Lithuanian Advertising Market Begins to Stabilize

VILNIUS: The Lithuanian market research and consulting company TNS LT reports that media advertising in Lithuania fell 1.5 % in 2010. Media advertising totaled 324.6 Million LTL. In 2009 media…
15-03-2011

Lithuania Sees Mixed 2011 Q4 Telecoms Results

Broadband penetration and subscribers rose in Lithuania during the fourth quarter of 2011, but a decrease in fixed and mobile telephone subscribers led to an overall decline in the telecoms…
24-02-2011

PRODUCTION: Barzakh

Lithuanian -Finnish co-production Barzakh (www.barzakhfilm.com) opens the Berlinale Panorama Dokumente on 10 February 2011. The directorial debut of Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravicius follows the families of missing Chechens.
30-01-2011

Lithuania Announces Documentary Competition

The Lithuanian Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Education and Science has announced a competition for €300,000 (1 million LTL) to be granted for a film in honor of the…
25-01-2011

TEO LT Announces $125 Million Investment

Lithuanian telecom company TEO LT has announced plans to invest over LTL 325 million ($125 million) in next-generation services in Lithuania in 2011. TEO LT (www.teo.lt) is the country's largest…
12-01-2011

Lithuania‘s Box Office National Hits

VILNIUS: Emilis Velyvis' crime comedy Zero 2 (http://www.zero2.lt) about mafia wars and family dramas has become the most profitable Lithuanian movie at the national box office since 1993. Zero 2,…
09-01-2011

FNE Polish Film Institute 5th Anniversary Special: Back to Your Arms Premieres in Lithuania

The Lithuanian/Polish co-production Back To Your Arms (http://www.kaiapkabinsiutave.lt/) directed by Kristijonas Vildžiūnas with funding from the Polish Film Institute will premiered 17 November 2010 in Lithuania. Polish producer Krzysztof Zanussi…
14-11-2010

PRODUCTION: Sweet Smoke finishes shooting in Lithuania

Director Masha Novikova has completed filming her documentary triptych under the working title Sweet Smoke (OF FATHERLAND/ OF HOMELAND) in Lithuania. The release of the film is planned for 2011.
09-11-2010

PRODUCTION: Book Smugglers in Postproduction

VILNIUS: The Lithuanian-Irish co-production Book Smugglers (Smuigléirí Leabhar, Knygnešiai), a creative documentary bydirector Jeremiah Cullinane, is now in postproduction. The film will be completed in both 72 and 52 minute…
13-10-2010

PRODUCTION: Fortress of Sleeping Butterflies in production

Lithuanian filmmaker Algimantas Puipa is shooting a new feature film Fortress of Sleeping Butterflies (Miegančių drugelių tvirtovė) based on the novel by the famous Lithuanian writer Jurga Ivanauskaitė.
30-09-2010

PRODUCTION: Vanishing Waves filming in Lithuania

Rising young Lithuanian director Kristina Buožytė is currently working on her second feature film, Vanishing Waves (Aurora). Buožytė‘s first feature, The Collectress, won the Lithuanian national cinema award "Silver Crane"…
29-09-2010

Amaya premieres in Lithuania

VILNIUS: Latvian director, screenwriter and producer Maris Martinsons will premiere his new film Amaya on 17 September in Lithuania. Amaya (www.amaya.lt ). The story of hard-working Japanese woman Amaya a…
14-09-2010

Anarchy in Žirmūnai premieres in Lithuania

Saulius Drunga's debut feature Anarchy in Žirmunai (Anarchija Žirmūnuose) premiered on 9 September in Vilnius, kicking off nationwide distribution. The project, written by Saulius Drunga, won the MEDIA New Talent…
09-09-2010

LithuanianTV channel faces lawsuit

Lithuanian TV channel TV3 (www.tv3.lt) has been sued over a Mrs. Universe contest held on August 21. The Miss Universe Organization in the U.S. filed a lawsuit on August 24…
26-08-2010

FESTIVALS: Šarūnas Bartas’ Eastern Drift will premiere in Kaunas Film Festival

The 4th Kaunas International Film Festival will be opened with Eastern Drift (Indigène d'Eurasie) - the best Lithuanian film of 2010. The Lithuanian premiere of the latest film by Šarūnas…
16-08-2010

Documentary Afghan Freedom is shooting in Lithuania

Director Juozas Koreivais shooting the documentary film Afghan Freedom („Afganų laisvė"). Filming is scheduled tp be completed by the beginning of November.
08-08-2010

Kaunas International Film Festival announces Silver Audience Award

Lithuanian movie channel "Silver" has become an official partner of Kaunas International Film Festival (www.kinofestivalis.lt). The 4th edition of the festival, October 1-10, will introduce the "Silver Audience Award," with…
04-08-2010

Surviving D-Day winds up Lithuanian shoot

British film company Dangerous films (http://www.dangerous.co.uk) and Lithuanian company Baltijos filmų paslaugos are finishing shooting of the TV film Surviving D-Day in Klaipėda, Lithuania.
25-07-2010

Lietuvos Kinas sale suspended

The planned sale of real estate properties by Lithuanian distribution company Lietuvos Kinas (www.lietuvoskinas.lt) has been suspended by the Ministry of Culture.
19-07-2010

Lietuvos Kinas sells properties

Lietuvos Kinas (www.lietuvoskinas.lt ), which maintains an archive of Lithuanian films, will sell several pieces of real estate, company director Juozas Koreiva confirmed.
14-06-2010