Director, writer, producer Karolis Jankus born in Vilnius, June 23th, 1974, began his career in art world as a performer and graduated Art academy in Vilnius. Since 1990 he created performances in public spaces, galleries, and later he began written manifestos, plays of the absurd, short stories, aphorisms. The most famous art performance was "The Menaced Assassin" inspiration by Rene Magritte, installation manifest " Hamlet forward and back "by William Shakespeare play. In 1992, Jankus began studies at the Vilnius Academy of Art. In that time he made a series of experimental films, starting with ”All very decent people”(1997) and experimental documentary film “Ils vois baisent la main” with cinematographer Vydmantas Plepys, about atmosphere of hate in Paris. In 2002 he founded the independent film studio "Eurofilmai" and made seven short films, which successfully represented Lithuania at international film festivals and contemporary art exhibitions. Film “Dead Body Ask for Help” was a first East European film in Bristol short film festival and director was nominated “Best Yong European film director” in Granada International film festival. In 2006 Karolis Jankus presented the feature film "Jesus from Lithuania" to the public, which was banned in Lithuania after its premiere at the “Coca-Cola Plaza” cinema. The film was too radical for a conservative and Catholic country. In 2009-2013 he filmed fifty short films, which were published on Facebook page every week. Ambitious internet project later became epic feature film “The Silent Lithuanian Revolution”. 2021 Jankus created feature documentary film "Biological Loneliness" about quarantine in Barcelona, which was premiere in the Valencia Indie film festival. Film awarded at festivals: Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, Tokyo Film Festival, Madrid International Short Film Festival and other.
Filmography:
1997 Ils vois baisent la main/ short film/ 30 min./ Media et Medias.
2003 Poor Boy/ short film/ 03.11min./ eurofilmai.
2003 Girl and Bones/ short film/ 04.42 min/ eurofilmai.
2003 Dead Body Asks for Help/ short film/ 03.08min/eurofilmai.
2003 No Comment/ short film/ 05.35 min/ eurofilmai.
2003 Foxy Sisters/ short film/ 14 min/ eurofilmai.
2004 No Money No Sex/ short film/ 09 min/ eurofilmai.
2005 Zevango / short film/ 10 min/ eurofilmai.
2006 Jesus from Lithuania /feature-length/ 1h/ eurofilmai.
2007 Walk to Zion /documentary, feature-length/ 1h/ eurofilmai.
2013 Silent Lithuanian Revoliution /documentary, feature-length/ 6h/ Lithuanian Independent cinema.
2021 Biological Loneliness /documentary, feature-length/ 1h.06 min./ Kunstkamera.