In Passing + Q&A with Gailė Garnelytė and Akvilė Žilionytė-Khan

Director Gailė Garnelytė graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre with a degree in film dramaturgy. She is a screenwriter for various short films, TV shows and series, and a script consultant for documentary films, including the IDFA award-winning best student film. She leads screenwriting workshops and mentors young creators. Gailė’s first short documentary film was screened at more than 30 festivals and won two awards for best short documentary film. She recently completed her debut feature-length documentary film, In Passing.

Akvilė Žilionytė-Khan is a creative producer who has been working in the film industry since 2014. She graduated with a degree in Lithuanian philology and film directing. In 2017, she founded the Artišokai studio, which actively produces contemporary art projects and films. Akvilė has produced more than ten short films, which have been screened at the Jihlava IDFF, the Drama Short Film Festival, the Hamburg Short Film Festival, the Vilnius Film Festival, and others. She is an alumna of the Eurodoc (2015) and ESoDoc (2020) programs and continues to improve her knowledge through international training courses. She is currently developing three feature films.