Lithuania, 2010, 25 min

It‘s an ironic short documentary about an old and poor 
district nearby Vilnius city centre called Snipiskes,
which is also known as Shanghai. Film exposes a paradoxical
situation where countryside with its multicultural community exists
in the very centre of Vilnius.

European Film Forum Scanorama, Vilnius 2010
Grand Prix
International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
DOCUDAYS in Kyiv
Audience Award

Jurate Samulionyte
Born 1983 in Jonava.
In 2007 got her MA Degree in Film and TV directing at the Lithuanian
Academy of Music and Theatre. Her short stop-motion film Noroutine
got the Silver Crane Award for Best Lithuanian Short Film 2008.

Selected filmography
2010 Shanghai Banzai
2007 Noroutine / Nerutina
2006 Nas denik
2005 Everest
2005 Once upon a time