Exemplary Behaviour

Having experienced the loss of the murdered brother, director Audrius Mickevičius went to the Lukiškės prison to examine the paradox of “exemplary behaviour”. Mickevičius met Rimas and Rolandas who are sentenced to life but driven by the hope of change. Mickevičius himself experienced the journey from anger to forgiveness, which was interrupted by his terminal disease.

“Exemplary Behaviour”, completed by its script editor Nerijus Milerius, explores the ideas of forgiveness and social justice.

  • Audrius Mickevičius
    Director
  • Nerijus Milerius
    Director
  • Audrius Mickevičius
    Writer
  • Rasa Miškinytė
    Producer
  • Martichka Bozhilova
    Producer
  • Igor Pediček
    Producer
  • Edoardo Fracchia
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Pavyzdingas elgesys
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 25 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 6, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    Lithuania
  • Country of Filming:
    Lithuania
  • Language:
    French, Lithuanian
  • Shooting Format:
    2K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 62. DOK Leipzig 2019
    Leipzig
    Germany
    October 6, 2019
    World Premiere
    Golden Dove International Competition Long Documentary and Animated Film & Prize of the Interreligious Jury and the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize
  • Trieste Film Festival
    Trieste
    Italy
    Italian Premiere
    Documentary Competition
  • Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
    Thessaloniki
    Greece
    Greek Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Documentary Film Festival in Ljubljana
    Ljubljana
    Slovenia
    Slovenian Premiere
    Special Mention
  • ZagrebDOX
    Zagreb
    Croatia
    Croatian Premiere
    Special Mention
  • Vilnius Film Festival
    Vilnius
    Lithuania
    Lithuanian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Edinburgh Film Festival
    Edinburgh
    United Kingdom
    UK Premiere
    Competition Programme
  • Moscow International Film Festival
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    Russian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Tirana Film Festival
    Tirana
    Albania
    Albanian Premiere
    Competition Programme
  • Inconvenient Films Festival
    Vilnius
    Lithuania
    Festival Opening Film
  • Festival of Slovenian Films
    Ljubljana
    Slovenia
    esna Award for the best original Music to Marjan Sijanec
  • Northern Lights Nordic Baltic Film Festival

    Belarus
  • Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn
    Tallinn
    Estonia
    Estonian Premiere
    Baltic Films Competition
  • 18° Festival Internacional Signos da Noite
    Lisboa
    Portugal
    Portuguese Premiere
    Grand Prix
  • Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival

    Greece
  • Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival
    Gran Canaria
    Spain
    Competition Programme
  • Ismailia International Film Festival

    Egypt
    Competition Programme
  • Sofia Documentary Film Festival
    Sofia
    Bulgaria
    Bulgarian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Love is Folley Film Festival

    Bulgaria
    Official Selection
  • Golden Linden Festival

    Bulgaria
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Film ab
    Sales Agent
    Country: Germany
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Audrius Mickevičius, Nerijus Milerius

Audrius Mickevičius was an interdisciplinary artist (film, photography, architecture, installations, graphics, sound, writing) and a professor at the Department of Media Art at the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts. In 1983, he made his first 8 mm film “Requiem for Quartet”. Since then, Audrius created 17 more films. In recent years, he created several experimental, documentary, and fiction films, which were screened in various international film festivals and MoMA, New York. From 2010, the film director was a member of the Lithuanian Filmmakers Union. He worked and lived in Vilnius, Lithuania, until his untimely death in 2017.

Filmography:
Fiction “ 2 Cups of Yoghurt” 3 0’, H D, 2011 with FRALITA FILMS (Lithuania-France);
Creative documentary “Man-Horse” 72’/52’, HDV, 2008 with NOMINUM (Lithuania), YLE (Finland), Cineworks (Finland), MDR (Germany);
Documentary “Media Ecologies” 26’, HDV, 2008 with FOAM (Belgium), NADINE (Belgium);
Documentary “Migrating Birds” 26’, HDV, 2007; Experimental “No” 43’, DVCAM, 2003 with UBERFAHRT (Germany).

Nerijus Milerius is a scriptwriter, philosopher and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Vilnius University, Lithuania. He is teaching film philosophy, religious cinema, cultural studies and aesthetics. He is the editor and one of the authors of the monograph “Film and Philosophy” and the author of the monograph “Apocalypse in Cinema: The Philosophical Presuppositions” (Vilnius University Press, 2013). Milerius is an author and co-author of several scripts for feature films, such as “Isaac” (director Jurgis Matulevičius) to be released in 2019; “Antigonė” (director Oskaras Koršunovas) which is in development. Milerius was the script editor of the documentary
film “Exemplary Behaviour”; from 2017, he is the co-director of this film.

Filmography:
“Isaac” (director Jurgis Matulevičius, scriptwriters Jurgis Matulevičius, Saulė Bliuvaitė, Nerijus Milerius) to be released in 2019;
“Antigonė” (scriptwriter Nerijus Milerius) is in development and planned for 2020-2021.
From 2016, Milerius was the script editor of the documentary film “Exemplary Behaviour”; from 2017, he is the co-director of this film.

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Director Statement

Death makes us equal. It helps us feel and recognize the real world, which is currently becoming more of a simulation. Our authentic social life is replaced by its representation in media which often destructively influences our mentality. Human condition, dignity, freedom, social responsibility and tolerance have a value worthy of discussion in this virtually anesthetized contemporary world.