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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 on the films Gravity and Birdman, last night won a BAFTA for best cinematography for The Revenant. […]
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War and Peace director Tom Harper: ‘I felt like an army general myself, but with less severe consequences’
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. […]
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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 DELFI photographer‘s Artūras Morozovas footage and photos, was nominated in the best documentary film category in the upcoming Academy Awards. […]
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Tourist boost kicks off from BBC’s ‘War and Peace’ in Lithuania
The filming of War and Peace is already generating huge interest in visitor trips to Lithuania, with leading newspapers in the UK running features on how tourists can come to experience some of the locations from the blockbuster series. […]
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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 Première on the closing night of Stanford University’s 2015 Baltic Film Series. […]
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Lithuanian actor in the cast of latest James Bond movie
The cast of the latest instalment of the James Bond franchise, 007 Spectre, includes a Lithuanian name. […]
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Two Lithuanian shorts at Stockholm animation festival REX
The international REX animation festival, which opens in Stockholm on Friday, is screening two entries from Lithuania. […]
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US director makes documentary about Hill of Witches in Lithuania
US director Frank Barn is shooting a documentary film about the Hill of Witches on Lithuania’s picturesque Curonian Spit, with plans to present the movie at the international festival, The BEA Festival of Media Arts. […]
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Lithuania submits The Summer of Sangaile for foreign language Oscar nomination
The Lithuanian Oscar Committee has decided that Alantė Kavaitė’s film The Summer of Sangaile (Sangailės vasara) will be Lithuania’s official candidate for the Oscar-nominations as Best Foreign-Language Feature. […]
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Steve Jobs biopic producer plans to shoot a film in Lithuania
American film producer David Traub, best known for his Steve Jobs biopic “Jobs” (2013), is visiting Lithuania where he says he is considering to shoot a film, reports LRT.lt. […]
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Gems of Lithuanian cinema to screen in Wrocław Film Festival
The 15th T-Mobile New Horizons film festival opens in Wrocław on July 23. Among other films it will feature the most distinct Lithuanian films created from 1959 to 2015. The special film programme Focus on Lithuania includes a record number of 30 features tracing the complex history and culture of the country during the Soviet period, the path to independence, and the decades of sovereignty. […]
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Two Lithuanian co-productions receive Eurimages funding
Eurimages, the Council of Europe‘s film support fund, extended a grant of EUR 50,000 to the film Deadweight directed by Ignas Miškinis. The film is produced by Tremora (Lithuania) and coproduced by Film Angels Productions (Latvia), reports the Lithuanian Film Centre. […]
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Lithuanian films to be screened for passengers at Vilnius Airport
Vilnius Airport has launched an airport movie theatre Film Box LT. Now passengers waiting for their flights can spend time watching films by Lithuanian filmmakers free of charge. […]
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Film by Šarūnas Bartas to be screened at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight
It was announced on Tuesday that Peace To Us in Our Dreams, a film by the acclaimed Lithuanian filmmaker Šarūnas Bartas, has been selected for the Directors’ Fortnight section at the Cannes Film Festival where it will have its world premiere. […]
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