Lithuanian Film Center

Arūnas Žebriūnas’ film The Girl and the Echo (1964) was acquired for distribution in France. This is second restored Lithuanian classic film to be screened in French cinemas, Lithuanian film center informs.

As Lithuanian films are receiving more and more recognition at international film festivals, the Lithuanian film heritage is also being screened in various programs. On November 3rd the world premiere of the first colour Lithuanian film “March! March! Tra-ta-ta!” (lit. Marš! Marš! Tra-ta-ta!, 1964) ...

Lithuanian filmmakers return to Venice: after a long break, Lithuanian titles and names will be heard at the main program of the film festival. Two feature films celebrating authors and talents are featured at the festival’s program this week, announces Lithuanian Film Center in a press release.

This year "Cinema under the stars" which for a decade has been organizing the outdoor films together with the Lithuanian film center presents a special initiative - screening of a Lithuanian classic film to unite world Lithuanians.

After a two-year break, Lithuanians return to the Annecy International Animation Film Festival with two animated films in the official selections and the biggest-ever delegation of film professionals.

Tax incentive, welcoming approach by the government, and big talent pool made Vilnius an attractive filming destination.

The first-ever New York Baltic Film Festival is kicking off in the United States' biggest city on Thursday, the Lithuanian Film Center said.

In October, cinemas will reveal a forgotten page of history, a page about the sisters Chodakowski – Sofia Smetonienė and Jadvyga Tūbelienė, who have committed their lives to the creation of Lithuanian state. A documentary by Ramunė Kudzmanaitė, "Chodakowski Sisters. Lithuanian Case." reveals dauntle...

A tax credit has brought in 24.4 million-worth of investment from foreign film makers in Lithuania over the pas four years, specialists from a Belgian consultancy have calculated.

Lithuania has selected "Wonderful Losers. A Different World", a documentary directed by Arūnas Matelis, as its entry for an Academy Awards nomination in the best foreign-language film category.

The three Baltic capitals will host the Baltic Film Days this week, organized for a second time.

Heads of the national film institutions of the three Baltic states have renewed a cooperation agreement during the Trieste film festival, agreeing on 12 joint international film projects this year and setting up a joint Baltic prize.

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.

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.