From an Abandoned School in Alytus to Cannes: Director Arnas Balčiūnas on Class Photo
This year, the short film Class Photo by young Lithuanian director Arnas Balčiūnas premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Created as a master’s graduation project at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre’s National Film School, the film was selected for the prestigious Cannes Critics’ Week and competed alongside short films from around the world. […]
The world premiere of Class Photo, the short film by Arnas Balčiūnas, took place in Cannes
At one of the world’s most important film events – the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, which draws the attention of the global film industry for two weeks every year – Lithuanians walked the red carpet this week. The world premiere of Lithuanian director Arnas Balčiūnas’ short film Class Photo took place at the Cannes Critics’ […]
Premiere of Lithuania-born R. Kirpičenko’s film Spring at the Cannes Film Festival: preserving memory and the grey face of evil
Yesterday, the world premiere of Spring, the debut feature film by Lithuania-born Ukrainian director Rostislav Kirpičenko, took place in the “Special Screenings” section of the Cannes Film Festival. The Lithuanian-French-Estonian co-production explores the search for humanity amid the devastation of war. The film is set in a Russian-occupied town in southeastern Ukraine. Orthodox priest Andriy […]
Two Films, two different worlds, one Cannes: costume designer Rūta Lečaitė on working on “Ulya” and “Spring”
This year at the Cannes Film Festival, the work of costume designer Rūta Lečaitė will be seen in two films – Latvian director Viesturs Kairišs’ “Ulya” and the Lithuanian-Ukrainian-French co-production “Vesna” (“Spring”).