In all, 10 feature films, 18 documentaries, 13 short films, six animated films, eight minority coproductions and 11 student films were submitted.

The Silver Crane Awards 2024 are organised by the Lithuanian Film Centre and the Audiovisual Works Copyright Association AVAKA.

FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS:

Best Feature Film:

Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania / 5 ½ meilės istorijos viename Vilniaus bute (Lithuania, Ireland, Latvia)
Directed by Tomas Vengris
Produced by Studio Uljana Kim
Coproduced by Tiger Darling Productions, Studio Locomotive
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre, the National Film Centre of Latvia

Twittering Soul 3D / Čiulbanti siela 3D (Lithuania)
Directed by Deimantas Narkevičius
Produced by Just a moment
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

The 9th Step / Devintas žingsnis (Lithuania)
Directed by Irma Pužauskaitė
Produced by In Script
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

Slow / Tu man nieko neprimeni (Lithuania, Spain, Sweden)
Directed by Marija Kavtaradze
Produced by M-Films
Coproduced by Frida Films, Garagefilms
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre, the Institute of Cinematography / Ministry of Culture and Sport / Spanish Government, the Swedish Film Institute, Creative Europe MEDIA, Axencia Galega das Industrias Culturais / Xunta de Galicia, the Sweden-Lithuania Cooperation Fund

Best Short Film:

Dear Dad (Lithuania)
Directed Austė Urbanavičiūtė

Happy Next Year! / Laimingų kitų! (Lithuania)
Directed by Lukas Kacinauskas

Expectations and Other Products / Lūkesčiai ir kitos prekės (Lithuania)
Directed by Dali Rust

The Nominees / Nominantai (Lithuania)
Directed by Birutė Kapustinskaitė

Tušinukas (Lithuania)
Directed by Adas Burkšaitis

Best Long Documentary:

The Ticket / Bilietas (Lithuania)
Directed by Vytautas Dambrauskas
Produced by Edmundas Jakilaitis
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

Row the Atlantic / Irklais per Atlantą (Lithuania)
Directed by Aurimas Valujavičius
Produced by Valujavičiaus kelionės, VšĮ
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

The Mammoth Hunt / Mamutų medžioklė (Lithuania)
Directed by Aistė Stonytė
Produced by Studio Nominum
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

Mūza (Lithuania)
Directed by Agnė Marcinkevičiūte
Produced by Živilė Gallego
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

Roberta (Lithuania)
Directed by Elena Kairytė
Produced by Baltic Productions
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

Best Animated Film:

Nelly Jelly: My Movie / Kakė Makė: Mano filmas (Lithuania)
Directed by Meinardas Valkevičius

Hoofs on Skates / Kanopos ir pačiūzos (Lithuania)
Directed by Ignas Meilūnas

The One Who Knows / Ta, kuri žino (Lithuania)
Directed by Eglė Davidavičė

Žaisti gyvenimą (Lithuania)
Directed by Vilius Petrauskas, Donatas Ulvydas, Mantas Pronckus, Žilvinas Naujokas

Best Director:

Aistė Stonytė for The Mammoth Hunt / Mamutų medžioklė (Lithuania)
Deimantas Narkevičius for Twittering Soul 3D / Čiulbanti siela 3D (Lithuania)
Elena Kairytė for Roberta (Lithuania)
Marija Kavtaradze for Slow / Tu man nieko neprimeni (Lithuania, Spain, Sweden)
Tomas Vengris for Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania / 5 ½ meilės istorijos viename Vilniaus bute (Lithuania, Ireland, Latvia)

Best Leading Actress:

Angelina Daukaitė in The 9th Step / Devintas žingsnis (Lithuania)
Gerda Čiuraitė in The 9th Step / Devintas žingsnis (Lithuania)
Greta Grinevičiūtė in Slow / Tu man nieko neprimeni (Lithuania, Spain, Sweden)
Laima Akstinaitė in Twittering Soul 3D / Čiulbanti siela 3D (Lithuania)
Velta Žygurė-Anužienė in Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania   / 5 ½ meilės istorijos viename Vilniaus bute (Lithuania, Ireland, Latvia)

Best Leading Actor:

Aleksas Kazanavičius in Twittering Soul 3D / Čiulbanti siela 3D (Lithuania)

Giedrius Savickas in Millionaire's Legacy / Milijonieriaus palikimas (Lithuania)
Directed by Tadas Vidmantas
Produced by Stambus Planas

Kęstutis Cicėnas in Slow / Tu man nieko neprimeni (Lithuania, Spain, Sweden)
Valentinas Krulikovskis in Twittering Soul 3D / Čiulbanti siela 3D (Lithuania)
Valentinas Novopolskis The 9th Step / Devintas žingsnis (Lithuania)

Best Supporting Actress:

Dovilė Šilkaitytė in My Freedom / Mana Brīvība (Latvia, Lithuania)
Directed by Ilze Kunga-Melgaile
Produced by TASSE Film
Coproduced by M-Films
Supported by the National Film Centre of Latvia, the State Cultural Capital Foundation of Latvia, the Lithuanian Film Centre, Creative Europe MEDIA

Hadar Ratzon Rotem in Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania / 5 ½ meilės istorijos viename Vilniaus bute (Lithuania, Ireland, Latvia)
Ieva Andrejevaitė in Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania / 5 ½ meilės istorijos viename Vilniaus bute (Lithuania, Ireland, Latvia)
Laima Akstinaitė in Slow / Tu man nieko neprimeni (Lithuania, Spain, Sweden)
Ugnė Šiaučiūnaitė in Slow / Tu man nieko neprimeni (Lithuania, Spain, Sweden)

Best Supporting Actor:

Darius Meškauskas in My Freedom / Mana Brīvība (Latvia, Lithuania)
Yiftach Klein in Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania / 5 ½ meilės istorijos viename Vilniaus bute (Lithuania, Ireland, Latvia)
Marijus Mažūnas in Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania / 5 ½ meilės istorijos viename Vilniaus bute (Lithuania, Ireland, Latvia)
Marius Repšys in The 9th Step / Devintas žingsnis (Lithuania)
Vidas Petkevičius in Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania / 5 ½ meilės istorijos viename Vilniaus bute (Lithuania, Ireland, Latvia)

Best Screenplay:

Agnė Marcinkevičiūtė for Mūza (Lithuania)

Audrius Juzėnas for Yesterday / Vakar (Lithuania)
Directed by Audrius Juzėnas
Produced by VšĮ Didžiųjų motinų studija / Big Mother Studio

Marija Kavtaradze for Slow / Tu man nieko neprimeni (Lithuania, Spain, Sweden)
Tomas Vengris, Tatia Rosenthal for Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania / 5 ½ meilės istorijos viename Vilniaus bute (Lithuania, Ireland, Latvia)

Best Cinematographer:

Eitvydas Doškus for Twittering Soul 3D / Čiulbanti siela 3D (Lithuania)
Jacek Podgorski for The 9th Step / Devintas žingsnis (Lithuania)
Jurgis Kmins for Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania/ 5 ½ meilės istorijos viename Vilniaus bute (Lithuania, Ireland, Latvia)
Kristina Sereikaitė for The Mammoth Hunt / Mamutų medžioklė (Lithuania)
Laurynas Bareiša for Slow / Tu man nieko neprimeni (Lithuania, Spain, Sweden)

Best Music Composer:

Irya Gmeyner, Martin Hederos, Vincent Barrière for Slow / Tu man nieko neprimeni (Lithuania, Spain, Sweden)

Jonas Jurkūnas for Traces / Tragovi (Croatia, Lithuania, Serbia)
Directed by Dubravka Turić
Produced by Kinorama
Coproduced by Tremora, Corona
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Lithuanian Film Centre, Film Center Serbia, Eurimages, HRT, Creative Europe – MEDIA

Martynas Bialobžeskis for Amor (Italy, Lithuania)
Directed by Virginia Serpieri Eleuteri
Produced by Stefilm
Coproduced by Era film, RAI Cinema
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

Miša Skalskis for Twittering Soul 3D / Čiulbanti siela 3D (Lithuania)

Paulius Kilbauskas, Justinas Štaras for Maria’s Silence / Marijas klusums (Latvia, Lithuania)
Directed by Dāvis Sīmanis
Produced by Mistrus Media
Coproduced by Broom Films
Supported by the National Film Center of Latvia, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, the Lithuanian Film Centre, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA), missionLatvia, the Latvian Television, Creative Europe Development fund

Best Production Design:

Algirdas Garbačiauskas for Twittering Soul 3D / Čiulbanti siela 3D (Lithuania)

Neringa Baciuškaitė for Provisionally Yours / Laikinai Jūsų (Lithuania)
Directed by Ramunas Rudokas
Produced by Singing Fish

Ramūnas Rastauskas for The 9th Step / Devintas žingsnis (Lithuania)
Sigita Šimkūnaitė for Slow / Tu man nieko neprimeni (Lithuania, Spain, Sweden)

Best Editing:

Audinga Kučinskaitė for The Mammoth Hunt / Mamutų medžioklė (Lithuania)
Dalius Kalinauskas for The Ticket / Bilietas (Lithuania)
Ieva Veiverytė for Maria’s Silence / Marijas klusums (Latvia, Lithuania)
Silvija Vilkaitė for Slow / Tu man nieko neprimeni (Lithuania, Spain, Sweden)
Tomas Vengris for Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania / 5 ½ meilės istorijos viename Vilniaus bute (Lithuania, Ireland, Latvia)

Best Sound Design:

Diego Staub for Slow / Tu man nieko neprimeni (Lithuania, Spain, Sweden)
Jonas Jocys for Mūza (Lithuania)
Jonas Maksvytis for Traces / Tragovi (Croatia, Lithuania, Serbia)
Julius Grigelionis for Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania / 5 ½ meilės istorijos viename Vilniaus bute (Lithuania, Ireland, Latvia)
Saulius Urbanavičius for Twittering Soul 3D / Čiulbanti siela 3D (Lithuania)

Best Costume Design:

Agnė Rimkutė for Twittering Soul 3D / Čiulbanti siela 3D (Lithuania)
Fausta Naujalė for Slow / Tu man nieko neprimeni (Lithuania, Spain, Sweden)
Liene Dobraja for Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania / 5 ½ meilės istorijos viename Vilniaus bute (Lithuania, Ireland, Latvia)
Neringa Keršulytė for Provisionally Yours / Laikinai Jūsų (Lithuania)

Best Make-up:

Eglė Mikalauskaitė Gricienė for Twittering Soul 3D / Čiulbanti siela 3D (Lithuania)
Jurgita Globytė for Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania/ 5 ½ meilės istorijos viename Vilniaus bute (Lithuania, Ireland, Latvia)
Lina Jankevičienė for Provisionally Yours / Laikinai Jūsų (Lithuania)
Vaida Venckutė The 9th Step / Devintas žingsnis (Lithuania)

Best Minority Coproduction:

Amor (Italy, Lithuania)
Directed by Virginia Serpieri Eleuteri
Produced by Stefilm
Coproduced by Era film, RAI Cinema

The Peasants / Chłopi (Poland, Lithuania, Serbia)
Directed by DK Welchman (aka Dorota Kobiela) and Hugh Welchman
Produced by Breakthru Films
Coproduced by Digitalkraft, Art Shot, Breakthru Productions, Canal+, National Culture Center, Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury, SKP Ślusarek Kubiak Pieczyk
Supported by the Polish Film Institute, BGG Management, Steve Muench and Sita Saviolo, Jeffrey & Laurie Ubben, the Lithuanian Film Center, Film Center Serbia

My Freedom / Mana Brīvība (Latvia, Lithuania)
Directed by Ilze Kunga-Melgaile
Produced by TASSE Film
Coproduced by M-Films
Supported by the National Film Centre of Latvia, the State Cultural Capital Foundation of Latvia, the Lithuanian Film Centre, Creative Europe MEDIA

Maria’s Silence / Marijas klusums (Latvia, Lithuania)
Directed by Dāvis Sīmanis
Produced by Mistrus Media
Coproduced by Broom Films
Supported by the National Film Center of Latvia, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, the Lithuanian Film Centre, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA), missionLatvia, the Latvian Television, Creative Europe Development fund

Traces / Tragovi (Croatia, Lithuania, Serbia)
Directed by Dubravka Turić
Produced by Kinorama
Coproduced by Tremora, Corona
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Lithuanian Film Centre, Film Center Serbia, Eurimages, HRT, Creative Europe – MEDIA

Best Student Film:

-15 (Lithuania)
Directed by Rinaldas Tomaševičius

Clocer / Artumo jausmas (Lithuania)
Directed by Augustė Gerikaitė

Hablo dėsnis / Hubble's Law (Lithuania)
Directed by Arnas Balčiūnas

Ja tibia ubju (Lithuania)
Directed by Silvija Kuodytė

Number One / Numeris vienas (Lithuania)
Directed by Milda Augustaitytė