38th edition
17-25 january 2026

The Noisemaker

Triukšmadarys

Karolis Kaupinis

Image The Noisemaker
LithuaniaSweden
2014 Fiction 15 min
A distant provincial school principal is facing the arrival of an official delegation from the Ministry. Having shrunk throughout the years, it lacks two pupils to satisfy the governmental quota established for any school in the country to exist. Anticipating the arrival of the dele-gation, the principal makes his best to mask the lack of pupils and avoid the unavoidable school closure.
With : Valentinas Masalskis,Šarūnas Puidokas
Screenplay : Karolis Kaupinis
Image : Narvydas Naujalis
Sound : Sigita Visockaitè
Editing : Ieva Veiveryté
Production : Čiobreliai, Marija Razgutè, Menu spaustuve
Co-production : East of The West Cinema
Contact : marija@ciobreliai.lt
International sales: cinzia.spironello@other-voices.com
Born in 1987, Vilnius, Lithuania, Karolis Kaupinis graduated from the Institute of Internation-al Relations and Political Science of Vilnius University in 2012. He's been working as a jour-nalist in Lithuanian National Television and developing the idea of The Noisemaker ever since.