Emmy-nominated director Chris Cassel first shot in Lithuania nine years ago. Now the director is back to film a docudrama about Pope Pius XII’s role in World War Two. […]
Beer is increasingly replacing wine and brandy as the drink of sophistication in Lithuania. Walking through the streets of Vilnius at night, it is hard not to notice the many bars crowded with people sipping all sorts of specialty beers. Beer connoisseurs and sommeliers are enthusiastically confirming this trend. […]
Fans of the BBC’s War & Peace series are in luck. They can now follow a trail through Vilnius that takes them by some of the key shooting locations. […]
Vilnius’ Old Town saw its streets fill and even congest with the large amount of visitors to the annual Saint Casimir’s Fair this past weekend. […]
Filming for the new US TV film The Cobbler started in Vilnius this week. The film is based on a short story by Tolstoy and stars Hollywood legend John Rhys-Davies. “We all quickly started falling in love with Lithuania,” said producer and co-writer of The Cobbler, Russ Kendall. […]
Lithuania expects to see the rapid growth of its tourism sector continue well into 2016. With a Lithuanian delegation travelling to the US later this month to promote the country, the award from the UNTWO for the Treetop Walking Path in Anykšciai, and the buzz that the Kaunas-set Japanese WWII film Persona Non Grata has created, Lithuania’s tourism sector is finding its way into the spotlights all over the world. […]
The first screening of the BBC’s War & Peace in Vilnius this Saturday saw some of the heavy hitters of the Lithuanian film and culture industry mingle with the British BBC crew. With the BBC having shot this major production in Lithuania and the implementation of new tax incentives, the country’s film industry is seeing a surge. […]
Tom Harper, director of the BBC‘s latest adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s epic War & Peace, returns to Vilnius, the backdrop of many of the series’ scenes, for the first screening in Lithuania. David van Roon of the Lithuania Tribune speaks with Harper about Lithuania’s most beautiful film locations, local cuisine and how directing an army of actors in a battle scene is not all that different from commanding an actual army. […]
Lithuanians all over the world stand in solidarity on the 25th anniversary commemoration of January 1991 events. […]
The Embassy of Sweden in Vilnius sent out an unusual and musical Christmas greeting this year. When the recipients received an email from the embassy they were invited to click on a picture of the entire embassy staff in Christmas hats. The email then led them to the festive video in which the staff bellow out ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ in Swedish, English and Lithuanian. […]
A group of third graders from Vilnius have pledged to give up their Christmas presents this year in support of an animal shelter. The class of 19 children from Žiburio elementary school decided in unison that they would not only give up their presents, but would also sell homemade sweets at Cathedral Square to raise money. […]
A large crowd gathered on Kudirkos Square to witness Rabbi Sholom B. Krinsky light the Menorah candelabra this past Thursday. With the mayor of Vilnius and the first Israeli ambassador to Lithuania, Amir Maimo, attending, this 22nd Hanukkah event in Vilnius showed that it has grown with the city. […]
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