Mantas Kvedaravicius(1976-2022)

Mantas Kvedaravicius (Lithuania) was a filmmaker and an academic who holds the long-standing interests in absence, materially and body in their performative and political manifestations. He held a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Cambridge, and was an Associate Professor at Vilnius University. His documentaries - Barzakh (2011) and Mariupolis (2016) have premiered and been awarded in Berlinale, Busan, Hong-Kong, Nyon Visions du Réel film festivals.