Free tickets are now available at the cinema box office (during opening hours).
The work of Canadian director Onur Karaman and the film "Breathe" (Respire) will be presented in French and Lithuanian by the students of VMU Foreign Languages and Cultures: Francophone Studies at VMU.
This is the fourth feature-length film by the young Canadian director Onur Karaman, which was presented at Cinemania in November 2022 and won the Best Quebec Film Award. Breathe, screened for the first time in Lithuania, is about racism, immigration, social isolation, the lack of recognition of foreigners living in Quebec, and the search for cultural identity and self. Speaking about cinema, Onur Karaman observes that many of today's films are mired in artistic experimentation and do not convey any message to the public, especially young people. He believes that a film cannot be made out of the egoistic impulses of the artist and the desire to experiment, but must convey a message and reach out to others. Socially sensitive and topical themes are inherent in all his work.
The screening of the film is organised by the Embassy of Canada in Lithuania, the Centre for Francophone Countries at VMU and Romuva Cinema.

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