Gabrielė Urbonaitė
Director: Renovation
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Gabrielė Urbonaitė (b. 1993, Vilnius, Lithuania) is a writer, director and editor. She directed several short films, including The Swimmer that won National Lithuanian Film Award “Silver Crane”. She participated in Berlinale Talents, Talent Camp Odense, and Reykjavik Talent Lab, and was named Mountainfilm Emerging Filmmaker in 2020. As editor, she worked on Lithuanian award-winning film Remember to Blink. She holds a BFA in Film from Emerson College and an MFA in Screenwriting & Directing from Columbia University.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
Solastalgia(director, editor), short documentary, 2021, USA •Mountainfilm Festival (USA), All Living Things Environmental Film Festival (India), Nòt Film Festival (Italy)
Last Day of School(co-writer, director, editor), short narrative, 2018, Lithuania •Santa Barbara International Film Festival (USA), International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece), Olympia International Film Festival (Greece), Kaunas International Film Festival (Lithuania), Schlingel International Film Festival (Germany)
Back(writer, director, editor), short narrative, 2016, Lithuania / USA •Princess Grace Film Award (USA); Special Jury Mention and Best Lithuanian Actress Nomination at Vilnius International Film Festival (Lithuania), Best Student Film Nomination at National Lithuanian Film Awards; Best Student Film, Best Student Director and Best Actress in a Student Film at Glendale International Film Festival(USA); Best College Narrative Short at Reading Film Festival (USA) •New Filmmakers LA (USA), 2Annas Film Festival (Latvia), Beijing Film Academy’s International Student Film & Video Festival (China), Sulmona International Film Festival(Italy), Zubroffka International Short Film Festival (Poland)
The Swimmer (writer, director), short narrative, 2013, Lithuania •Best Short Film at the National Lithuanian Film Awards “Silver Crane”, Special Jury Mention at the Brest European Short Film Festival (France), Award of Merit at the Women’s Independent Film Festival in Los Angeles (USA), Audience Award at the Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino Pavasaris” (Lithuania)•Washington West Film Festival (USA), Kaunas International Film Festival (Lithuania),Stockholm International Women’s Film Festival (Sweden), Schlingel International Film Festival (Germany)