The Excursionist

The Excursionist (Lithuanian: Ekskursantė, "Excursionist Girl") is a 2013 Lithuanian historical drama film that dramatizes the story of an eleven-year old Lithuanian girl Marija who escapes from a Soviet deportation to Siberia. Directed by Audrius Juzėnas [lt], with the screenplay of Pranas Morkus [lt], it is the first Lithuanian non-documentary film about Soviet deportations. The plot is loosely based on a real-life story published in Komjaunimo tiesa (the Lithuanian edition of Komsomolskaya Pravda) in 1989.^[1][2][3][4] Film languages are Lithuanian and Russian. The name of the film refers to an episode when Marija pretends to be a Russian girl strayed from an excursion.

Awards

• 2014 Silver Crane (Lithuanian Film Awards)^[5]
  • Wins: best screenplay (Pranas Morkus), best actress (Anastasija Marčenkaitė), best cameraman (Ramūnas Greičius [lt])
  • Nominations: best film, best director, best supporting actor (Igor Savochkin), best supporting actress (Raisa Ryazanova)
• 2014 Nika Awards, Best Film of the CIS and Baltics; tied with Haytarma ^[6]
• 2014: Special award at the 44th international children's and youth film festival "Giffoni", Italy^[7]