Oskaras Koršunovas: "The Banishment" touches on a very topical issue - emigration. We probably don't even realise the extent of it statistically: there are only guesses about how many people have left, emigrated, but this situation is not analysed in the political space, let alone in the cultural and artistic space. In art, we have almost no serious analysis, no serious approach to what is happening to Lithuania, to the nation. It is not only the interests of the nation and the state that are behind this, but also the broken fates of people, entire odysseys - will these people return or will they not return... They are leaving their country, their homes, their families. Emigrations come in many forms. Today, emigration is different, but there was a time when people went abroad with a one-way ticket, not knowing the language, not having anything, often having been deceived... We see such a situation in The Exorcist.

What is emigration? What is behind this word? There are many things behind it, one of the most important of which is the loss of identity. Or is it the discovery of another country? After all, the question of an individual's identity is one of the most pressing issues these days. "Banishment" reveals many possibilities and solutions to this question. In essence, emigration is a horizontal spiritual journey "to happiness" that often turns into a vertical journey downwards, to unhappiness."