Gambler Wins at Lithuanian Film Awards

VILNIUS: Ignas Jonynas won the best director and best film awards for the Lithuanian/Latvian coproduction The Gambler (Lošėjas) at the seventh Lithuanian Film and TV Silver Crane Awards held on…
05-05-2014

GRANTS: Lithuanian Development Funding for 2014

VILNIUS: Nine feature film projects are among the recipients of 205,000 EUR in development funding announced by the Lithuanian Film Center.
18-04-2014

Lithuania Announces 2014 Grants

VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Film Centre will distribute 2,082,368 EUR to 40 projects in 2014.
16-04-2014

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Skalvija Cinema Center

This month we spoke with Vilma Levickaitė, the manager of Skalvija Cinema Center, a small and cozy art house cinema situated in central Vilnius. Well known amongst film lovers for…
08-04-2014

Vilnius IFF 2014: Winners have been announced

VILNIUS: Vilnius International Film Festival closed its 19th edition on April 3. There were two competition programmes: “New Europe – New Names” and “Baltic Gaze”, which was launched in 2014.
04-04-2014

Vilnius Meeting Point Draws Industry to Lithuania

VILNIUS: The fifth edition of the Vilnius IFF industry sidebar Meeting Point Vilnius presented 22 Baltic films and works in progress to an audience of 150 international guests.
03-04-2014

Lithuania Sees Ad Market Growth in 2014

VILNIUS: The Lithuanian advertising market is expected to grow by 7% in 2014, with advertising prices rising across the board.
01-04-2014

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Lithuania Wins Pitching Award

The Lithuanian documentary Liebe Tante, Guten Tag! won the best pitch award at the East European Forum.
21-03-2014

Domestic Films Grow on Lithuanian Audiences

VILNIUS: Lithuanian cinema attendance rose by almost 8 percent in 2013, while three domestic films made it into the top ten.
20-02-2014

Lithuanian Film Centre Supports Seven Films

VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Film centre approved financial support of 4.75m Litas for six feature film production projects and one short feature film.
18-02-2014

FNE at Berlinale 2014: Lithuanian Films in Berlin

Lithuanian Films Line up European Film Market 2014
06-02-2014

Lithuania Plans Increased Film Activity in 2014

The Lithuanian Film Centre announced that it will increase film funding in 2014 in a year that promises more activity for the film industry.
30-01-2014

Lithuania and Estonia Join EFP

The Lithuanian Film Centre and the Estonian Film Institute will become individual members of European Film Promotion.
19-12-2013

Vilnius Film Cluster to launch new world class production centre

VILNIUS: The Vilnius Film Cluster will launch a new 1000 sq m sound stage and production centre in March 2014. The 4.5m LTL project aims to cash in on Lithuania’s…
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FNE Warsaw AV Summit Country Profile: Lithuania

The opening of the Lithuanian Film Centre in 2012 reaped its first fruits in 2013, despite limited public funding available for domestic production.
17-12-2013

American Series Filming in Lithuania

VILNIUS: The U.S. television network ABC is currently shooting an eight-part TV mini-series The Assets in Vilnius.
25-11-2013

FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2013 Breathing into Marble

COTTBUS: Just a Moment, a young Lithuanian production company with international aspirations, joins forces with writer/director Giedre Beinoriute whose documentary Conversations on Serious Topics was selected as Lithuania’s 2013 Oscar…
08-11-2013

FESTIVALS: Lithuanian Docs Premiere at Scanorama

VILNIUS: Four Lithuanian documentaries, including one Lithuanian/German coproduction, will have their premieres during the Scanorama film festival, which takes place 7- 24 November 2013 in four cities across Lithuania.
05-11-2013

Gentlemen and Gangsters Shooting in Lithuania

VILNIUS: The 10m EUR Scandinavian feature film and mini-series Gentlemen and Gangsters based on Klas Östergren’s best-selling novels and directed by Mikael Marcimain, is scheduled to complete shooting (which began…
29-10-2013

Eurimages Supports 20 Films

VILNIUS: The Eurimages Fund has announced support of 20 films following its 15-17 October 2013 meeting held in Vilnius. The films, including features, animation and documentaries, will share a total…
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