Cinema

  • Tribune

The Spirit of Freedom – short films from top Ukrainian filmmakers in Vilnius

Pasaka Cinema Boutique in collaboration with Kyiv International Short Film Festival (KISFF) presents a collection of short films from top…

2 years ago
  • Culture

Chernobyl and FABulous cinematographic mission of FABijoniškės in Vilnius

After the first three (of five) episodes of the Chernobyl show, that stunned viewers and critics, a slew of interviews…

5 years ago
  • Culture

Lithuanian film industry joins #metoo project

The Lithuanian Film Center, together with the Center for Equality Advancement and the Lithuanian Center for Human Rights, is launching…

5 years ago
  • Culture

‘I fear for Russia’s future’ – Sokurov in Vilnius

With anti-democratic sentiments growing among the Russian population, Alexander Sokurov, a prominent Russian filmmaker, says he feels great concern about…

8 years ago
  • Culture

Documentary award puts Lithuanian filmmaker’s short on path to Oscar nomination

The documentary by Lithuanian filmmaker Giedrė Žickytė "I Am Not From Here" won the best short film award at the…

8 years ago
  • Culture

Jack The Ripper stalks Vilnius as filming begins in Lithuania

Vilnius has been picked as the backdrop for one of the best-known serial killer stories set in the 1880s London.…

8 years ago
  • Culture

Lithuanian director’s film nominated for European Film Award

"I'm Not from Here", a film by Lithuanian director Giedrė Žickytė and Chilean director Maite Alberdi, has been nominated for…

8 years ago
  • Culture

Pope vs. Hitler director Chris Cassel: ‘This is where real history happened’

Emmy-nominated director Chris Cassel first shot in Lithuania nine years ago. Now the director is back to film a docudrama…

8 years ago
  • Culture

Documentary filmmaker Audrius Stonys: Showing the invisible

Lithuanian filmmaker Audrius Stonys is given a special treatment at the biggest Swiss documentary film festival Visions du Réel which…

8 years ago
  • Culture

Lithuania in focus at Swiss documentary film festival

Special focus will be given to Lithuania at the biggest Swiss documentary film festival Visions du Réel on April 15–23.…

8 years ago
  • Society

Hollywood cast of new Tolstoy film ‘falling in love with Lithuania’

Filming for the new US TV film The Cobbler started in Vilnius this week. The film is based on a…

9 years ago
  • Culture

Finnish war movie shot in Lithuania gets community première

A screening of The Midwife at the Embassy of Finland in Vilnius this past Friday saw members of the Finnish…

9 years ago
  • Culture

Lithuanian-descent ‘Revenant’ cinematographer wins Oscar

Emmanuel Lubezki, the director of Lithuanian descent last night won a an Oscar for best cinematography for “The Revenant”. [...]

9 years ago
  • Culture

Second Tolstoy classic being filmed in Lithuania following success of War and Peace

Another Tolstoy classic, Martin the Cobbler, is being filmed on location in Lithuania following the success of the BBC’s epic…

9 years ago
  • Culture

Lithuania named in top 5 film locations by ‘Hollywood bible’

Lithuania has been named as one of the top five locations for filming of Hollywood blockbusters in Europe by the…

9 years ago
  • Culture

The Revenant cinematographer of Lithuanian descent wins BAFTA, on track for Oscar

Emmanuel Lubezki, the director of Lithuanian descent who has already won consecutive Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for his work…

9 years ago
  • Global LT

Lithuanian documentary Master and Tatyana shown at film festival in Sweden

A Lithuanian documentary about a mysterious photographer was screened at Gothenburg International Film Festival in Sweden. [...]

9 years ago
  • Culture

Moments from Maidan captured by Lithuanian photographer up for Oscar

Director‘s Evgeny Afineevsky film about the conflict in Ukraine, Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom, which includes much of…

9 years ago
  • Culture

“Revenant” cinematographer of Lithuanian descent tipped for Oscar

The cinematographer for Revenant, the film leading the race for this year’s Oscars with 12 nominations, is of Lithuanian Litvak…

9 years ago
  • Culture

Documentary about Lithuanian folk singers to première at Stanford’s Baltic Film Series

After sold-out premières in Vilnius, Lithuania, and New York, new documentary film “Land of Songs” will have its West Coast…

9 years ago