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Directors Note regarding the film "In the Rough" My mother grew up in Soviet-occupied Lithuania, my father near a western German banking metropolis. I was raised in a small German town and already at an early age there was a lot of emphasis on grades, abstract job prospects and careers. A moment ago I was just a child and the older I got, the more these abstract expectations tugged at me from all sides. For me, it was a state in which I felt understood by no one, not even by myself. During this time, I met a fisherman on a family holiday in Lithuania. He owned a boat and fished every day. I immediately understood his mission in life and for me he seemed free and independent. Soon I painfully realised that the fisherman was far from being as free and self-determined as I thought. He repressed the fact that everything around him was changing, stubbornly clung to his old habits and fell into alcoholism. For the first time, I consciously left idols behind and felt, just like our protagonist Linus, that I should find my own way.
Country: Germany
T-Port Partner: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg
Webpage: https://www.instagram.com/julius.blum/
Bio: Julius Gintaras Blum is a German-Lithuanian director who was born in Dresden in 1995. He is currently studying directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. His short films were invited to renowned film festivals such as Clermont Ferrand ISFF, DOK Leipzig or Camerimage. He also works on commissions such as music videos, fashion and advertising. His latest shortfilm was co-produced by ARTE & SWR.
On one side the open sea, on the other the lagoon. Between the success oriented...
