Toxic

"Sobering but not without glimmers of tenderness and humor as female friendship takes root in a hopeless place, this Locarno competition entry can expect a healthy festival run, with interest from edgier arthouse distributors" 

"Unsparing but heavy-handed feature directorial debut" 

"Little of this is for the faint of heart, but Bliuvaitė’s refusal to relish in her protagonists’ misfortunes or bury them in misery gives Toxic a compelling and rebellious energy" 

"A visceral examination of adolescence, identity, and the harsh realities of growing up in econimically deprived environment" 

"A raw and uncompromising look at the pressures girls face in places with few prospects but plenty of access to the internet" 

"With a searching camera and particular attention paid to reflecting the emotional frequencies of the characters, the director intuitively captures vibrations that cannot be verbalised and that only imagery can convey. This makes the film mesmerisingly cinematic, in the most intimate sense of the term"