‘Drowning Dry’: Lithuanian Oscar Entry & Locarno Award-Winner Lands U.S. Distribution Deal
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Dekanalog has picked up U.S. distribution rights to Drowning Dry, the latest feature from Lithuanian filmmaker Laurynas Bareiša.
Dekanalog will release the film theatrically in the U.S. in Spring 2025. The deal was negotiated by Dekanalog and Alpha Violet.
Written, directed, and shot by Bareiša, Drowning Dry tells the story of two sisters, Ernesta (Gelminė Glemžaitė) and Justė (Agnė Kaktaitė), whose lives are irrevocably altered after a near-tragic accident involving one of their children during a weekend getaway with their spouses, Tomas (Giedrius Kiela) and Lukas (Paulius Markevičius).
The film was produced by Klementina Remeikaite’s Afterschool and co-produced by Matiss Kaza’s Trickster Pictures. Drowning Dry was recently selected to represent Lithuania in the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards.
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