MONSTRA | Festival de Animação de Lisboa

Family Album

Emilija Juzeliūnaitė

Family Album

LITHUANIA 2025 12' M/12 desenho

Separated by birth, a brother and sister reunite on a TV show. After a happy ending on the screen, they try to continue it after the cameras are shut down. When building a relationship without a bonding past, they’re met with unexpected challenges. Who are they to each other - strangers, siblings, paternal figures, attractive opposite-sex members? While navigating through their identities, they long for a deeper connection and try to make up for the missed years.

Technical Sheet
Director Emilija Juzeliūnaitė Script Emilija Juzeliūnaitė, Aušra Umbrasaitė Animation Agata Tracevič Valeryia Daniliuk Milda Kargaudaitė Valentina Bykova Vykintas Labanauskas Lina Vaiškūnaitė Rūta Stalmonkaitė Music Giedrė Nalivaikaitė Sound Kipras Čėsna Production Akis Bado (Giedrė Burokaitė) Distribution Varicoloured

14 March | CINEMA SÃO JORGE - Sala 3 | 19:00

Perspectives - Shorts

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Strange teen spirit .Frank Ternier. 16'

Tar .Fariba Farzanfar. 5'

Fly Train .Ria Riwen Zhang. 4'

Silent Cinema .Krste Gospodinovski. 17'

The Man Behind The Curtain .Ivan Bondarenko. 9'

Bread Will Walk .Alex Boya. 12'

How .Marko Mestrovic. 9'

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