Documentary film, 2025
Director: Aušra Lukošiūnienė / 20 min
The film
In the summer of 1990, as Lithuania reclaimed its sovereignity, a group of young artists made a one-day journey into the Kaliningrad region – then on the edge of vanishing. The footage from that trip disappeared during the Soviet assault on Lithuanian media in January 1991. Three decades later, the tapes resurfaced. One of the travelers, photographer Raimundas Urbonas, had since died under unexplained circumstances. His images remained.
E/RASED WORLDS is a documentary about memory that refuses to fade – personal, archival, and politically charged in equal measure.
The score
Director Aušra Lukošiūnienė approached me to compose the film’s entire musical score. The material demanded sound that could hold two timelines simultaneously – the fragility of 1990 and the weight of the present – without explaining either one. The score works through texture and restraint rather than narrative signposting: atmospheric layers that haunt the footage rather than interpret it.
Recognition
E/RASED WORLDS received a Best Lithuanian Short Film nomination at Scanorama, Lithuania’s most prominent international film festival.
Composer: Povilas Vaitkevičius / Production: Vėgėlės filmai
Film director Aušra Lukošiūnienė:
“I am grateful to fate for having discovered Povilas’s work. My films gain sound and even more meaning with it. Even after listening to the initial sketches, it already felt as if we had been sitting together at the editing table. Excellent composition!”
Article in Scanorama.lt:
“According to the jury, the film is marked by a calm narrative that sensitively explores the past and the present, weaving archival fragments into contemporary imagery. The space where the past encounters lost realities is constructed through personal stories, archival material, and documentary episodes”.
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