Šarūnas Bartas’s Lithuanian/French/Polish/Latvian Drama Back to the Family on Festival Circuit
VILNIUS: Acclaimed Lithuanian director Šarūnas Bartas’s feature Back to the Family, which premiered at the 54th International Rotterdam Film Festival, will screen in a number of festivals including the Cinema…
Baltic Pitching Forum Opens Call for 2025 Edition
VILNIUS: The 13th Baltic Pitching Forum has launched the application call for its annual edition set for 7 - 10 October 2025 in Vilnius. In addition to projects from Latvia,…
Vilnius Emerges as Interesting Location for International Productions
VILNIUS: In March 2025, Vilnius hosted film crews from Estonia, Sweden, Ukraine, the USA and Lithuania, who were engaged in a total of 11 filming projects. These encompassed a variety…
GRANTS: Lithuania Announces Production Grants
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Film Centre has distributed 4,222,350 EUR as production grants for seven feature films and two documentaries, as well as for five debut features, seven short films, three…
Kino Pavasaris 2025 Winners
VILNIUS: The French/Italian/Georgian drama April by Dea Kulumbegashvili won the award for best film in the main competition of the 30th Vilnius International Film Festival Kino Pavasaris (7 – 23…
Meeting Point Vilnius 2025 Announces Winners
VILNIUS: Meeting Point Vilnius (MPV) has announced the winning projects of its latest edition held 17 – 20 March 2025.
PRODUCTION: Rostislav Kirpičenko Preps Lithuanian/French/Ukrainian Feature Spring
VILNIUS: Young Lithuanian director Rostislav Kirpičenko is in preparation with his debut feature Spring / Vesna, exploring the search for human dignity amidst the daily horrors of war. This joint…
Meeting Point Vilnius 2025 Announces Selected Projects
VILNIUS: Meeting Point Vilnius (MPV) has announced the selected projects in development and in production that will be pitched on 17 March 2025 at Forum Cinemas Vingis in Vilnius.
The 30th Kino Pavasaris Announces Full Programme
VILNIUS: Films by Gints Zilbalodis, Saulė Bliuvaitė, Dea Kulumbegashvili and Bogdan Mureșanu have been selected for the Competition of the 30th Vilnius International Film Festival Kino Pavasaris, which will be…
FNE at Berlinale 2025: Lithuanian Cinema in Berlin
Lithuania at the 75th Berlinale: Shooting Star Šarūnas Zenkevičius and more national film news - During this year’s Berlin Film Festival, the attention of Lithuania’s film community will turn to…
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Director Arūnas Matelis in Production with Challenging Documentary G.H.1
VILNIUS: Lithuanian director/writer/producer Arūnas Matelis is currently in production with his new long documentary G.H.1 / G.V.1, which he calls “a very, very challenging film”.
Sony Pictures Television Series to Shoot in Lithuania
VILNIUS: TV series Star City directed by Nick Murphy and produced by Sony Pictures Television will start shooting in Vilnius at the beginning of February 2025.
BOX OFFICE: Lithuanian BO Increased in 2024, Three Domestic Films in Top Ten
VILNIUS: Lithuanian gross box office was 23,534,512 EUR in 2024, higher by 9.86 percent than in 2023, while total admissions increased by 5.79 percent. The domestic doc Rowing across the…
First Lithuanian Animated Series to Secure International Distribution
VILNIUS: The animated preschool TV series Stomp! Stomp! Rhinos! produced by Oak9 Entertainment is the first Lithuanian animated franchise acquired by a sales agent (Boat Rocker) for worldwide distribution.
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Director Dovile Gasiunaite in Postproduction with Danka
VILNIUS: Lithuanian director Dovile Gasiunaite is currently in postproduction with her feature film Danka, which is set to be released in 2025.
German Christmas Film Shoots in Lithuania
VILNIUS: Christmas in Olympus / Weihnachten im Olymp directed by Katharina Schöde and Felix Fuchssteiner is currently shooting in Vilnius.
Skalvija Cinema Centre in Vilnius Awarded at Europa Cinemas Network Conference
VILNIUS: The Best Young Audience Activity Award at the 23rd Europa Cinemas Network Conference (28 November - 1 December 2024) in Vilnius was presented to the Skalvija Cinema Centre in…
Lithuanian/Latvian Drowning Dry Gets U.S. Distribution
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian/Latvian coproduction Drowning Dry / Sesės directed by Laurynas Bareiša will be released in the USA by Dekanalog in the spring of 2025. The film has been selected…
First Europa Cinemas Network Conference to Be Held in Baltic Countries
VILNIUS: Lithuania’s capital city will host 500 guests at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Vilnius as the 23rd Europa Cinemas Network Conference will be held for the first time in…
Lithuanian Film Centre Backs Anniversary of European Convention on Cinematographic Coproduction
STRASBOURG: Eurimages and the Lithuanian Film Centre, in association with the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO), celebrated the 30th anniversary of the entry into force of the European Convention on Cinematographic…
