Introduction

Atėnė Mendelytė (PhD) is Associate Professor at Vilnius University and specializes in film and visual studies. With a focus on the intersections of film, philosophy, and other disciplines, she has recently published in journals such as photographies (2022), Studies in Documentary Film (2023), and Games and Culture (2023).

Ieva Steponavičiūtė Aleksiejūnienė (PhD; ORCID 0000-0002-3115-7831) is Associate Professor of literature and Head of Centre for Scandinavian Studies at Vilnius University. Among her publications is the book Texts at Play: The Ludic Aspect of Karen Blixen's Writings (Vilnius University Press, 2011).