25-11-2020

Nova Lituania Sails Off with Six 2020 Silver Crane Awards

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    Nova Lituania by Karolis Kaupinis Nova Lituania by Karolis Kaupinis photo: Square Eyes

    VILNIUS: Karolis Kaupinis's feature film Nova Lituania won awards for the Best Feature, Best Director, Best Script, Best Art Direction, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor at the Lithuanian Film and TV Silver Crane Awards, held on 22 November 2020.

    The Silver Crane awards were organised after a one-year break, with nominations including films from 2019 and 2020.

    The best 2019 film award went to Summer Survivors / Išgyventi vasarą directed by Marija Kavtaradzė. The film also won the best actress Silver Crane for Indrė Patkauskaitė and the audience award.

    The awards are organised by the Audiovisual Works Copyright Association (AVAKA). The ceremony was broadcast by TV3.

    The Golden Crane Award for a distinguished filmmaker for lifetime achievement in Lithuanian filmmaking was presented posthumously to the producer Kęstutis Petrulis, who died in July and who produced over 40 Lithuanian feature and documentary films, including Votex / Duburys (2019) by director Gytis Lukšas, Garden of Eden / Edeno sodas (2015) by director Algimantas Puipa, Purple Fog / Purpurinis rūkas (2019) by director Raimundas Banionis.

    The complete list of winners follows:

    Best Feature Film 2019:
    Summer Survivors / Išgyventi vasarą (Lithuania)
    Directed by Marija Kavtaradzė      
    Produced by M-Films
    Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

    Best Feature Film 2020:
    Nova Lituania (Lithuania)
    Directed by Karolis Kaupinis
    Produced by M-Films
    Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

    Best Short Film:
    Community Gardens / Kolektyviniai sodai (Lithuania)
    Directed by Vytautas Katkus      
    Produced by Viktorija Seniut

    Best Documentary Film:
    Animus Animalis (a story about People, Animals, and Things) / Animus Animalis (istorija apie žmones, žvėris ir daiktus) (Lithuania)                                                                                                                     
    Directed by Aistė Žegulytė
    Produced by Meno avilys, in cooperation with Kinolab and Kinfo
    Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

    Best Animated Film:
    The Juggler / Žonglierius (Lithuania, France)                                                                                      
    Directed by Skirmanta Jakaitė
    Produced by Agnė Adomėnė, Delphine Schmit
    Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre
     
    Best Directing:
    Nova Lituania
    Directed by Karolis Kaupinis

    Best Cinematographer:
    Narvydas Naujalis for Isaac / Izaokas (Lithuania)
    Directed by Jurgis Matulevičius
    Produced by Film Jam
    Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

    Best Composer:
    Agnė Matulevičiūtė, Domas Strupinskas for Isaac  

    Best Sound Direction:
    Jonas Maksvytis for Animus Animalis                                                                                                                                 

    Best Actor:
    Valentinas Novopolskis for Oleg (Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, France)
    Directed by Juris Kursietis                        
    Coproduced by InScript
    Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

    Best Actress:
    Indrė Patkauskaitė for Summer Survivors

    Best Supporting Actor:
    Vaidotas Martinaitis for Nova Lituania

    Best Supporting Actress:
    Rasa Samuolytė for Nova Lituania

    Best Script:
    Nova Lituania

    Best Editing:
    Mikas Žukauskas for Animus Animalis

    Best Art Direction:
    Audrius Dumikas for Nova Lituania

    The Audience Award:
    Summer Survivors
    Directed by Marija Kavtaradzė

    Best coproduction:
    Oleg (Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, France)
    Directed by Juris Kursietis                        
    Coproduced by InScript
    Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

    Life Achievement Golden Crane:
    Producer Kęstutis Petrulis

    Green Crane for environmental film:
    Acid Forest / Rūgštus miškas (Lithuania)
    Directed by Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė     
    Produced by Neon realism  
    Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

    Crane Egg for Best Student Film 2019:
    When Children Come Home / Nacionalinės premijos laureatų vaikai (Lithuania)
    Directed by Kamilė Milašiūtė             
    Produced by LMTA, Filmai iš toli

    Crane Egg for Best Student Film 2020:
    Family Unit / Šeima (Lithuania)
    Directed by Titas Laucius         
    Produced by Klementina Remeikaitė