Casting director D. Survilaitė: “If I invite actors to castings, it means I believe in them”
Dalia Survilaitė is a casting director who has been working in the film industry for almost 20 years. During this period, she contributed to numerous projects of Lithuanian and foreign directors: TV series “Strange Things”, “Chernobyl”, “War and Peace”, “Blood Sex and Royalty”, films “The Summer of Sangailė”, “The Miracle”, “The 9th Step”, etc. According […]
Location manager A. Šidla: about the Siberian taiga in Nida, expectations from movie directors and popular filming locations
Aivaras Šidla is a location scout and manager, who has been working on Lithuanian and international projects (“Ashes in the Snow”, “Kompromat”, the TV series “Chernobyl”, “Forgotten Battle” and many more) for several years. According to A. Šidla, although finding suitable locations for filming often becomes a real challenge, with the help of creativity, it […]
Hollywood Director Lasse Hallström Wraps Up Filming of Biographical Drama “Hilma” in Vilnius
Hollywood director Lasse Hallström brought a stellar cast to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, to shoot a biographical drama “Hilma” telling a story about a Swedish artist, one of the first abstract art creators in western countries. Vilnius was specifically chosen for its Old Town appeal, professional Lithuanian production teams, and Film Tax Incentive. Hollywood-famous […]
Helen Mirren returns to Lithuania as formidable Russian Empress in Sky and HBO’s Catherine the Great
Lithuania has become a stage set for Sky and HBO’s original British drama Catherine the Great. Set against the lavish backdrop of the politically ruthless 18th century Russian court, this four-part epic starring Helen Mirren will chart the latter years of Catherine’s 34-year reign. The series is also being shot in Latvia and Russia. “We […]