Woman and The Glacier
Director
Audrius Stonys
Producer
Radvilė Šumilė
Scenario
Audrius Stonys
Rights Holder
Studio UKU
DOP
Audrius Kemežys, Mindaugas Survila
Production
Studio UKU
The Lithuanian scientist Aušra Revutaite has spent 30 years in the Tian Shan mountain range in Central Asia, straddling the borders between Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the autonomous Chinese region of Xinjiang. Some 3,500 meters above sea level with only her faithful dog and gray cat for company, she studies climate change on the Tuyuksu Glacier at an old Soviet-era research station. We see dripping, melting ice in imposing caves, streams flowing through desolate mountain passes, and Revutaite’s pets, playing together almost in silence. The solemn dumbness of the mountains is punctuated sparingly by the music of a man far, far below, playing a traditional instrument.

Audrius Stonys
An independent film director and producer, member of the European Documentary Network and the European Film Academy. He represents Lithuania on the board of the European Cinema support fund Eurimages. His films won numerous international film awards, including the Audience Award in Nyon, the Grand Prix in Split, prizes in Bornholm, Neu Brandenburg, Bilbao, Florence, Oberhausen and San Francisco. In 1992 the film EARTH OF THE BLIND received an European Film Academy Award as the best european documentary of the year.
Selected filmography
2016 Woman and The Glacier