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