Directed by Ignas Miškinis • 2024 • Lithuania

Ignas Miškinis crafts a witty, wild, and heartfelt coming-of-age tale out of the chaos of the post-Soviet nineties. Adapted from Rimantas Kmita’s wildly popular book, The Southern Chronicles unfolds on the rough streets of Šiauliai, “the Manchester of Lithuania”, where 17-year-old Rimantas (Džiugas Grinys) is a would-be black marketeer and hesitant high-school lothario whose only passion is rugby – until he meets well-to-do Monika (Digna Kulionytė) and is exposed to the world of literature and art. Shot on 16mm and VHS cameras, with a propulsive Eurobeat soundtrack and exquisitely retro production design, this is a teen romance that swerves genre clichés for a refreshingly open-minded take on what it means to find your place in the world.

THE SOUTHERN CHRONICLES • PIETINIA KRONIKAS
Directed by Ignas Miškinis
Written by Eglė Vertelytė
From the novel by Rimantas Kmita
Cinematography by Narvydas Naujalis
Music by Vytis Puronas
Starring: Džiugas Grinys, Digna Kulionytė, Robertas Petraitis

In Lithuanian with English subtitles