Contemporary dancer Elena meets Dovydas when he is assigned to interpret via sign language in a class she is teaching to deaf youth. Their connection is immediate, kinetic, and frictionless. As they gravitate toward each other, resisting the forces and interventions of their separate daily lives, their bond deepens from platonic to romantic. When Dovydas discloses his asexuality, the couple commit themselves to honoring their individual needs in tandem. As they continue to weave more tightly together, they struggle to negotiate sacrifice and compromise and are forced to discover the edges of their generosity toward the other.

Directed by: Marija Kavtaradze

Written by: Marija Kavtaradze

Produced by: Marija Razgutė, Luisa Romeo, Anna-Maria Kantarius, Mimmi Spång

Cinematography: Laurynas Bareiša

Editing: Silvija Vilkaitė-Ramanauskė

Production Design: Sigita Šimkūnaitė

Costume Design: Fausta Naujalė

Make-Up: Jurgita Globytė

Sound: Diego S. Staub

Original Score: Irya Gmeyner, Martin Hederos, Vincent Barrière

Visual Effects: Jennifer Jallow, Evelina Åström

Casting Director: Marija Kavtaradze

Cast: Greta Grinevičiūtė, Kęstutis Cicėnas

Original Title: TU MAN NIEKO NEPRIMENI

Film Production Country: Lithuania

Website: https://m-films.lt/movies/slow-2/

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Statement of the Director/s
While making SLOW, I was thinking a lot about intimacy and how it is developed between two persons. At the beginning of the process I considered this film to be on sexuality, but as I was digging into my characters more and changing together with them, I realized it is much more about a strong need to create and keep the connection. Also, I'm a big admirer of romantic films and was keen on exploring this genre in my film (and on film, haha).

Biography of the Director/s
Born in 1991, film director and scriptwriter Marija Kavtaradze graduated from Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Film Directing studies in 2014. Marija’s debut feature film SUMMER SURVIVORS premiered at Toronto IFF in 2018 and did a solid career at the festivals, also sold to Italy, Albania, Latvia and elsewhere. SUMMER SURVIVORS achieved 26k admissions at the domestic box office, which made it the most appreciated independent Lithuanian film in 2019. Her debut film received 3 Lithuanian Film Academy awards. Marija Kavtaradze also co-written the feature film THE SAINT dir. Andrius Blazevicius, that M-Films produced, which was premiered at Busan IFF and Warsaw ISFF in 2016, later on had a theatrical release in Lithuania in 2017, with the box office of more than 47k admissions. Together with the director Andrius Blazevicius and Tekle Kavtaradze she has also co-written the feature film RUNNER dir. Andrius Blazevicius, which premiered at Karlovy Vary IFF in 2021.She is currently in the process of developing and co-writting the debut feature film by Vytautas Katkus - THE VISITOR. Considered to be one of the most talented upcoming filmmakers in Lithuania, Marija Kavtaradze has just finished her second feature film SLOW, which had it’s world premiere at the Sundance FF in January 2023, where Kavtaradze was awarded for the best directing in World Cinema Dramatic competition. SLOW is currently beggining it’s festival career.

Filmography of the Director/s
2018 - SUMMER SURVIVORS, Feature

Production Company:
M-Films
Marija Razgutė
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Phone: +37060107802
Website: https://m-films.lt/

World Sales:
Totem
Margot Hervée
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Website: https://www.totem-films.com/