“The Pleasure of Being Robbed“ Director Josh Safdie Eric Kohn

Josh Safdie doesn't look like the kind of guy who would make an advertisement. Hiding behind an untrimmed beard while discussing his abstract cinematic ambitions, the twenty-four-year-old filmmaker radiates an endearing scrappy artist vibe. However, Safdie's first feature, a surreal romp called “The Pleasure of Being Robbed“ that opens this week at the IFC Center and becomes available through the company's video-on-demand service later this month, originally took root as a commercial.

Barry Jenkins, director of “Medicine for Melancholy“: “If ever we desire to do something, fuck it: all if we have to do is take that first step and do it“ I was living in the attic of James Laxton's parents' house, paying “rent“ in the form of writing after a two-year stint in Los Angeles feigning the pursuit of a Hollywood career. It had been three years since I'd completed my last short at Florida State, and as someone who made ten bucks an hour opening boxes at five thirty in the AM, the loss of this relationship brought me face to face with reality: I had reached a dead end.

Unexplored American films on the first days of summer Lithuanian film audiences that are convinced that American films start with action thrillers and end with romantic comedies will be surprised. In the beginning of June, our theatres will host unexplored American independent films.

Too long to wait for Kaunas International Film Festival?
Redux: Independent American Film Cycle is what you should look for in cinemas! In June Kaunas International Film Festival presents a film programme called “Redux: Independent American Film Cycle“ in Kaunas and Vilnius. The program will be screened on June 3-5 in Kaunas, Forum Cinemas and on June 5-7 in Vilnius, Skalvija film center and Forum Cinemas. We asked Kaunas film festival programme producer Tomas Tengmark a couple of questions.

Independent American film cycle in June The organisers of the Kaunas International Film Festival present an exclusive program of independent American cinema “Redux: Independent American Film Cycle“, which gives an opportunity to take a look at the rich American film culture reaching much further than the Hollywood film production which has been filling the Lithuanian cinemas.