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Matelis wins Best Documentary at Warsaw Film Festival

October 24, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

‘Wonderful Losers. A Different World”, from Lithuanian film director Arūnas Matelis, was awarded the Best Documentary Feature at the 33rd edition of the International Warsaw Film Festival (WFF). As the winner at one of the top eight ‘A’ class film festivals (along with Cannes, Venice and Berlin) in Europe, Arūnas Matelis’ documentary will also be eligible in the selection for the European Film Academy Awards, Kino Komunikacija wrote in a press release. […]

Lithuanian cinema to begin 2018 with a film retrospective in Paris

October 17, 2017 Lithuanian Film Centre 0

One of the biggest and most important projects presenting Lithuanian cinema to Europe will open the series of events in France dedicated to the centenary of the restoration of the state of Lithuania. Three years of negotiations were finalised this week with an agreement between the Lithuanian Film Centre, the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in France, and the Paris-based Cinémathèque Française, one of the largest cinematheques in the world. The film programme will begin in January next year and will run for almost a month. […]

Baltic Pitching Forum 2017 celebrates best filmmakers from Baltic region

October 5, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

The fifth edition of the Baltic Pitching Forum is set to take place in Vilnius, Lithuania on 6th and 7th October 2017. The event will invite nine short film projects – three each from the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – to come and pitch in front of a panel of invited experts. […]

Lithuania, Germany to sign agreement on 1918 independence act at a later date

September 21, 2017 BNS 0

The signing of an agreement on a temporary depositing of the original copy of Lithuania’s 1918 Act of Independence in Vilnius has been put off to a later date due to changes in German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel’s schedule. […]

19 people apply for rector’s job at Vilnius-based European Humanities University

September 20, 2017 BNS 0

Nineteen people applied for the rector’s job at the Vilnius-based European Humanities University (EHU) by Wednesday’s deadline, EHU said. […]

Lithuania launching campaign Pledge for Lithuania

September 20, 2017 BNS 0

The campaign Pledge for Lithuania has been launched in Lithuania on Wednesday, with a possibility for anyone to write his pledge in a dedicated book. […]

Lithuania to exhibit Feb. 16 1918 Independence Act from Germany in Signatory House

September 19, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuania’s February 16 1918 Independence Act to be handed over by Germany will be exhibited in the Signatory House starting next year, the President’s Office said on Tuesday. […]

Court rejects Kevisas’ suit over his dismissal as national opera theater director

September 19, 2017 BNS 0

A Vilnius court on Tuesday turned down a suit filed by Gintautas Kevisas, a former long-standing director general of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater (LNOBT), over his dismissal from the job. […]

Lithuania to again read names in memory of Holocaust victims

September 18, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuania will commemorate the Jewish Genocide Memorial Day this year by reading the names of the Holocaust victims out loud, with the reading to kick off in Merkine this past Sunday and continue in Vilnius and Kaunas next week. […]

Paris museum to tell world about most prominent Lithuanian symbolists

September 15, 2017 BNS 0

Musee d’Orsay, one of the most famous museums worldwide, should next year present symbolism of the Baltic states, and the museum’s director Laurence Des Cars hopes to introduce visitors to Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis and other Lithuanian symbolists. […]

Frost by Š. Bartas selected to compete for the Academy Award

September 12, 2017 Lithuanian Film Centre 0

The decision was taken by the Lithuanian committee of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Frost, which is the latest work of the filmmaker Šarūnas Bartas, competed for the right to run for the prestigious award in the category of the best foreign language film with the other two candidates – The Saint directed by Andrius Blaževičius (2016) and Together For Ever by Lina Lužytė (2016). […]

Remains of Vilnius Great Synagogue listed as cultural values

September 5, 2017 BNS EN 0

Remaining and underground remains of the Vilnius Great Synagogue have been listed in the register of cultural values, Lithuania’s Cultural Heritage Department said on Tuesday. […]

Minister of culture sees plans to perform Belarus ballet Vytautas in Vilnius as provocation

September 5, 2017 BNS EN 0

Plans to perform the Belarusian-produced ballet Vytautas (Vitaut) in Vilnius next January and link it to the official program for celebrations of the centenary of the restoration of Lithuania’s statehood is a demonstration of soft power and provocation, Culture Minister Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson said. […]

In September, premieres of Lithuanian productions will take place at the leading film festivals

September 1, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

After a long break, Lithuanian filmmakers will present their works at two leading film festivals of Venice and Toronto. Lithuania is the only Eastern European country to present its productions to the audiences of the key autumn events in Europe and North America. […]

Ministry to buy rebroadcasting services for 3 Polish TV channels

August 31, 2017 BNS EN 0

The Lithuanian Ministry for Transport and Communications is planning to purchase services for rebroadcasting of three Polish television programs in Lithuania. […]

Litvak culture, art center being established in Vilnius

August 11, 2017 BNS EN 0

A cultural and arts center of Litvaks, Jews of Lithuanian origin, is being established in Vilnius for 5 million euros in European money earmarked by the Ministry of Culture. […]

Vilnius, Tallinn, Riga to show Baltic movies for free

August 9, 2017 BNS EN 0

The Baltic Film Days will be held in Vilnius for the first time at the end of August – it is a unique event featuring Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian productions on the same week in Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius, the Lithuanian Film Center said. […]

Lithuania to use famous musicians, Kaunas modernism for presentation abroad

August 7, 2017 BNS EN 0

The Lithuanian government’s office suggests making a video for audiences abroad for the upcoming 100-year anniversary of independence, saying that the country should be presented by accordionist Martynas Levickis and conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla. […]

BBC to make film about Jewish traces in Vilnius

August 1, 2017 BNS EN 0

Scientists from the United States are continuing archaeological tests in Lithuania in search of traces of Jewish culture and history – a Canadian filming crew arrived in Vilnius with the scientists to film a documentary for Britain’s national broadcaster BBC. The feature is expected to premiere in the fall of 2018. […]

HBO project in Lithuania of outstanding volume – head of Film Center

July 27, 2017 BNS EN 0

The miniseries about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster to be filmed in Lithuania by the US HBO television will be the second project of a similar size to be implemented in the Baltic state, says Rolandas Kvietkauskas, CEO of the Lithuanian Film Center. […]