Ready for the anniversary movie awards “Silver Crane”: fifteen years of Lithuanian cinema Tradition

Because the nation’s most vital movie awards are approaching, here’s a take a look at how the Lithuanian movie business and its visibility on the earth have modified throughout this era. Fifteen years – loads or a bit? Fee it your self.

This yr, the Silver Crane nationwide movie awards are greeted with the slogan “Open your eyes to cinema”. That is an invite to observe, respect and revel in Lithuanian cinema, whose achievements over the previous fifteen years are actually shocking.

15 years – greater than 250 awards

The primary nationwide movie awards befell in 2008, on the Lithuanian Nationwide Drama Theater. In complete, over fifteen years, greater than 250 “Silver winch” awards have been offered in several classes. Audrius Kemežys, cameraman of vibrant reminiscence, received essentially the most private awards, 4. The actress who received essentially the most “Silver Cranes” is Rasa Samuolytė, who has been awarded thrice.

Yearly, some creators are additionally acknowledged with particular awards – “Golden crane” for lifetime achievements and “Silver crane egg” for the perfect pupil work. Marija Kavtaradze and Marija Stonytė, who’re well-known all around the world, have received two “Silver crane eggs” every. M. Kavtaradze was later awarded the “Silver Crane” as the perfect screenwriter for the movie “The Saint” (along with Tekle Kavtaradze and Andrii Blaževičius, the movie “The Saint”), and the director’s movie “Surviving the summer time” grew to become essentially the most seen movie of the yr and the yr finest characteristic movie. This yr, M. Kavtaradze’s movie “You do not remind me of something” was nominated in as many as 13 classes.

“Auksine gerve” awarded 11 males and 4 ladies who deserve the world of cinema for his or her lifetime achievements: actor Juozas Budraitis, director Mantas Kvedaravičius, cameraman Algimantas Mockus, actor Donatas Banionis, director, actor Marijonas Giedrys, cameraman Jonas Gricius, director Arūnas Žebriūnas, actor Regimantas Adomaitis actress Eugenija Pleškytė, enhancing director Izabelė Pinaitytė, actor Vytautas Paukštė, actress Vaiva Mainelytė, cameraman Janas Vitoldas Tomaševičius, cinematographer Algirdas Ničius, actress Gražina Balandytė, producer Kęstutis Petrulis.

Greater than 500 Lithuanian movies have been created

In fifteen years, not solely the “Silver Cranes” that fly in yearly, but additionally Lithuanian cinema have modified considerably. In response to the info of the Lithuanian Movie Heart, 185 Lithuanian premieres befell within the final ten years alone, and 502 Lithuanian or co-produced movies have been made. The rising reputation of Lithuanian cinema can be proven by the tickets offered in cinemas. It’s estimated that in 2013-2023 greater than 6 million viewers visited Lithuanian cinema screenings.

In response to movie critic Santos Lingevičiūtė, who chosen the nominated movies along with the Choice Fee this yr, the very first thing that pleases her is the growing variety of movies created yearly and the awards at A-class festivals.

“When generations modified in Lithuanian cinema thirty years in the past, the turning level was apparent. Then Šarūnas Bartas, Audrius Stonys, Arūnas Matelis, Valdas Navasaitis raised the bar of Lithuanian skilled cinema and nonetheless holds it. A bit of later, the start builders took benefit of the truth that censorship disappeared. This technology, which incorporates Giedrė Beinoriūtė, Saulius Drunga, Ignas Miškinis, Kristijonas Vildžiūnas, Giedrė Zickytė and others. started the seek for a brand new cinematic language, characters that had not been seen earlier than appeared – individuals making an attempt to outlive within the situations of political and social transformation.

The present technology – Lina Luzytė, Laurynas Bareiša, Marija Kavtaradze, Karolis Kaupinis, Aistė Žegulytė, Andrius Blaževičius, Marat Sargsyan and plenty of others – who selected the Romanian New Wave as their place to begin, of their debut quick movies not solely seemed for brand spanking new themes, but additionally tried to outline a brand new Actuality. Their movies are meant for friends, thus making an attempt to begin a dialogue with them and share experiences. The movies of the present technology are socially engaged, and such cinema was sorely missing in already impartial Lithuania. It have to be understood that cinema, like different arts, is a residing organism, a steady course of, as generations and cinema fashions change. And the place is the brand new technology whose work will actually shine outdoors Lithuania, says S. Lingevičiūtė.

Premieres of Lithuanian movies have certainly taken place at many A-class movie festivals: Worldwide Cannes, Berlin, Venice, San Sebastian, Karlovy Differ, Locarno, Sundance, Tallinn “Black Nights” and Warsaw movie festivals.

In recent times, filmmakers have been happy with extraordinarily excessive achievements: the Sundance Movie Pageant acknowledged M. Kavtaradze for guiding “You Do not Keep in mind Me”. The Tallinn Movie Pageant awarded T. Vengris “5 1/2 love tales in a single Vilnius condo”. Director Irma Pužauskaitė’s “Ninth Step” was bought by Central Europe’s HBO, and producer Uljana Kim obtained the celebrated Eurimages and European Movie Academy co-production award. All these creators will even seem on the purple carpet of the Silver Crane awards this yr.

The solemn ceremony will happen on June 9, within the LVSO live performance corridor. The nationwide movie awards “Sidabrinė gervė” are organized by the affiliation AVAKA along with the Lithuanian Movie Heart. Lithuanian cinema is supported by Telia Play. The patron of the awards is Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė. The work of the “Sidabrinės gervės” movie choice and voting commissions is overseen by the worldwide audit firm “Grant Thornton Baltic”.