Sisi shooting in Vilnius
credit: Vilnius Film OfficeVILNIUS: The Vilnius Film Fund, which was approved by the Vilnius City Council last week, will support filmmakers whose work increases the visibility of Lithuania’s capital city.
The total budget of the Vilnius Film Fund is 100,000 EUR, with a maximum amount per project of 30,000 EUR. The first film projects will be financed in 2025, according to the Vilnius Film Office.
Vilnius Film Fund will finance the production of documentary, animated, and feature-length coproductions between Lithuanian and foreign filmmakers, thus creating the opportunity for Vilnius to become a regional hub for coproductions.
The Film New Europe (FNE) Association is the networking platform for film professionals in the CEE/SEE/Baltics region. The webportal and FNE newswire was chosen as the MAIN TOOL to achieve the network’s objectives of the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the VOICE of the region.
FNE’s objectives include VISIBILITY for the region and AUDIENCES for films by providing a special focus on the region.