How we played the revolution

In 1984, at the beginning of the Soviet perestroika process, a group of architects from Vilnius decided to form a one-off satirical band to entertain their friends on New Year's Eve. However, their colorful performance, which parodied totalitarian Soviet reality, unexpectedly grew into a movement of so-called rock marches—the vanguard of the later stage of the independence movement known as the Singing Revolution.

Giedrė Žickytė-Bajarūnienė (*1980) Lithuanian director and film producer. She founded the production company Moonmakers. She has experience as a director of television and film documentaries. She has received numerous awards for her work. Her latest film, The Jump, won awards at the 2020 Warsaw International Film Festival and at festivals in South Korea, the US, and Lithuania. In 2015, her film Master and Tatyana won awards for Best Director, Best Documentary Film, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing from the Lithuanian Film Academy, among many others.