Romas Zabarauskas established himself as a provocative Baltic storyteller with a drama-driven, politically engaging, and visually lush body of work. He is a Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival regular from his debut, We Will Riot (2013), to his latest films, The Writer (2023) and The Activist (2025), which, together with The Lawyer (2020), form a thematic trilogy. His debut short Porno Melodrama (2011) premiered in Berlinale Panorama and told one of the first queer stories in Lithuanian cinema. Zabarauskas holds a BA in Film (2012) from Saint-Denis University (Paris), including an exchange year at Hunter College (New York), and an MA in Communication (2016) from KSU (Vilnius). He is currently pursuing a PhD in Film at the National Film School of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.
Romas Zabarauskas
Guest Speaker
Filmmaker and Producer, Lithuania
