Box Office National Hit: Lithuanias' Loss
Maris Martinsons' Loss (www.lossmovie.com), a drama dealing with the problems of emigration, adoption and guardianship, scored the top spot at the Lithuanian box office for 2008.
Lithuanian Break-out director of 2008: Kristina Buozyte
Kristina Buozyte introduced herself both in Lithuania and on the international circuit with her film school graduation directing debut, The Collectress (www.collectress.lt).
Marius Jampolskis - Lithuanian Actor in the Spotlight
Marius Jampolskis was awarded Lithuania's 2008 Silver Crane for best actor in Kristina Buozyte's Collectress.
Lithuania plans new Film Centre
The Lithuanian government has approved a plan to create a National Film Centre, which set to open in 2009.
MEDIA doc seminars at Vilnius festival
The MEDIA Programme Division of the International Cultural Programme Centre is offering seminars and discussions for documentary filmmakers during the Vilnius Documentary Film Festival.
Six Lithuanian documentary premieres at Vilnius Documentary Film Festival
The fifth edition of the Vilnius Documentary Film Festival (December 5-14 2008) will host six Lithuanian documentary premieres.
Bug Trainer premieres November 15 in Lithuania
Creative documentary The Bug Trainer (www.thebugtrainer.com/pressb.php) about Ladislas Starewitch, the pioneer of puppet animation, premieres on November 15 in Vilnius, at the SCANORAMA International Film Festival.
Scanorama opens in Vilius
The Nordic cinema festival Scanorama (www.scanorama.lt) opened November 13 in Vilnius, and continues November 20 in Klaunas and Klaipeda.
Eurimages seminar in Lithuania
The seminar EURIMAGES Fund: Support for European Film Industry will introduce the fund to filmmakers in Vilnius, Lithuania on November 7.
Baltic media company increase local investment
Baltic Media Alliance has invested over €3 million into development in the Baltic States.
Perpetuum Mobile premieres in Lithuania
Valdas Navasaitis' new feature film Perpetuum mobile premieres on November 4 in Vilnius, with nation-wide distribution beginning on November 7.
Celebrity political party enters ruling coalition
The newly-founded National Resurrection Party (http://www.prisikelimopartija.lt/) headed by TV star Arunas Valinskas entered into four-party ruling coalition in the 141-member Seimas, the Lithuanian parliament.
Eurimages supports Lithuanian-Latvian co-production
The European Cinema Support Fund Eurimages has awarded €350,000 to a Lithuanian/Latvian co-production, the animated feature The Golden Horse.
The Balcony opens theatrically across Lithuania
Film and theatre director Giedre Beinoriute's new film The Balcony (http://balkonas.wordpress.com) opened in the four biggest Lithuanian cities: Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda, and Siauliai.
Lithuanian TV to mortgage Vilnius TV tower
Lithuanian Radio and Television Centre LRTC http://www.lrtc.lt/index.html plans to mortgage Vilnius TV tower to fund an upgrade in services.
Lithuania scores with basketball
The Lithuanian incumbent telco TEO LT has become the first broadcaster in the Baltic Republics to offer its TV subscribers the US sports channel NBA TV.
Lithuania sends Loss to Oscar race
Lithuania has chosen Maris Martinsons' Loss as its first feature film to compete for selection the Best Foreign Language category.
Lithuanian distributor Greta Akcijonaite, Skalvija
As managing director of Skalvija since 2005, Greta Akcijonaite oversees a company that has become one of the main players in cinema policies, discussions, and initiative in Lithuania.
Film financing in Lithuania: Rasa Miskiniyte
Producer Rasa Miskiniyte's 600,000 euro documentary The Bug Trainer is a tribute to persistence and diligence in the face of limited national funding resources.
