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14/11/2025

Our Lithuanian Weird Wave Thriller JOHATSU lands at Cineverse with Fandor for North America!

‘Jōhatsu’ is a Japanese term for individuals who choose to disappear without trace.

14/11/2025

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Lithuanian Weird Wave Thriller ‘Jōhatsu’ Acquired for North America by Cineverse, Fandor (EXCLUSIVE)

The deal was sealed by the film’s sales agent Alief

L.A.-based Cineverse, the U.S. distributor of “Terrifier” and “The Toxic Avenger,” has teamed with Fandor to acquire all rights to North America on Lithuanian Weird Wave thriller “Jōhatsu.” 

The film will debut via digital and Fandor early next year.

From Lithuanian prize-winning producer Uljana Kim, with whom Alief  has worked since 2019’s “Sicvenezia Parthenon,” “Johatsu” world premiered at the 2024 Tallin Critics’ Picks Competition. It received its North American premiere at the Lincoln Center’s Scary Movies Series this Summer in NYC. 

Directed by Lina Lužytė and Nerijus Milerius, “Jōhatsu” begins with city morgue worker Lina (Zygimante Jakstaite) being unconvinced by the comportment of the dead man’s estranged wife when she comes to identify the body. 

“Why do people decide to escape their comfortable routines and erase their traces from the world ready-made for them?” Lužytė and Milerius ask in a director’s statement. “Jōhatsu” marks not a momentarily distraction or a need for a retreat but a radical transformation when the whole history of a person as well as the person itself get erased. That’s exactly why Lina’s character is so precious to us.”

Lincoln Center program notes called “Jōhatsu” a “deceptively subdued thriller that locates terror in the impossibility of really knowing our fellow humans, the impenetrable obscurity of their motivations and actions – and, perhaps most frightening of all, the nagging awareness that our own most profound, private truths might be equally unknowable, even to ourselves.”

“‘Jōhatsu’ is a beautifully crafted film that builds an atmosphere of quiet unease through its striking visuals and meticulous direction. Lina Lužytė and Nerijus Milerius have created something haunting, mysterious and deeply human – a work of art that stays with you long after it ends.  It’s exactly the kind of bold, original filmmaking our audience craves, and we’re thrilled to bring this remarkable work to Fandor audiences early next year,”

30/10/2025

‘The Brutalist’s’ Emma Laird, ‘Dunkirk’ Star Fionn Whitehead Unearth Buried Trauma on Greek Island Holiday in Psychological Drama ‘Satisfaction’

The narrative feature debut of Alex Burunova follows two British composers whose frail relationship begins to unravel on a Greek island holiday.

29/10/2025

Hi Guys, happy week before day of all saints! Short note on a busy season.

Our human rights starring sells to a plethora of territories. And plays

We are thrilled as well of boarding the team of stunning by starring star of Tomorrow with and it plays next In Competition at

Cheers et Bisous,
M&B

29/10/2025

Hi guys, Specialized cinema with a political message is alive and kicking. Variety reports on our Neo-noir's "The Activist" first sales; which include TLA Releasing for North America, HBO Max for Baltics, Optimale for France, Cinemien / OUTtv Media B.V. for Rest of Europe, UK and Latin America. First festivals are PÖFF | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and Festival Chéries-Chéris - Paris

OUTtv and Optimale have also snagged multiple territories on the Lithuanian pic, to be showcased at Tallinn’s Baltic Competition.

18/09/2025

What a pleasure... to watch SATISFACTION starring Emma Laird (The Brutalist), Zar Amir (Holy Spider) and Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk)

See teaser in Deadline Hollywood

Following its SXSW premiere earlier this year, Alex Burunova's 'Satisfaction' has debuted its first teaser ahead of its international premiere next month.

06/09/2025

Film | 꿈보다 아픈 밤 After Dreaming
Director | 크리스틴 하루투니안 Christine HAROUTOUNIAN
Official Selection 부산국제영화제 Busan International Film Festival (BIFF)🎬

Film | 꿈보다 아픈 밤 After DreamingDirector | 크리스틴 하루투니안 Christine HAROUTOUNIAN-🎬30th Busan International Film FestivalSeptember 17 - 26, 2025http://biff.kr-BIFF...