Saulė Bliuvaitė is a Lithuanian filmmaker born in Kaunas. Her debut feature film, Toxic, won the Golden Leopard at the 77th Locarno Film Festival. Bliuvaitė's film explores the modeling industry in former Communist states and draws from her own experiences and stories from her friends. Bliuvaitė's work is rooted in her personal connection to the subject matter, having faced pressure to conform to unrealistic beauty standards in the modeling industry.
Her film depicts the struggles and harsh realities faced by young women in the industry... offering a powerful and relatable portrayal.
In the award-winning debut feature Toxic , Lithuanian director Saulė Bliuvaitė explores how the fall of the Iron Curtain led to a boom in model-scouting in former Communist states . By Cat Woods This is the Lithuania that Kaunas-born filmmaker Saulė Bliuvaitė depicts in her debut feature film, Toxic , which won the Golden Leopard – the major, jury-led award — at the 77th Locarno Film Festival in August.
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