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‘Capturing the Hawk’ Producer Daiva Varnaitė-Jovaišienė: ‘This Film Is Very Personal to Me’

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

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  • Emilis Vėlyvis is filming a new historical movie, “Capturing the Hawk,” set in postwar Lithuania during the partisan resistance.
  • The filmmakers are focusing on personal choices, relationships and the cost of freedom alongside the historical conflict.

Director Emilis Vėlyvis is currently filming “Capturing the Hawk,” a new historical movie set in postwar Lithuania and the period of partisan resistance.

The filmmakers do not want the story to focus only on historical events or armed struggle. They are placing people at its center, along with the choices they made, their relationships and the price they paid for freedom.

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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.