Warmblooded and Earthbound is a film exploring intimacies between the land and the body. The work delves into themes of ritual, death, clay, care and community. Set against Lithuanian landscapes, the film traverses river shores and various limestone and clay quarries, dissolving the hierarchy between body and landscape to better understand them as deeply intertwined.
The choreographed scenes and song lyrics draw inspiration from multiple sources, including the twentieth-century Lithuanian archeologist Marija Gimbutas’ research and theories on Neolithic matrilineal societies, focusing on their burial rituals and the non-separability between the sacred and the everyday.
Directed by Egle Budvytyte
Voice, melodies and song lyrics: Egle Budvytyte
Performed by and co-created with:
Ming Jou Chen
Fazle Shairmahomed
Noha Ramadan
Tomislav Feller
Esther Mugambi
Kristina Skaldina
Saulė Budvytyte
Alexandra Krivulina
Costumes, props and outside eye support: Marija Olšauskaite
DOP: Narvydas Naujalis
DOP assistance: Rapolas Sakalas Gorodeckis & Edgaras Naujalis
Boom: Mykolas Beišys
Colour grading: Justinas Vencius
Editing: Bart Groenendaal
Sound compositions and design: Steve Martin Snider
Mixing and mastering: Maarten Brijker
Production assistance: Skaistė Matijošiute
Clay figurines: Kristina Skaldina
Supported by
Frac il de France
Mondriaan Fonds
Institut Francais
Nederlands Film Fonds