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November 5 - 22

2026

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Crossing Europe

DAU. Natasha

2 hr. 25 min. | Drama | N-18

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Natasha and Olga work in the canteen of a secret Soviet research institute. This is the beating heart of the DAU universe, everyone drops in here: the institute’s employees, scientists and foreign guests, like Luc Bigé. Natasha begins an affair with him, but the secret service, headed by Vladimir Azhippo, intervenes. „DAU. Natasha“ a radical form of cinema that moves between fiction and reality.

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Ilja Chržanovskij

Ilja Chržanovskij

Ilya Khrzhanovskiy graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in 1998. His debut film, „4“, won a Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. He began work on DAU, a multi-disciplinary project at the intersection of cinema, art and anthropology, in 2006
Jekaterina Oertel

Jekaterina Oertel

Jekaterina Oertel studied at the Film and Theatre School in Moscow and worked as a freelance make-up artist on numerous films and television productions. She has been involved in the DAU project since 2008 as a make-up and hair designer as well as a director during editing.
Languages
Russian
Subtitles
Lithuanian
Original title
DAU. Natasha
Produced
2020: Germany, Ukraine, Russia, United Kingdom

Film information

Director
Ilja Chržanovskij, Jekaterina Oertel
Producers
Sergey Adonyev
Screenplay
Ilja Chržanovskij, Jekaterina Oertel
Cinematography
Jürgen Jürges
Cast
Natalia Berezhnaya, Olga Shkabarnya, Vladimir Azhippo, Alexei Blinov, Luc Bigé
More information
www.imdb.com

Screenings

Friday, 6 November

21:30

Forum Cinemas Vingis · Hall 1

Past screening

Friday, 6 November

21:45

Forum Cinemas Kaune · 2

Past screening

Friday, 13 November

21:30

Forum Cinemas Vingis · 6

Past screening

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