A co-production supported by the Vilnius Film Fund will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival
Exciting news: director Andrius Blaževičius’ film “How to Divorce During the War” has been selected for the program of one of the most significant cinema world events – the “Sundance” film festival. The film is a co-production of Lithuanian, Irish, Czech, and Luxembourgish teams. The project was partially funded by the Vilnius Film Fund. At […]
Open-air cinema screenings in Vilnius all summer long: where to watch movies?
Every summer, more and more initiatives invite people to step out of traditional cinemas and enjoy open-air films. The Vilnius Film Office recommends the best places in the capital to watch movies throughout the warm season. „Deep Rivers Run Silent“ „Deep Rivers Run Silent“ is a recurring summer cycle of film screenings and events, returning […]
Silver Crane Awards: contribution of the film industry and over 100 professionals behind the ceremony
The “Silver Crane” ( “Sidabrinė gervė”) awards are the most important cinematic event in Lithuania when the most outstanding achievements of recent years are recognized. With this year’s ceremony, scheduled for June 9th, fast approaching, the Vilnius Film Office tells you more about this important event. The first “Silver Crane” award ceremony took place in […]
The Tallinn Black Nights Flim Festival begins: Conversation With the Programmer, Edvinas Pukšta
On November 3rd, the most important film event in Northern Europe began: the Tallinn Black Nights Flim Festival. In just over two weeks, many important film premieres will take place, cinema industry professionals and film creative teams from all over the world will congregate in the capital of Estonia. Lithuanian film critic and film scout Edvinas Pukšta also contributed to the program compilation of the only A-class festival in Northern Europe. At the beginning of “Black Nights”, he agreed to tell the Vilnius Film Office a few interesting details about the backstage of international festivals, the Baltic countries’ cinema scene and what makes films successful.
Open-air cinema screenings in Vilnius: where to see films this summer?
Open-air cinema is an inseparable part of summer! Film lovers in Vilnius have much to choose from this year – film screenings are held in various parts of the city during the warm season. Vilnius Film Office reminds you where and when to enjoy good movies outside the cinemas this summer. Summer Movies Summer Movies […]
The 20th European Film Forum Scanorama has begun!
The 20th European Film Forum Scanorama has begun and will last till 20th November! Yesterday was the opening of one of the largest and most prominent international cultural film events in Lithuania. This year the programme consists of 92 Feature films, 26 short films and 11 workshops and Q&A events. There are 12 categories in […]
Vilnius International Short Film Festival: submit films for 2021
Vilnius International Short Film Festival is now inviting to submit films for the upcoming 14th edition and its two competition programmes – International and National. Filmmakers can submit fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrid genre films up to 30 min. which are completed after January 2019. Submission deadline: 31 July 2020. Vilnius International Short Film […]
VIFF: International industry conference Meeting Point – Vilnius starting tomorrow
On March 27–29, film industry professionals from Lithuania and all of Europe will focus their attention on the international industry conference Meeting Point – Vilnius. Lectures, Coming Soon sessions, and private film screenings are just some of the events planned for the three-day conference. This year’s conference will include a presentation on film marketing from […]
Sen Sebastian Film Festival: The Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum dedicates its Focus on to the Baltic States
A delegation of fifteen producers from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will come to San Sebastian to discover the Festival first hand, participate in the Co-Production Forum and in the other Industry activities. Since 2014, the Industry Department has been organising the Focus on, an industry initiative under which a group of professionals from a country, […]
Announcing start of Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris
Starting March 21st, festivalgoers will be able to meet with renowned filmmakers visiting Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris. The impressive guestlist includes Russian director Vitaly Mansky, English photographer and artist Richard Billingham, Polish film legend Krzysztof Zanussi, Golden Bear winner Adina Pintilie, experimental filmmaker Jeremy Shaw, and more. Longtime friend of the festival Krzysztof Zanussi will […]