FESTIVALS: Vilnius International Film Festival Ready to Kick Off
VILNIUS: Vilnius International Film Festival Kino Pavasaris will celebrate its 20th anniversary from 19 March to 2 April 2015.
War and Peace Filming in Lithuania
VILNIUS: A six-part television series based on Leo Tolstoy‘s novel War and Peace has begun filming in Vilnius. The series is being made by BBC Cymru Wales Drama, in partnership…
PRODUCTION: Tragicomedy Miracle in Production
VILNIUS: A tragicomic drama with flourishes of magical realism Miracle/Stebuklas written and directed by Eglė Vertelytė is in production.
PRODUCTION: The Ancient Forest in Postproduction
VILNIUS: Feature documentary The Ancient Forest by Mindaugas Survila (The Field of Magic, Monoklis Studio) is currently in postproduction with the premiere set for the end of 2016.
GRANTS: Lithuanian Film Centre Distributes over 1.2m EUR
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Film Centre has allocated a total of 1,239,567 EUR for the production of fiction features, shorts, micro-budget films and a minority coproduction.
Nymphomaniac Marketing Experts at Meeting Point Vilnius
VILNIUS: The international conference Meeting Point - Vilnius will take place 31 March to 2 April. Organised by the Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris, it allows filmmakers and other industry professionals…
Domestic Hits in Lithuanian Film Market
VILNIUS: Lithuania continues to hold the leading position in the region in terms of domestic films market share, which grew from 16.49% in 2013 to 23% in 2014. The top…
FNE at Berlinale 2015: Lithuanian Film in Berlin
We welcome you at Lithuanian Films Stand 112, EFM Marriott Hotel. Here you can receive the newest information on Lithuanian films, film industry, Tax Incentives, shooting locations and more.
PRODUCTION: Spanish director Daniela Féjerman's New Feature in Lithuania
VILNIUS: Spanish writer and director Daniela Féjerman is shooting her new feature The Wait/La Espera in Lithuania.
Lithuanian Tax Incentive may Attract 15m EUR Film Production this Year
VILNIUS: The tax incentive for film production in Lithuania that came into force in January last year is already showing results, but a breakthrough is to be expected this year,…
Lithuanian Director Wins Sundance's World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award
VILNIUS: Lithuanian director Alantė Kavaitė wins World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award at Sundance Film Festival for her film The Summer of Sangaile. It was the first Lithuanian film to vie…
FESTIVALS: Vilnius IFF Announces Line Up
VILNIUS: Eight films will compete in the New Europe – New Names section of the 20th Kino Pavasaris International Film Festival, one of the biggest film events in Lithuania running…
FNE Country Profile: Lithuania
The Lithuanian film industry noted several recent successes with films selected for major festivals that found favour at the local box office and with the announcement that 23-year old Lithuanian…
Lithuania’s Aiste Dirziute Named EFP Shooting Star
Aiste Dirziute, star of The Summer of Sangaile directed by Alante Kavaite, has been selected as one of European Film Promotion’s 2015 Shooting Stars.
PRODUCTION: Puipa in Postproduction with The Garden of Eden
TALLINN: Algimants Puipa has completed filming on the Lithuanian drama The Garden of Eden.
Lithuanian Incentives Drive Film Industry
TALLINN: Lithuania will be measuring the success of the first year of its film incentives scheme, but Lithuanian Film Center director Roladas Kvietkauskus is already listing the benefits.
FNE at Baltic Event 2014: Lithuanian Tax Incentives Soar
TALLINN: The new Lithuanian tax incentives scheme for films, introduced just 11 months ago, “is working quite well,” Lithuanian Film Centre project manager Kristina Vildziunaite said at a presentation taking…
PRODUCTION: Do You Love Me in Postproduction
VILNIUS: Lina Lužytė, one of Lithuania‘s young generation of film directors, is working on her debut feature film Do You Love Me (Ar tu mane myli).
FESTIVALS: Estonia Wins Scanorama New Baltic Cinema Short Film Competition
VILNIUS: Five Lithuanian shorts, eight Estonian shorts and two Latvian shorts competed in the New Baltic Cinema competition of the Scanorama film festival which opened on 14 November 2014.
The Eichmann Show Wraps Filming in Lithuania
VILNIUS: The British Broadcasting Company BBC is completing production on the TV movie The Eichmann Show in Vilnius, Lithuania.
