Ina Marija Bartaitė

Born: 1996-05-02

Ina Marija Bartaitė (2 May 1996 – 7 April 2021) was a Lithuanian film actress. She was known for, among others, Peace to Us in Our Dreams and Seneca's Day. Since a young age Bartaitė has been following her fathers, Šarūnas Bartas, footsteps acting in many films and accompanying her father to many award ceremonies. The first film Bartaitė has ever appeared in was Visions of Europe. An anthology film with a collection of short film projects by different directors. Her own father directed and wrote the segment "Children Loose Nothing" which Bartaitė had played in. In 2016 at the Vilnius International Film Festival Kino pavasaris, Bartaitė was nominated for Best Lithuanian Actress for the role in Peace to Us in Our Dreams. As of recently, Bartaitė had played a role in Bojena Horackova film Walden. It is a story about young girl Jana, played by Bartaitė, who after twenty-five years of exile in Paris returns to Vilnius, wanting to find the lake that Paulius, her first lover, called "Walden". Bartaitė finished her high school years in Vilnius, and then went on to study in Vilnius University for French Philology. She then went on to study acting in Paris. At the time of her death, Bartaitė lived at Valakampiai with her ill grandmother that had raised her since birth. In an interview Bartaitė had stated that she spoke French and that she traveled to Paris often, as her sister Anastasija lived there with whom she spoke French. She also stated in the same interview that she had never thought to become an actress, not until her father suggested to be in one of his films, stating "It was an idea to live out, and I decided to join in on". She was the only daughter of Šarūnas Bartas and Yekaterina Golubeva. Bartaitė died at the scene of a traffic collision on 7 April 2021, aged 24.


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Our Men

as Nika
Released: 2021-10-06

They come from all over the world but they have one thing in common : The Foreign Legion, their...

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Visions of Europe

as (segment "Lithuania: Children Lose Nothing")
Released: 2004-05-01

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

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I Am Katya Golubeva

as uncredited
Released: 2016-10-01

The question is, whether Katya Golubeva, an icon of the European underground cinema, determined...

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In the Dusk

as Kasheta's children
Released: 2019-11-29

Lithuania, 1948. War is over, but the country is left in ruins. 19-year-old Untė is a member of...

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Peace to Us in Our Dreams

as uncredited
Released: 2015-05-20

On a summer day, a man, his daughter and his companion arrive at their country house to spend...

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Seneca's Day

as Vakare
Released: 2016-08-26

Seneca’s Day is set in the year 1989, the final period of the Soviet era in Lithuania....

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Walden

as Jana lycéenne
Released: 2022-09-07

After 30 years of exile in Paris, Jana travels back to Vilnius. She wants to see again the lake...

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Man for Money

as uncredited
Released: 2021-12-31

When a tenacious tax inspector takes on another of her investigations, the success of which can...

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Children Lose Nothing

as uncredited
Released: 2004-05-01

A miniature movie, kids inhabit the landscape and communicate through the river, the sky, the air.

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Let me dream

as uncredited
Released: 2022-12-01

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