THE ACTIVIST (2025) by Romas Zabarauskas
Thriller Drama 95' LT Lithuanian Language

A young man infiltrates a radical neo-Nazi group to find the killer of his LGBT+ activist boyfriend.

Twenty-something printing house worker ANDRIUS is skeptical about his boyfriend DEIVIDAS’ activism and worried about being threatened by neo-Nazis. Deividas is the head of Rainbow Kaunas, a group organizing the first Pride in Kaunas, the second biggest city of Lithuania. One night, coming back after a fight, Andrius finds Deividas murdered. Seeing indifferent reactions from society and the police, Andrius takes on a new mission: to find the killer himself.


CAST AND CREW


Starring

Robertas Petraitis as Andrius

Vaslov Goom as Bernardas

Teklė Baroti as Laima

Simas Kuliešius as Jonas

Elvinas Juodkazis as Deividas

Redita Dominaitytė as Rolanda Markevičienė

Lukas Malinauskas as Vytas

Karolis Kasperavičius as Mykolas

Elžbieta Latėnaitė as Miglė


Producers

Romas Zabarauskas

Glenn Elliott

Gabrielė Misevičiūtė


Written by

Romas Zabarauskas

Marc David Jacobs

Vitalija Lapina


Directed by

Romas Zabarauskas


Cinematographer

Narvydas Naujalis


Composer

Ieva Marija Baranauskaitė


Production Designer

Giedrė Valeišaitė


Casting Director

Dalia Survilaitė


Sound Designer

Vytis Puronas


Costume Designer

Lukas Juodis


Editor

Ignė Narbutaitė


Supported by the Lithuanian Film Center and the Lithuanian National TV LRT

Produced using the Film Tax Incentive of the Republic of Lithuania