“New Europe – New Names” focuses on films made in Eastern and Central Europe, and, as its title suggests, directorial debuts. Only a director’s first or second film may be selected to compete.
The programme will once again be presented by the ERGO Insurance Group. “New Europe is the cinema region that is only now starting to be discovered, and is therefore very interesting. By giving the programme “New Europe – New Names” more and more of our attention each year, we aim to encourage young directors to show their films at Kino Pavasaris, to the cinema professionals arriving here from all over the world. We are also pleased to be a part of giving Lithuanian audiences the opportunity to see films other than the ones made in Hollywood”, – says Saulius Jokubaitis, ERGO Insurance Group’s Member of the Management Board in the Baltic States.
Joining the previously mentioned The Summer of Sangaile and The Tribe in this year’s competition programme will be In the Crosswind, a drama recognised as the best Estonian film, the Latvian Modris, two dark comedies from Hungary, For Some Inexplicable Reason and Afterlife, as well as a Bulgarian psychological thriller The Lesson.
Learn more about the films from Santa Lingevičiūtė, the artistic director of Kino Pavasaris.
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This is the competition programme’s “New Europe – New Names” seventh year. The winning film will be chosen by a qualified jury and awarded a cash prize, established by the Vilnius City Municipality.
Click here to find programme’s “New Europe – New Names” films.
About the festival:
The 20th Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino Pavasaris” will take place March 19th – April 2nd. It is the largest cinema event in Lithuania, and one of the most prominent film festivals in Eastern Europe, having attracted almost 100 thousand people last year. This year, “Kino Pavasaris” will screen around 250 films, which representatives of the festival selected by visiting more than 30 international film festivals throughout the year. For more information visit www.kinopavasaris.lt
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