Lithuania Announces 2012 Film Grants
The Lithuanian Ministry of Culture has announced 4,233,360 LT (1.22 million EUR) in film grants for 14 feature, documentary and animated films.
Foreign Sales for Anarchy in Zirmunai
{mosimage}Lithuanian director Saulius Drunga's debut feature Anarchy in Zirmunai has been sold to over ten foreign territories. The film has been sold to Atlantide (Italy), Peccadillo (UK and Ireland), Kamer…
FESTIVALS: Vilnius IFF Opens with Carnage
{mosimage}VILNIUS: 17th Vilnius International Film Festival "Kino Pavasaris" (http://kinopavasaris.lt) will open on 15 March 2012 with Roman Polanski's Carnage and hold its gala closing on 29 March.
FNE at Berlinale 2012: Only premiere of a Lithuanian film at Berlinale 2012 screens tonight
{mosimage}BERLIN: The Lithuanian feature film Restricted Sensation by a Lithuanian artist Deimantas Narkevicius will take place tonight at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. It is important to note that…
The top 10 things you didn't know about Lithuanian films
{mosimage}How much do you know about Lithuania and its film industry? That it is a small country near the Baltic Sea, creating a record low amount of films? Unfortunately we…
Lithuania Launch Berlin EFM Stand
VILNIUS: Lithuania announces its film comeback with a stand at the European Film Market in Berlin, celebrating the golden age of Lithuanian film.
Lithuania Picks Up My Man Can
Lithuanian commercial TV broadcaster LNK (lnk.lt) has acquired the competitive game show My Man Can from German sales company SevenOne International. The show will debut on LNK in January 2012.
Lithuania 2011 Country Profile
{mosimage}VILNIUS: Lithuania‘s recent struggles for the survival of its film industry appear to be ending at last. Lithuania continues to produce a low number of films. In 2010 there were…
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Doc Father in Postproduction
VILNIUS: Father, a 70,000 euro Lithuanian documentary directed by Marat Sargsyan, is in the final stages of production in preparation for a March 2012 release. The 52 minute film is…
Finns Fund Lithuanian Film
The Finnish Film Foundation announced 150,000 euros in grant support for the Finnish/Lithuanian coproduction Santa co-produced by Lithuanian company ArtBox (www.artbox.lt).
Lithuania Awaits New Film Law
JIHLAVA: Lithuanian filmmakers are hopeful that a new film law will finally establish a national film center and provide guaranteed financial support for the domestic film industry. Parliamentary discussions begin…
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian documentary Zone in Postproduction
The Lithuanian documentary film Zone (Nebalta drobė) directed by Jurga Naraškevičiūtė is now in postproduction.
Lithuanian documentary Zone in Postproduction
The Lithuanian documentary film Zone (Nebalta drobė) directed by Jurga Naraškevičiūtė is now in postproduction.
PRODUCTION: Siberian Education filming in Lithuania
VILNIUS: Italian director Gabriele Salvatores is shooting English language feature film Siberian Education (Educazione Siberiana) in Vilnius, Lithuania. The film is a coproduction between Italian film company Cattleya S.r.l. (http://www.cattleya.it/home/)…
FNE at KVIFF: Tremora Reveals Production Plans
KARLOVY VARY: Lithuanian producer Ieva Norviliene of the production company Tremora (www.tremora.com) told FNE that she has one film in postproduction and four more films in development for production over…
Siberian Education to Shoot in Lithuania
John Malkovich is set to star in Siberian Education which is scheduled to begin filming in Lithuania at the end of August.
Lithuania to Open Vilnius Film Office
The mayor of Vilnius, Artūras Zuokas, met with the head of the Independent Producers Association (NPA) Rasa Miškinytė, the NPA and the representatives of the Lithuanian film industry to discus…
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Lithuania
VILNIUS: Lithuanian television survived the onslaught of foreign programming beginning in the 1990‘s and is pulling out of the financial crisis of 2009. The result is a return to domestic…
Vildžiūnas Wins Top Lithuanian Awards
VILNIUS: Kristijonas Vildžiūnas won the best director and best film awards for the Lithuanian-Polish-German coproduction Back To Your Arms (www.kaiapkabinsiutave.lt) at the Lithuanian Film and TV industry's Silver Crane Awards…
Obituary: Lithuanian Director Marijonas Giedrys
VILNIUS: Lithuanian feature film and documentary director Marijonas Giedrys has died at age 78. His death came after a long illness, according to the Lithuanian Filmmakers Union.
