The Summer of Sangailė

{{Infobox film

| name = The Summer of Sangailė

| image = Sangailės vasara poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Alantė Kavaitė

| producer = Živilė Gallego
Antoine Simkine

| writer = Alantė Kavaitė

| starring = Julija Steponaityte
Aistė Diržiūtė

| music = Jean-Benoît Dunckel

| cinematography = Dominique Colin

| editing = Joëlle Hache

| distributor = Fralita Films
Les Films d'Antoine
Viking Film

| released = {{Film date|2015|1|22|Sundance|2015|7|29|France|2015|8|21|Lithuania|df=yes}}

| runtime = 88 minutes

| country = Lithuania
France
Netherlands

| language = Lithuanian

}}

The Summer of Sangailė ({{langx|lt|Sangailės vasara}}) is a 2015 romantic{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/film-review-the-summer-of-sangaile-1201424263/ |title=Film Review: 'The Summer of Sangaile' |work=Variety |date=6 February 2015 |access-date=3 June 2021}} teen drama film written and directed by Alantė Kavaitė. It was screened in the Panorama section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/panorama/pan-presse-detail_26582.html |title=Panorama 65th Berlinale |access-date=18 January 2015 |work=Berlinale |archive-date=14 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214093016/http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/panorama/pan-presse-detail_26582.html |url-status=dead }} The film won the directing award in the dramatic world cinema category at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.{{cite news|last1=Puig|first1=Me & Earl wins top 2 Sundance awards|title=Claudia|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/02/01/sundance-competition-winners/22555707/|access-date=1 February 2015|date=1 February 2015}} It also won Best Film, Best Actress (Julija Steponaitytė) and best set design (Ramunas Rastauskas) at the Silver Crane Awards.{{cite web|last1=Aguilar|first1=Carlos|title=35 Films That Could Become Foreign Language Oscar Submissions|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/sydneylevine/35-films-that-could-become-foreign-language-oscar-submissions-20150826|website=Indiewire|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-date=20 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320002452/http://blogs.indiewire.com/sydneylevine/35-films-that-could-become-foreign-language-oscar-submissions-20150826|url-status=dead}} The film was selected as the Lithuanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-lithuania-nominates-summer-sangaile-822105 |title=Oscars: Lithuania Nominates 'The Summer of Sangaile' for Foreign Language Category |last=Holdsworth |first=Nick |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=11 September 2015 |access-date=11 September 2015}}

Plot

Sangailė is a simple girl who dreams of becoming a stunt pilot but her lack of self-confidence and vertigo are preventing her from getting into a cockpit. Sangailė meets another teenage girl, Austė, at an air show. As the two girls spend more time together Austė finds ways to get alone time with Sangailė. Throughout the film Sangailė is shown cutting herself in her bathroom. Austė uses photography and fashion to highlight Sangaile's inner and outer beauty. The two girls become romantically involved and they enjoy their summer days together revealing their passions and secrets. Austė tries to help Sangailė stop cutting herself by becoming her support system and listening to her. There are scenes between Sangailė and her parents that show a strained relationship between her and her mother. Eventually Austė convinces Sangailė to go on a stunt plane ride but Sangailė's vertigo kicks in causing her to feel sick and blame Austė. Sangailė eventually apologizes to Austė for yelling and ignoring her. With the support of Austė, Sangailė decides to train herself to get over her vertigo so she can ride in a plane again. The film ends with two years having passed since Austė and Sangailė last saw each other and both are living their dreams. Austė got into fashion school and Sangailė is flying planes for the air show.

Filming locations

It was filmed in Lithuania, primarily in Vilnius, Elektrenai and Kyviškės.{{cite web | title=The Summer of Sangaile (2015) – Filming & production | website=IMDb | date=2023-11-06 | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2994832/locations/ | access-date=2023-11-06}}