The Night Gardener

The film The Night Gardener (Nakties Daržininkė) follows a surreal character roaming dim landscapes during the blue hours. We listen to their inner voice, their thoughts on being a fluctuating, migrating, shapeshifting, ever-changing character that mirrors the changing seasons. They witness the persistent human alteration of geography and its corresponding effect on individuals and their surroundings. Shot on 8mm film during the spring and autumn of 2024 on the Curonian Spit, it imagines the mythical caretakers who might act as eternal stewards of the vast lands humans can only borrow.

  • Saskia Fischer
    Director
  • Saskia Fischer
    Writer
  • JL Murtaugh
    Writer
  • Eglė Kliučinskaitė
    Producer
  • Dani V Keller
    Key Cast
    "The Night Gardener"
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    17 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 25, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    12,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Lithuania
  • Country of Filming:
    Lithuania
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Super8
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Saskia Fischer

Saskia Fischer (born in Stuttgart DE, lives in Vilnius LT and Stuttgart DE) is an artist researching the paradigms shaping the landscape as a reflection of cultural and social values. In particular, she investigates how Western worldviews reinforce a false separation between anthropological urbanism and the concept of nature through colonial taxonomies, building artificial barriers between land and communities. Her work synthesizes architecture, mobility, urban planning, landscape design, horticulture, and art history through interdisciplinary installations, public interventions, film and photography.

Saskia studied photography at Folkwang University (Essen DE), glass, sculpture, and installation at the Estonian Academy of Arts (Tallinn EE), and completed an MFA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College (London UK). She is a lecturer and fellow at the Weissenhof Programme at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Stuttgart DE), and a former resident at Cité internationale des arts (Paris FR), Hangar (Barcelona ES), Fundaziun Nairs (Scuol CH), Rupert (Vilnius LT), and Nida Art Colony (Nida LT). Recent projects include A Place Between Night and Day, Tallinn Art Hall (Tallinn EE); Zero is the Moon, Nova Space and Bauhaus University (Weimar DE); Touched Untouched, Württembergischer Kunstverein (Stuttgart DE), and LIGHTS, apiece (Vilnius LT).

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