Discover a cinematic side of Vilnius this summer – follow in the footsteps of your favorite screen stories
With summer underway, there’s more reason to head outdoors. To make your walks not only pleasant but also enriching, the Vilnius Film Office invites you to explore self-guided film tourism routes inspired by movies and TV series filmed in the capital. These routes feature not only popular tourist spots in Vilnius, but also the most […]
Cinematographer Laura Aliukonytė: “Creativity Lies Everywhere – Even in Choosing a Lens”
Cinematographer Laura Aliukonytė has worked on numerous Lithuanian and international films. But as she admits, breaking into what’s long been seen as a male-dominated field wasn’t easy. In a conversation with the Vilnius Film Office, Laura shares stories about her first film, life on set, and how Lithuania’s film industry is starting to change. How […]
Cinematographer Laura Aliukonytė: “Creativity Lies Everywhere – Even in Choosing a Lens”
Cinematographer Laura Aliukonytė has worked on numerous Lithuanian and international films. But as she admits, breaking into what’s long been seen as a male-dominated field wasn’t easy. In a conversation with the Vilnius Film Office, Laura shares stories about her first film, life on set, and how Lithuania’s film industry is starting to change. How […]
Set decorator Dovas Vyšniauskas: It’s important to remember that on set, you’re among living humans, not machines
Dovas Vyšniauskas is an artist and sculptor. In cinema, he makes decorations, sets, and props for films and TV series. He has worked on various projects, such as “Stranger Things”, “Clark”, “Young Wallander”, and many others. “In more than a decade on the cinema sets, the most remarkable change that I have noticed was the […]
EUFCN reveals Location Awards 2024 Winners
The European Film Commissions Network (EUFCN) announced the winners of the EUFCN Location Awards at the Location Awards Ceremony on Monday, February 17 at the Landesvertretung Sachsen-Anhalt, during EFM – European Film Market 2025 in Berlin. The ongoing development of the EUFCN Location Awards led to a Ceremony, which was a massive success and attracted […]
Head of the National Film School Vytautas Dambrauskas: “It is important not to pursue progress blindly, but to understand clearly who we are”
“A film school is the starting point and springboard from which the entire film industry leaps forward. I would like to see Lithuanian-language cinema gain ever stronger recognition globally,” says the head of the National Film School (KIMO), Assoc. Prof. Vytautas Dambrauskas. Students of the school, which opened its doors on the Lithuanian Academy of […]
A Lithuanian creator who worked on the films Jurassic World, Wonka, and Wicked: on the Emerald City and 9 million live tulips
A concept artist is a little-known, yet very important profession in the film industry. Vilius Petrauskas, who has worked on big-budget, world-famous films such as “Wonka” (2023), “Jurassic World” (2018), “Marvel”, and “Vesper”, can tell many interesting stories about this exotic job. One of his latest projects is “Wicked,” which is gaining more and more […]
Film costume designer Monika Vėbraitė: “We often overlook how much our clothing reveals about us”
“Often, we ourselves don’t realize how much the clothes we wear say about us,” says film costume designer Monika Vėbraitė. Having worked on Lithuanian and international films such as Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter, The Tokyo Trial, Miracle, Nova Lituania, and more, she is certain: costumes in film can also tell a story. Monika Vėbraitė shares […]
Gražina Arlickaitė, Founder of Scanorama Film Festival: “Feel Free to Get Angry with a Film, But Do Not Build Walls”
On November 7, the European film festival “Scanorama” begins in Lithuania. Its founder, Gražina Arlickaitė, makes it crystal clear that, due to respecting the festival’s audience, the organizers’ team doesn’t try to please them at all costs: it has been refusing commercial films for several years and aims to present truly high-quality European cinema. “They […]
Producer Živilė Gallego: “I Care About Both the Film’s Story and Its Director
“When I am producing a film, it matters to me what its characters are looking for, but today I am selective regarding both the story and the director. It is difficult to predict what the final result will be. Still, I want to enjoy the process,” says Živilė Gallego, head of the film production company […]