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Šarūnas Bartas

Šarūnas Bartas

Director, writer, actor and cinematographer · Born August 16, 1964 (62) · Lithuania, Šiauliai

Šarūnas Bartas (born 16 August 1964) is a Lithuanian film director. One of the most prominent Lithuanian film directors internationally from the late 20th century. His 2015 film Peace to Us in Our Dreams was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Description above from the Wikipedia article Šarūnas Bartas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 16, 1964 (62)
From
Lithuania, Šiauliai
Works as
Director, writer, actor and cinematographer
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 43% in 30 days

What are Šarūnas Bartas' films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
57%
Bonds
19%
Society
19%
Power
6%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Heightened: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their heightened movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Ambiguous: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their ambiguous movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 0 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
3
Tense
2
Contemplative
1
Cold
1
Elegiac
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Haunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Šarūnas Bartas' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Šarūnas Bartas' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

28 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Laguna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Producer · Writer · Actor

  • Back to the Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Walden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Ami à Vilnius

  • In the Dusk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

  • Frost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

  • I Am Katya Golubeva (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Sharunas Bartas: Where am I Now (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Editor · Writer · as Himself

  • Watermark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Peace to Us in Our Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Producer · Writer · Actor

  • Bastards(2013)

    as Foreign Shipowner

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Marussia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Dimitri

  • Vanishing Waves(2012)

    as The Man

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Eastern Drift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Cinematographer · Writer · as Gena

  • Seven Invisible Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer · Writer

  • Children Lose Nothing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • Visions of Europe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Cinematographer · Writer

  • The Lease (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer

  • Pierre or, The Ambiguities (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 3 episodes · as Le Chef

  • Freedom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer · Writer

  • Pola X(1999)

    as Le Chef

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The House(1997)

    Director · Cinematographer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Spring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Producer

  • Few of Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Cinematographer · Writer

  • Sur place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Actor

  • The Corridor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director · Producer · Writer · Actor

  • Three Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Director · Composer · Writer

  • In Memory of the Day Passed By (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Director · Writer

  • Tofalaria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 28 titles from 1986 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Vanishing Waves (2012)

$91 worldwide

Highest rated

The House (1997)

Midcredits 81st

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting12 of 28: 8 only acting, 4 with another roleDirecting18 of 28: 3 only directing, 15 with another roleWriting15 of 28: 0 only writing, 15 with another roleProducing10 of 28: 2 only producing, 8 with another roleMusic1 of 28: 0 only music, 1 with another roleCinematography6 of 28: 0 only cinematography, 6 with another roleEditing1 of 28: 0 only editing, 1 with another role

28 titles, 15 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 15 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s8 · 3 acting · 6 crew2000s6 · 1 acting · 5 crew2010s10 · 6 acting · 6 crew2020s3 · 2 acting · 2 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Šarūnas Bartas' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 4 titles are Mixed.

  • Mixed4

Most divisive · director, writer, cinematographer

The House (1997)

67th percentile spread · 16% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer, cinematographer

The House (1997)

Midcredits 81st · 64% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 77/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 87, detractors 58. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Šarūnas Bartas work with?

People who share at least 2 of Šarūnas Bartas' MovieCove titles; Leos Carax shares the most, 2.