On a hot summer evening, a father and son try to make mother feel comfortable during her final hours at the hospital.
[1] Watchkeeping is the second short film by director Karolis Kaupinis, following The Noisemaker, and the second collaboration between the director and Lithuanian producer Marija Razgutė (M-Films).
[2] To prepare for the film, Karolis Kaupinis visited several hospitals and spoke with doctors for several months.
He drew inspiration from the books of Rūta Vanagaitė and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's On Death and Dying about nursing care in addressing the approach to death in a hospital setting.
[3] In 2018, at the awards organized by the Lithuanian Filmmakers Association (LAC), the "Ėuolas" commission awarded cinematographer Simonas Glinskis of Watchkeeping the Best Cinematography prize and a special mention.