Margarita Bareikytė

MARGARITA BAREIKYTĖ is a theater and film director from Lithuania, where she graduated as a theatre director and directed numerous productions for many years. In 2018, she moved to Italy to pursue her passion for filmmaking. Since then, she has directed short films, a documentary, music videos, and commercials. Her works have been recognized in prestigious film festivals worldwide, including winning Best Short Film at the Pigneto Film Festival in 2020 for “Tran Tran,” later shown at the Rome Film Festival.

JONĖ (feature film)
After her daughter’s death, a hardened 75-year-old Lithuanian farmer must care for the Black Italian granddaughter she’s never met – until a case of mistaken identity and buried family secrets force them into a desperate fight for freedom that may finally bind them together.