Cineuropa: The post-industrial setting is very prominent in Toxic. Where did you shoot? Saulė Bliuvaitė: We shot in my hometown [Kaunas]. We used a lot of locations in that area. It’s the ...

Lithuanian writer and director Saulė Bliuvaitė shares how her film, which had its world premiere at the 77th Locarno Film Festival, was shaped by her own life experiences and cinematic influences. By ...

The mean girls of your average Hollywood teen movie wouldn’t last a morning in the ruthless adolescent playground of “Toxic,” where economic exploitation and unforgiving body image standards rule the ...

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. Nearly a decade ago, ...

Lithuanian filmmaker Saulė Bliuvaitė has clinched the Golden Leopard in the main international competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival with her debut feature Toxic. Directed by Bliuvaitė from a ...

Winner of the Golden Peacock at the festival, Saulė Bliuvaitė’s Toxic unfolds in a small Lithuanian town where hope and idealism seem lost. People mill about with fatigue and disillusionment writ on ...

Newcomer Saulė Bliuvaitė's edgy examination of young female friendship and body image takes top honors from both the International Competition and First Feature juries at the Swiss festival.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Clockwise from top left: Harry Lighton, Emma Branderhorst, Joecar Hanna, Mansi Maheshwari, Oliver McGoldrick, Saulė Bliuvaité.

A Locarno competition standout, Saulė Bliuvaitė's hard-edged debut observes two 13-year-old aspiring models as they put their bodies through hell — and their souls through something darker still.

Pillion writer and director Harry Lighton and Locarno Golden Leopard winner Saulė Bliuvaitė are among six filmmakers selected for La Residence du Festival de Cannes, the development programme of the ...