The Jump

Name: The Jump
Director: Giedrė Žickytė
Released: 2020

Giedrė Žickytė 2020

In 1970, in the middle of the Cold War, an American patrol boat meets a Soviet fishing vessel in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Suddenly, a Lithuanian sailor jumps across ten feet of icy water, landing on the deck of the American boat in a frantic bid for political asylum. To his horror, the Americans return him to the Soviets. Told through incredible archival footage and re-lived by the would-be defector Simas Kudirka himself, the tale takes us on a stranger-than-fiction journey of imprisonment, twists of fate, and the price of becoming a symbol of freedom.

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Running Time:

85 min.

Spoken Languages:

English, Lithuanian, Latvian

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Giedrė Žickytė

Producers:

Giedrė Žickytė, Uldis Cekulis

Cinematographers:

Rimvydas Leipus

Editors:

Thomas Ernst, Danielius Kokanauskis

Production Companies:

Moonmakers

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Brilliantly told and rich in surprises

The story is brilliantly and rich in surprises. The Jump is one of this year's unmissable non-fiction titles.

Davide Abbatescianni
Genuinely entertaining

One of the best stories churned out by the Cold War.

Ron Wilkinson

Festival Participation

Warsaw International Film Festival - 2020
Best Doc Award
Rome Film Festival - 2020
DOCNYC - 2020
Salem Film Festival - 2021
Jury and Audience Awards

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