Akvilė Žilionytė was born in 1987, in Lithuania. Studied and graduated Lithuanian Language and Literature, published two books. Akvilė collaborates with different artists and is engaged in audiovisual projects. In 2018 she graduated Master‘s degree in film directing at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Her first short documentary ‘The daytime is not for me’ premiered in Hamburg International Short Film Festival 2017 and was screened in Vienna, Tirana, Vilnius, Riga, Berlin etc.