Countdown Director: Audrys Stonys Running Time: 43 minutes Lithuania 2004 Post Screening Discussion With Director       Audrius Stonys is part of the ‘new wave’ directors in Lithuanian cinema, who have chronicled the ruined lives and waning spirits of societies in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Empire. The generation of directors who entered cinema in 1990 replaced words and plot with view and mood. They have produced a cinematic tradition that captures the tensions of modern society. In Countdown, Augustinas Baltrusaitis was a well known director in both cinema and theatre. He produced five feature films, and worked with the legendary Russian cinema director G. Kozincevas. The film captures Balusaitus in the next phase of his life, a recluse, ignored and invisible to his neighbours. Stonys counts down the events that lead up to someone’s destiny. Layers are peeled away and an intriguing puzzle emerges. It is an expediion through the unknown territory of somebody’s life, and results in an interesting comtemplative story.       Screening: 22 October at 6.30 p.m.: Rewley House 26 October at 9.00 p.m.: Modern Art Oxford