Film

Noaz Deshe’s powerful first feature film White Shadow comes to cinema Pasaka in March and will screen with English subtitles.

A six-part television series based on Leo Tolstoy‘s novel War and Peace has begun filming in Vilnius. The series is being made by BBC Cymru Wales Drama, in partnership with The Weinstein Company and BBC Worldwide/Lookout Point.

Ambitious new-generation film director Vytautas Puidokas (26, Lithuania) has discovered a mysterious and forgotten story about a Lithuanian emigrant in the Amazon jungle in the 1980s and is keen to turn it into a movie.

A film alumnus from the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) in Farnham, UK, has been given a welcome boost after the Lithuanian government agreed to invest €45,000 in his latest production.

Lithuanian young actress Aistė Diržiūtė is among a small group of recognized up-and-coming European performers who were honoured this year at the prestigious Berlinale Palast with the European Shooting Stars Award, the Lithuanian Film Centre informs.

Lithuania continues to hold the leading position in the region in terms of the market share held by domestic films, which grew from 16.49% in 2013 to 23% in 2014.

The tax incentive for film production that came into force last year is already showing results, but the breakthrough is to be expected this year, said the Lithuanian Film Centre (LFC), the institution in charge of the administration of the incentive. The tax instrument may attract €15m worth of fil...

Lithuanian filmmaker Alantė Kavaitė has won World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award at Sundance Film Festival for her film The Summer of Sangailė. The film had its world première at Sundance and was screened as the day one film, the Lithuanian Film Centre reports.

Fashion TV founder and owner Michel Adam has chosen Vilnius, Lithuania, as the site for a full feature film. Shanghai 1939: Exodus from Vienna is based on his mother’s true life story during World War II.

Twenty-one films will be shown in 12 Lithuanian towns from Thursday to 3 February as part of the annual French film festival Ecrans d'hiver (Winter Screens), organized by the French Institute in Lithuania.

The Summer of Sangaile, a film by Lithuanian director Alantė Kavaitė, will be screened in the main programme of Berlinale Panorama. The film will have its European première in Berlin while its world première is scheduled in a couple of days in Sundance.

Redirected, a film by Lithuanian director Emilis Vėlyvis, has been nominated for Britain's National Film Awards.

Režisieriaus Emilio Vėlyvio veiksmo komedija „Redirected/Už Lietuvą!“ nacionaliniuose britų kino apdovanojimuose „National Film Awards“ nominuotas geriausio dramos filmo kategorijoje.

Eurimages, the Council of Europe's film support fund, extended a grant of EUR 220,000 to the film Seneca's Day directed by the Lithuanian director Kristijonas Vildžiūnas.

The European Film Promotion (EFP) has announced that Lithuanian actress Aistė Diržiūtė, 23, has been shortlisted among the ten talented newcomer actors selected for the European Shooting Stars 2015, the Lithuanian Film Centre said.

Režisierės Alantės Kavaitės vaidybiniame filme „Sangailė“ vieną pagrindinių vaidmenų atlikusi aktorė Aistė Diržiūtė pakviesta dalyvauti kylančioms Europos kino žvaigždėms skirtoje tarptautinėje programoje „European Shooting Stars“. Ji tapo pirmąja aktore iš Lietuvos dalyvausiančia šioje programoje b...

The 20th Vilnius IFF invites all Lithuanians in the country and abroad to submit their films for the festival’s program by 15 December 2014. Selected films will be screened during the festival that will open on 19 March 2015.

Lietuvos ir pasaulio lietuvių šiuolaikinio meno „Kvadrienalė 2014 – dailė ant vėliavos stiebo“ (Q14) Vilniaus gynybinės sienos Bastėjoje pradeda susitikimus su savo autoriais.

Lithuanian film has been selected to take part in next year's Sundance Film Festival. The Summer of Sangaile, directed by Lithuanian filmmaker Alantė Kavaitė, will be screened in World Cinema Dramatic Competition of one of the world's key cinema events showcasing independent US and international pro...

Vakar vėlai vakare prestižinis JAV kino festivalis „Sundance Film Festival“ oficialiai paskelbė, jog pirmą kartą konkursinėje vaidybinių filmų programoje varžysis lietuviškas filmas. Sausį vyksiančio festivalio metu įvertinimo sieks Alantės Kavaitės režisuota juosta „Sangailė“ apie paauglę mergaitę....