In all, 15 feature films, 11 documentaries, 13 short films, seven animated films, six minority coproductions and 12 student films were submitted.
The Silver Crane Awards 2023 are organised by the Lithuanian Film Centre and the Audiovisual Works Copyright Association AVAKA.
FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS:
Best Feature Film:
Feature Film about Life / Ilgo metro filmas apie gyvenimą (Lithuania)
Directed by Dovilė Šarutytė
Produced by Studio Uljana Kim
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre, LRT
Parade / Paradas (Lithuania)
Directed by Titas Laucius
Produced by After School
Supported by Lithuanian Film Centre
Remember to Blink / Per arti (Lithuania)
Directed by Austėja Urbaitė
Produced by Fralita Films
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre, LRT
The Poet / Poetas (Lithuania)
Directed by Giedrius Tamoševičius, Vytautas V. Landsbergis
Produced by Studija APropos
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre, LRT
Vesper (Lithuania, France, Belgium)
Directed by Kristina Buožytė, Bruno Samper
Produced by Natrix Films
Coproduced by VFX, 10.80 Films, EV.L Prod
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre
Best Short Film:
1991 (Lithuania)
Directed by Linas Žiūra
Once upon a Vilnius / Čiabuvo Vilnius (Lithuania)
Directed by Eitvydas Doškus
Tell Me You Love Me / Pasakyk, kadmyli (Lithuania)
Directed by Elena Rožukaitė
The Trip / Reisas (Lithuania)
Directed by Rimantas Oičenka
Cherry / Uogos (Lithuania)
Directed by Vytautas Katkus
Best Long Documentary:
Antanas Sutkus. Scenes from Photographer’s Life / Antanas Sutkus. Scenos Iš Fotografo Gyvenimo (Lithuania)
Directed by Vytautas V. Landsbergis
Produced by Studija APropos
Decadent Nr. 2419 / Dekadentas NR. 2419 (Lithuania)
Directed by Saimir Bajo
Produced by Ketvirtaversija
Burial / Kapinynas (Lithuania, Norway)
Directed by Emilija Škarnulytė
Produced by Just a moment
Coproduced by Mer Film
Mariupolis 2 (Lithuania, France, Germany)
Directed by Mantas Kvedaravičius, co-directed by Hanna Bilobrova
Produced by Studio Uljana Kim, Extimacy film
Coproduced by Easy Riders films, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion
Back from New York / Sugrįžę iš Niujorko (Lithuania)
Directed by Ramunė Rakauskaitė
Produced by StudioNominum
Best Animated Film:
Much Better / Dauggeresnis (Lithuania)
Directed by Skirmanta Jakaitė
Katu katu (Lithuania)
Directed by Giedrė Narušytė Boots
The Perfect Fit / Patrikas (Lithuania)
Directed by Meinardas Valkevičius
Planets and Robots / Planetos ir robotai (Lithuania)
Directed by Julius Zubavičius, Antanas Skučas
Purga (Lithuania)
Directed by Gintarė Valevičiūtė Brazauskienė, Antanas Skučas
Best Director:
Austėja Urbaitė for Remember to Blink / Per arti
Giedrius Tamoševičius, Vytautas V. Landsbergis for The Poet / Poetas
Ramunė Rakauskaitė for Back from New York / Sugrįžęiš Niujorko
Titas Laucius for Parade / Paradas
Kristina Buožytė, Bruno Samper for Vesper
Best Leading Actress:
Anne Azoulay in Remember to Blink / Per arti
Dovilė Kundrotaitė in Remember to Blink / Per arti
Rasa Samuolytė in Parade / Paradas
Raffiella Chapman in Vesper
Agnė Misiūnaitė in Feature Film about Life/ Ilgo metro filmas apie gyvenimą
Best Leading Actor:
Donatas Želvys in The Poet / Poetas
Lukas Malinauskas in Songs for a Fox / Dainoslapei (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia)
Directed by KristijonasVildžiūnas
Produced by Studio Uljana Kim
Coproduced by Studio Locomotive, Joonisfilm
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre, the National Film Centre of Latvia, the Estonian Film Centre
Vytautas Kaniušonis in Generation of Evil / Piktuju Karta (Lithuania)
Directed by EmilisVėlyvis
Produced by Kino kultas
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre
Šarūnas Rapolas Meliešius in Pensitive / Rūpintojėlis (Lithuania)
Directed by Jonas Trukanas
Produced by Cometos
Valentinas Masalskis in The Flood Won’t Come / Tvano nebus (Lithuania)
Directed by Marat Sargsyan
Produced by Tremora
Best Supporting Actress:
Indrė Patkauskaitė in The Poet / Poetas
Inesa Sionova in Remember to Blink / Per arti
Nelė Savičenko in Feature Film about Life / Ilgo metro filmas apie gyvenimą
Barbora Bareikytė in Parade / Paradas
Rosy Mcewen in Vesper
Best Supporting Actor:
Dainius Gavenonis in The Poet / Poetas
Giedrius Savickas in Parade / Paradas
Romuald Lavrinovič in Feature Film about Life / Ilgo metro filmas apie gyvenimą
Paulius Markevičius in The Poet / Poetas
Povilas Jatkevičius in Pensitive / Rūpintojėlis
Best Screenplay:
Austėja Urbaitė for Remember to Blink / Per arti
GiedriusTamoševičius, Vytautas V. Landsbergis for The Poet / Poetas
KristijonasVildžiūnas for Songs for a Fox / Dainoslapei
Titas Laucius for Parade / Paradas
Marat Sargsyan for The Flood Won’t Come / Tvano nebus
Best Cinematographer:
Eitvydas Doškus, Audrius Budrys, Adam Khalil, Emilija Škarnulytė for Burial / Kapinynas
Feliksas Arbukauskas for Generation of Evil / Piktųjųkarta
Julius Sičiūnas for Remember to Blink / Per arti
Laurynas Bareiša for Parade / Paradas
Vytautas Plukas for The Poet / Poetas
Best Music Composer:
Gaute Barlindhaug for Burial / Kapinynas
Justė Janulytė for January / Janvāris (Latvia, Lithuania, Poland)
Directed by Viesturs Kairišs
Produced by Mistrus Media
Coproduced by Artbox, Staron Film
Supported by the National Film Centre of Latvia, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, the Lithuanian Film Centre, the Polish Film Institute, Eurimages, Latvijas Mobilais Telefons, Latvian Television, Latvian Foundation, Culture and Sports Department of the Riga City Council
Šiaurės Kryptis for Songs for a Fox / Dainoslapei
Kipras Mašanauskas, Vytautas Bikus for Generation of Evil / Piktųjų karta
Mindaugas Urbaitis for I Am Fine, Thanks / Man viskas gerai (Lithuania)
Directed by Ernestas Jankauskas, produced by Dansu films
Best Production Design:
Justė Vazgytė for Parade / Paradas
Ramūnas Rastauskas, Raimondas Dičius for Vesper
Sigita Šimkūnaitė for The Poet / Poetas
Jurgis Krasons for Songs for a Fox / Dainos lapei
Polina Rudčik for Generation of Evil / Piktųju karta
Best Editing:
Audinga Kučinskaitė for Back from New York / Sugrįžęiš Niujorko
Danielius Kokanauskis for The Natural History of Destruction / Natūralinaikinimoistorija (Germany, the Netherlands, Lithuania)
Directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Produced by LOOKSfilm
Coproduced by Studio Uljana Kim, Atoms & Void
Gabrielė Urbonaitė, Austėja Urbaitė for Remember to Blink / Per arti
Gintarė Sokelytė for Feature Film about Life / Ilgo metro filmas apie gyvenimą
Mykolas Žukauskas, Darius Šilėnas for Burial / Kapinynas
Best Sound Design:
Jonas Maksvytis for January / Janvāris
Julius Grigelionis for Remember to Blink / Per arti
Saulius Urbanavičius for Songs for a Fox / Dainoslapei
Vladimir Golovnitski for The Natural History of Destruction / Natūralinaikinimoistorija
Vytis Puronas for Burial / Kapinynas
Best Costume Design:
Agnė Rimkutė for The Poet / Poetas
Arūnė Daukantaitė for Parade / Paradas
Christophe Pidre, Florence Scholtes for Vesper
Rūta Lečaitė for January / Janvāris
Jolanta Rimkutė for Generation of Evil / Piktųju karta
Best Make-up:
Eglė Mikalauskaitė Gricienė for Vesper
Elena Permogorskaja for Pensive / Rūpintojėlis (Lithuania)
Directed by Jonas Trukanas
Produced by Cometos
Jurgita Globytė for Generation of Evil / Piktųjųkarta
Justė Butkė for Remember to Blink / Per arti
Best Minority Coproduction:
As Far As I Can Walk / Strahinja Banović (Serbia, Luxembourg, France, Bulgaria, Lithuania)
Directed by Stefan Arsenijević
Produced by Art & Popcorn
Coproduced by Surprise Alley, Les Films Fauves, Chouchkov Brothers, Artbox
Supported by Film Center Serbia, the Serbian Film Incentive, CNC’ Aide aux cinémas du monde, Film Fund Luxembourg, the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Lithuanian Film Centre, Eurimages, MEDIA-Creative Europe
The Natural History of Destruction / Natūralinaikinimoistorija (Germany, the Netherlands, Lithuania)
Directed by Sergei Loznitsa
January / Janvāris (Latvia, Lithuania, Poland)
Directed by Viesturs Kairišs
Aurora’s Sunrise (Armenia, Germany, Lithuania)
Directed by Inna Sahakyan
Produced by Bars Media
Coproduced by Artbox laisvalaikio klubas (aka Broom Films)
Supported by Eurimages
Best Student Film:
Through Gloom / Blausos (Lithuania)
Directed by Arnas Balčiūnas
The Fall / Krytis (Lithuania)
Directed by Eglė Razumaitė
I Want to Be Human / Noriubūtžmogum (Lithuania)
Directed by Rinaldas Tomaševičius
Precipitate / Nuosėdos (Lithuania)
Directed by Viktoras Gineitis
Black Black Night / Juoda juoda naktis (Lithuania)
Directed by Laura Udra