Monika Sakalauskaitė Tells Us About Working as a Line Producer, 20 years in the Film World and Shooting “Paradise”
Monika Sakalauskaitė is a line producer with over 20 years of experience in the cinema world. Having unexpectedly found herself on the movie set in her youth, today Sakalauskaitė works with the most important foreign projects shot in Lithuania. Among them was one the most anticipated futuristic thrillers: “Paradise”, which will be presented to the […]
Digital Imaging Technician Adomas Jablonskis Tells Us About a Little-Known Profession Crucial On The Film Set
Do you know in whose hands all the footage ends up on the movie set? Its processing, primary color correction, and direct communication with the cameraman are only part of the digital imaging technician’s tasks. We had a chat about one of the most mysterious and least known professions, without which work on the film […]
CEO of Animatrix D. Vilkelis: bringing magical images to life
A dragon descending upon the city, a troll raging in the crowd, or Lego figurines coming to life: the animation and visual effects studio Animatrix has been bringing magical images to life onscreen for more than a decade. In a recent interview producer Dovydas Vilkelis, the head of the studio, told us about the company’s […]
Z. Imbrasas who has played in more than 70 films and series: the best acting comes from life experience
Zenonas Imbrasas – a film enthusiast who has played roles in more than 70 films and series. A 73-year-old who feels on the film set like at home, has portrayed many characters – has been a prisoner, a doctor, a chief of police, a general, and even a papal messenger. Z. Imbrasas who began his […]
In the eyeshot of the photographer A. Solominas – the red carpet, behind the scenes and film sets
Audrius Solominas – a well-known Lithuanian photographer whose eyeshot is always on national and international celebrities. In his archives – moments from the most important film events, Netflix film sets and many advertising and fashion projects. We are speaking with Audrius just before the Cannes Film Festival – here as always, he will photograph the […]
Production designer Liv Ask: I want to see how far I can go
Liv Ask is an award-winning production designer from Sweden, having worked on numerous feature films, TV series and commercials around the world, including Lithuania. “At the beginning of my career, I threw myself into deep water and quickly had to learn how to swim”, the production designer remembers, today counting several successful projects across different […]
Cinematographer Feliksas Abrukauskas: Not All Shots Have to be Beautiful
Feliksas Abrukauskas is a well-known cinematographer whose professional excellence has been recognized with the highest national awards. He contributed to such Lithuanian and foreign film projects as “Agent Hamilton”, “Chernobyl”, “War and Peace”, “Vesper”, “Cinephilia”, “The Generation of Evil”, etc. About the discovered world of cinema, connections with creative teams and influential films – in […]
Filmmaking through the eyes of IT prop team: server rooms, fax machines and “revived” mobile phones
Whom do filmmakers approach if they need to film a server room? How to make an old fax machine print the desired material? Where to look for technological devices’ props for films about the recent past? Answers to these questions should be sought at the company Galvotas, which has been in operation between the technology […]
Director of Trakų Vokė Mansion I. Šiušaitė: “Everything here is reminiscent of an elegant slow-motion film”
“Trakų Vokė Mansion is a place, where it is hard to be in a hurry – everything here is reminiscent of slow-motion film”, Director of the Mansion, Ieva Šiušaitė, begins the conversation. A unique architectural monument and the impressively kept garden here, recalls the times of Counts Tyszkiewicz and in the most recent decades attracts […]
Producer M. Razgutė: “If not for films, today I would not be the person I am”
Marija Razgutė is a film producer who has been present in the world of cinema for 15 years. Among many of her produced projects there are such films as Runner, Summer Survivors, Nova Lituania and the film that received particular attention at the Sundance Film festival – Slow. About her work as a producer, her […]