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Reviews‘Vesper’: Karlovy Vary Review
Ecological fragility fuels this dystopian sci-fi from Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper
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Directors Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper on their 10-year odyssey to make bio-punk fairy tale ‘Vesper’
“Our desire was to make a movie about hope.”
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‘January’: Tribeca Review
Viesturs Kairiss paints a rather sombre picture of adolescence in the political turbulence of early-90s Latvia
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‘Aurora’s Sunrise’: Annecy Review
The remarkable life of Armenian genocide survivor Aurora Mardiganian is turned into a gripping animation
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Vytautas Katkus’s ‘The Visitor’ wins Critics’ Week Next Step project prize
The prize is connected to the parallel section’s Next Step programme helping directors move from shorts to features.
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Cannes to show ‘Mariupolis 2’ from murdered Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravicius
Kvedaravicius’ fiancée has edited footage the director shot in the Ukrainian city.
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Film Republic boards Screen International prizewinner ‘Tasty’ (exclusive)
Lithuanian comedy ‘Tasty’ won the Screen International best pitch award at Tallinn’s Baltic Event in 2020.
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Friends, colleagues of Mariupol-slain filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravičius evoke a singular talent
Producers, directors, and programmers recall a brave, fearless filmmaker.
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‘Mr Landsbergis’: IDFA Review
Sergei Loznitsa compiles an exhaustive accout of the struggle for Lithuania’s independence from the USSR
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‘Pilgrims’: Thessaloniki Review
Laurynas Bareisa’s spare drama explores a mysterious, traumatic crime full of violence and despair
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‘Runner’: Karlovy Vary Review
Andrius Blazevicius’ semi-sequel to The Saint delivers ”a kinetic, pummelling experience”
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‘The Flood Won’t Come’: Transilvania Review
Armenian director Marat Sargsyan takes an ambiguous approach to his tale of civil war
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Vilnius expands selection for 2021 industry forum
Titles are split between Coming Soon and Industry Screenings.
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Tallinn Best Pitch winner ‘Tasty’ cooks up production plan
Lithuania’s Eglė Vertelytė set to shoot comedy cookery feature in 2022.
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Vilnius Film Festival to host screenings and red carpets from the city’s hotel rooms
Idea is a solution to the problem of closed cinemas and no physical events.
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From ‘Tenet’ to ’Stranger Things’: how the Baltic region is opening up for international production
The heads of the national film institutes of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania came together in Tallinn.
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‘Roman’s Childhood’: DOK Leipzig Review
Documentary about a Lithuanian family in straitened circumstances is unexpectedly uplifting
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“People wanted a pure hero film”: Sharunas Bartas on his drama ‘In The Dusk’
The film has its international premiere in competition at San Sebastian this week.
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‘In The Dusk’: San Sebastian Review
Sharunas Bartas returns to form with this stark, sombre Lithuanian war story
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‘The Castle’: Galway Review
A Lithuanian girl tries to sing her song in Dublin’s fair - but harsh - city
