lithuania)

Biography

Ieva Šakalytė (b.1991) is a Lithuanian director and screenwriter, who gained an MA degree in Film Directing from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in 2016. Now working in the film industry as a freelance script supervisor and TV projects as a freelance assistant director. Also, developing her short fiction film project and her debut feature film idea. Actively participating in workshops, artist residencies and film industry events. Her latest short fiction film “Becoming Animal” (2021) had been screened at the Minimalen Short Film Festival 2021, Filmfest Dresden – Open Air programme 2021 and many more.
 

Previous Short Film available:
 

Becoming Animal

Juste volunteers at the electronic music festival in the middle of the woods. Everything seems to be nice and fun until an angry gang disrupts the event. Becoming their target and realising there is no one to defend her or to tame the gang, Juste decides to take action herself.

(2020 / Lithuania / Drama / 11min)