Drowning Dry

Drowning Dry (Sausi slīkstot), 2024

(88 min, drama, Lithuania/Latvia)

To celebrate Lukas’ victory at the martial arts tournament and Tomas’ birthday party, two sisters organize a weekend at the country house. With their kids, they go swimming in a nearby lake, relax and discuss family finances. After the near tragic accident of one of the children, the sisters become single mothers.

CREDITS

Director

Laurynas Bareiša

Producers

Klementina RemeikaiteMatīss Kaža

Cinematographer

Laurynas Bareiša

Production Designer

Sigita Simkunaite

Editor

Silvija Vilkaite

Sound Designer

Julius Grigelionis

Make Up & Hair

Beata RjabovskaIeva Sebre

Costume Designer

Laura Krauklis

Cast

Gelminė Glemžaitė Agnė KaktaitėGiedrius KielaPaulius Markevičius

FESTIVALS

Locarno Film Festival 2024

Best EnsambleBest Director

STILLS

Matīss Kaža

Matīss Kaža is an Academy Award-winning Latvian producer, director and writer. He is best known for co-writing and producing the animated feature film FLOW (2024) by Gints Zilbalodis, which won the first ever Golden Globe and Oscar for an independent animated feature. Recent producing credits include SISTERS (2022, Warsaw Film Festival 1+2 Competition Winner) by Linda Olte, DROWNING DRY (2024, two awards in the Locarno Main Competition) by Laurynas Bareiša.

Matīss has directed and written for live action, documentary and the theatre, including NEON SPRING (2022, Edinburgh Intl. Film Festival) and critically acclaimed performances at the Latvian National Theatre, like SOFT POWER (2023) and THE NATIONAL NETWORK (2025).

He teaches film directing at the Latvian Academy of Culture.

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