Donatas Šimukauskas

Production

Donatas Šimukauskas

Born

1979-11-13 (46)

Known for

Production

Credits

37 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 9 titles

Not Waiting for Christmas poster
NR

Vilius, a popular radio host, is getting ready to celebrate Christmas with his wonderful family. The pleasant anticipation of the holidays is disrupted by unexpected news: his parents, who left him with his grandmother when he was just a little boy and moved to America, are returning to live in Lithuania.

Not Waiting for Christmas

2026

The Generation of Evil poster
6.4

On the verge of retirement, Commissioner Gintas must undertake the investigation of a series of heinous murders, a dangerous task that could expose the many dirty secrets of several prominent members of the social elite of a small Lithuanian town.

The Generation of Evil

2022

The Evaluation poster
NR

In an academic committee where student performances are judged, a newcomer lecturer must decide: confront the power she once respected or stay silent to belong.

The Evaluation

2025

The Millionaire’s Anniversary poster
NR

A wealthy, hard-working farmer has an only son. Immersed in the bohemian lifestyle of the capital, he lives a carefree life—painting pictures when he feels like it, partying when he feels like it, with girls falling into his bed one after another. It's hard to even remember their names. When life is so fun, who would dream of taking over their father's land and driving a tractor? But one day, life is turned upside down. With his head bowed, the prodigal son returns to his father.

The Millionaire’s Anniversary

2026

We Might Hurt Each Other poster
5.6

A group of classmates celebrate their graduation in an isolated place about which a sinister story is told.

We Might Hurt Each Other

2022

I Am Fine, Thanks poster
7.0

Maria returns to her former life after checking herself out of a rehabilitation clinic where she was being treated for panic attacks. To gain back her position as lead researcher and convince her family she is fine, she hides her breakdowns, which manifest themselves as crazy hallucinations. However, hiding her special condition while also competing for a neuroscience project and the love of her family proves to be more difficult than she’d thought.

I Am Fine, Thanks

2023

How to be a Human Being poster
NR

During a conference in a hotel, a woman in her mid-thirties meets a man that she used to date in her teenage years. She accuses him of ‘date-rape’ back then. She works at the conference and has to help him prepare for the presentation. They start to talk. It turns out that things were different than she thought for many years.

How to be a Human Being

2023

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Three Men Named Mantas

2020

Divorce poster
6.0

When Titus is not given a gift at his potential father-in-law's birthday party, his evasiveness is perceived by the girl's parents as a timid attempt to woo their daughter. Everything would be fine, but Tito, who is currently living in London, is waiting for his wife Marta in Lithuania. In order to get a secret divorce, Tito returns to Lithuania, but a meeting between Tito and Marta takes things in an unexpected direction.

Divorce

2022

2010s · 10 titles

Siberian Education poster
6.8

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against this backdrop two best friends, Kolyma and Gagarin, gradually become fierce enemies as they find themselves on opposite sides of the strict code of honour of the ‘honest criminal’ brotherhood.

Siberian Education

2013

Zero 2 poster
6.5

What would you get if you mix a gangster film and a soap opera? "Zero 2" is a crazy twister of criminal romance and sexy violence that just might laugh you to death.

Zero 2

2010

The Crown Jewels poster
5.4

Fragancia is arrested for the attempted murder of Richard Persson, the son of a powerful factory owner. During the interrogation her amazing and remarkable life story is revealed. We follow her through her impoverished childhood, her adolescence where she meets the great love of her life, ice hockey star Petterson-Jonsson and the lead up to the fatal night where the story begins.

The Crown Jewels

2011

Class Reunion. The Boys Are Back! poster
6.6

The boys are back. Comedy team of 4 beloved actors of improvisation theater KITAS KAMPAS are returning to a new film. This time they are going to class reunion.

Class Reunion. The Boys Are Back!

2017

Call To Action poster
5.8

The dark comedy Gautas iškvietimas is a mockumentary-style film about a police precinct facing staff cuts. Officers, fearing for their jobs, work harder than ever, but the month's calls turn out to be more chaotic than expected. To make matters worse, one officer is caught using stolen drugs from the evidence room... Explosions, shootouts, helicopters, love, erotica, music stars, movie stars, and much more—all in Tadas Vidmantas' comedy Gautas iškvietimas.

Call To Action

2016

Call To Action III poster
5.0

"Super,"" ""the best movie in the world,"" ""When can we download it?""—these were some of the reactions to Tadas Vidmantas' controversial debut film Gautas iškvietimas. Now, less than a year later, the trilogy concludes with Gautas iškvietimas 3. Following their unexpected success, the 7th Police Precinct faces a rare challenge—spending large sums of money. Their motto shifts from ""Protect, Serve, Help"" to ""Buy, Spend, Waste,"" but they soon realize that money can't buy happiness… though that won’t stop them from trying. Chaos follows them everywhere—dangerous calls, absurd situations, and endless trouble. Do riches change people? Which officer is expecting a baby? And will all beloved characters make it to the end? All this and more in the wildest, most star-studded Lithuanian police comedy yet—Gautas iškvietimas 3!

Call To Action III

2016

Three Million Euros poster
6.9

A gambling villager Julius suddenly wins 3 million euros in a lottery and does not know what to do with it.

Three Million Euros

2017

Sasha Was Here poster
6.0

It's a feature-length narrative film about a middle-class couple, that wants to adopt the perfect little girl, but they end up being offered a rebellious 12-year-old boy.

Sasha Was Here

2019

The Book Smuggler poster
6.9

Colorful life of 19th century Lithuanian country side, is what Jurgis experiences when he meets a book smuggler.

The Book Smuggler

2011

Pliusas poster
3.3

Artūras Orlauskas, who introduces himself as an event host on Facebook and is considered by some to be a comedian, has decided to go beyond his humour performances, fifties and weddings, and is now taking to the big screen. Together with the director Mark Goldman, who is hard to find on the Internet (because it can't be Mark Goldman), he brings us a comedy which, after several name changes, has arrived on cinema screens as Plus.

Pliusas

2018

2000s · 5 titles

Whisper of Sin poster
5.5

A nearly-suicidal, young woman visits a psychotherapist. She is in love with a priest, and the diagnosis of her husband's mental illness leaves no hope. The psychotherapist, in her attempts to resolve the amassed difficulties, seemingly begins to duplicate the life stages and behavioral patterns of her patient. A script for this film is based on motifs from the best-seller, scandalous novel, Witch and Rain, by female author, Jurga Ivanauskaite. By choosing a priest as the main role for a love story, the author broke an existing societal taboo. Faith, Love and Hope form the trilogy by the authors of this screenplay. Love stands as the grandest of the three.

Whisper of Sin

2007

Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II poster
5.1

The eventful life of a humble Polish priest who once decried the pomp of the Catholic Church "a circus" and labeled the Pope a "prisoner of the Vatican" before ascending to the papal throne to usher Catholicism into the 21st century. Born in Poland and forced to carry on following the untimely death of his family, Karol Wojtyla endured both personal hardships and the rape of his homeland by the Third Reich to spread the word of God through the Catholic Church. Later, as Pope John Paul II, Wojtyla was beloved by millions of Catholics worldwide. From the sexual-abuse scandal that shook the American Catholic Church in the later-20th century to the murder of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero and the near-fatal assassination attempt made on his own life, Pope John Paul II endured to bridge the gap between various faiths until his death resulting from Parkinson's disease in April of 2005.

Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II

2006

5 Day Scam poster
7.0

A situational comedy about a mix of nutty people that come together in an environment of peculiar provincial show business of a developing country, each of them craving for fame and riches.

5 Day Scam

2008

Zero. Lilac Lithuania poster
5.3

ZERO is an 0 sucking in a young deserter, a casino victim and three heroin brothers. That is a destiny, a mixture of objectives and desires of heroes. That is a lifestyle balancing on the edge - bullets, numbers and needles.

Zero. Lilac Lithuania

2006

No artwork available
1.0

Ron has lost his job and watched his family fall apart. He spends his days at the club of his childhood friend, Adi, where he plays cards for money. It is springtime. He meets Dina, an old friend of Adi. They quickly become close, start playing as a team, and move in together. One evening, Ron loses all his money at the tables, gets drunk and is thrown out by Adi’s bodyguards. Dina takes advantage of the turmoil to steal from Adi. She convinces Ron to skip town. The two hide out in a fishing village. It is autumn. Ron and Dina discover that they know nothing about each another. They are strangers who can’t so much as look into each other’s eyes much less tell each other the truth.

Perpetuum Mobile

2008

Series credits

Rezidentai poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rezidentai

2014

Who Knew? poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Who Knew?

2018

Pats brangiausias serialas poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pats brangiausias serialas

2022

Puppeteer poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Puppeteer

2025

Paveldėtoja poster
NR

This is a story about a girl. which. inherited an ancient manor from her stepmother. turns into love. a whirlwind of intrigue and mystery. In the center of the series - Saulė Meilutė. good hearted. brave. stubborn girl. coming to his native mansion with the sole purpose of settling inheritance issues peacefully with a family living illegally on his land and doing business. Each step of her is accompanied by new secrets of the town from the past. which will either help love triumph. or will eventually destroy it.

Paveldėtoja

2018

Ne tau, Martyna! poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ne tau, Martyna!

2024

Šiukšlyno žmonės poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Šiukšlyno žmonės

2024

Vasaris poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Vasaris

2026

Emigrantai. Lašišos poster
NR

The trio, tired of wandering, settle in Lithuania and prepare to live a quiet life. However, an invitation from their friend Eimutis to Norway to celebrate his birthday turns into a horror - he is brutally murdered. The friends, who have promised the police not to go anywhere, begin to solve the murder themselves with the help of Rokelis from "Emigrants. Oranges". Will the friends have to work at the factory again? How will Rokelis fit into the company and will his affair with a Norwegian police officer help, or will it just hinder the investigation? And, most importantly, will they manage to find the real killer?

Emigrantai. Lašišos

2025

Kas būtų, jeigu nebūtų Mėnulio poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kas būtų, jeigu nebūtų Mėnulio

2023

Mano meilė karantinas poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mano meilė karantinas

2020

Behind the camera