Developer benefits: a matter of conscience? Soloist Opera – 600, Rytis Cicinas – 1800 | Names

A total of 863 people reportedly applied for compensation, with benefits reaching 698 developers who met the conditions of the compensation program.

A total of 656 thousand. of funds managed by the Culture Council for the remuneration of the blank medium.

420 developers will receive 420 developers each, 1.2 thousand. EUR – 161, 1.8 thousand. EUR – 117 developers. You can complete the list found here.

According to the Culture Council, the benefits are distributed in proportion to the size of the loss of income.

The remaining funds from this program – just over 94 thousand. EUR: will be distributed by announcing a new contest on May 28 on the website of the Lithuanian Council of Culture.

Lump sums are slated to be available to an additional 100 developers, depending on the size of their lost revenue.

For opera soloists – 600 euros

There are many well-known names among developers who have received the most modest payment. Performer Ieva Narkutė-Šeduikienė, opera soloist Liudas Mikalauskas, performers Olegas Ditkovskis, Raminta Naujanytė-Bjelle, performer, wife of Deivis Norvila Renata Norvilė, actor Ramūnas Cicėnas will receive such amount for lost revenue.

The payment of 600 euros will also go to the actor, performer Dominikas Vaitiekūnas, music composer, performer Domantas Razauskas, singer Aiste Lasyte, actors Arūnas Sakalauskas, Arvydas Dapšis, Edgars Bechter, Ramūnas Šimukauskas, performer Harold Šklėri. The same amount was allocated to the famous performer Auguste Žičkute on X Factor.

After contacting actor R.Cicėnas on Monday afternoon, he admitted to having heard about the benefits received only from the rumors, therefore he did not dare to comment further. However, according to him, if the Culture Council has already decided to allocate such an amount, the decision cannot be questioned as well.

“It just caught our eye then. I couldn’t dig into that, but I’ve heard of them from rumors, I don’t even know how to react yet. On the one hand, at least it is good that I have given, “R. Cicenas commented briefly.

Artists with us forget, especially those who don’t work in state theaters, they travel a lot

Vilnius City Council member Donalda Meiželytė, host of the event and actor Žilvinas Tratas will receive the same amount. The latter reacted extremely positively to the message, as he did not expect to receive at least a penny.

“It just caught our eye then. Ant bajer I signed up. Why? Because artists forget about us, especially those who don’t work in public theaters, they travel a lot. As a result, I thought that it would not reach me at all. I’m really pleasantly surprised. ” 15 minutes J. Tratas said.

Working mainly in foreign countries, Russia, Ukraine and Great Britain, Ž.Trat does not hide the fact that he has lost a lot of income. After a long trip to Asia earlier this year, he spent all of his savings, making this period extremely difficult. The last time J.Trat worked was in October of last year.

“2020 was supposed to be the best year of my life, I had to debut as a director, but it all disappeared. I had nothing left and I was preparing to tighten the belt very tightly ”, the actor did not hide. He is happy to receive a more modest benefit than others, he says that the offers and offers immortalized in various Lithuanian series gave hope and received.

Benefits: a matter of conscience?

Vilnius Council member D.Meiželytė also made no secret of his surprise that she was included in the lucky list. According to her, a developer who expected to receive lump sums had to request and record in one of the articles exactly how much he had lost at the agreed rates during the quarantine. As Donalda says, everything here depended on consciousness.

D. Meiželytė herself attributed two events to the lost royalties: the holding of a theater festival, which should have included performance moments, and a larger event with a live sound group. According to Donalda, it was not a private event, the coordination was carried out through the event organizers.

“Of course, the losses are twice as high, but they have allocated as much as possible.” Perhaps other artists have lost more, “says D. Meiželytė.

A one-time payment of 600 euros is gratifying, because as a member of the Vilnius Council he receives compensation of 300 euros in salary.

“I pay taxes according to the individual activity certificate, I declare all the activities and funds received privately. I see it in a very responsible and precise way. But, in my opinion, if Lithuania were in my hands, the State Tax Inspectorate , with all the data, he would distribute and transfer them according to the losses, without asking how much they supposedly lost, ”says Donalda.

If Lithuania were in my hands, the State Tax Inspectorate, with all the data, would be distributed and transferred according to the losses.

1.2 thousand euros – and for the stars

161 creators, including actor Gytis Ivanauskas, artists Jeronimas Milius, Jurga Šeduikytė-Bareikienė, Jurijus Veklenko, Jokūbas Bareikis, Karina Krysko-Skambinė, Augustė Vedrickaitė, Česlovas Gabalis, Deividas Bastys, will receive more than one thousand euros.

There are also a number of actors on this list. For example, Lina Rastokaitė-Siaurusaitienė, Andrius Bialobžeskis, Dalius Skamarakas, Balys Latėnas, Eimutis Kvoščiauskas, Emilija Latėnaitė-Beliauskienė, Martynas Nedzinskas and others.

The same benefit will be awarded to the interpreter Donata Gutauskienė-Laisva, the television and event presenter Giedrius Leškevičius, the actors Rolandas Kazlas, Severija Janušauskaitė, Toma Vaškevičiūtė.

Actor A. Bialobžeskis, who is included in the list, says he does not want to assess the benefit received, the amount, in his opinion, is adequate. However, the actor says it should be kept in mind that after two months of quarantine we are talking about the first benefits, although it is still not entirely clear how the art world will survive.

“Based on what is happening now, I understand that we will not be able to start the summer, it will not be possible to maintain the specified distances in the theater rooms. So now it is difficult to assess the amount allocated, because it seems that this is just the beginning, “says the actor.

When submitting the request, A. Bialobžeskis did not count the private events, there were, but they were very small. He counted his losses as failed prime ministers, of which there were many. The premiere was planned in the Birutė Mar Theater, the performances were canceled and in the Other Theater. The interruption of the children’s play “Trumpet”, which was considered a great success, also attracted many people.

However, the actor, who is reluctant to assess the amount allocated, says he feels he won in terms of quarantine, because he was finally able to spend time stabilizing the pace, on the books.

“Finally I was able to meet the family (laughs). He goes, son and learned to use a computer,” the actor was optimistic about the situation.

After 1800 – to Jazz, Rytis Cicin and other celebrities

A sizable list of stars extends to the ultimate beneficiary spot – those who received the most benefit possible.

1.8 thousand Opera soloist Justina Gringytė-Simonian, artists Justė Starinskaitė, Alina Orlova, Justina Jarutis, producer Leon Somova, actress Aušra Štukytė, musicians Giedrius Nakas and Giedrius Širka, members of the group “8 Kambarys” David Aarle Es It is true that the group manager Ričardas Fedasiukas will receive the same.

Actor Leonard Pobedonoscev and accordion virtuoso Martynas Levickis also appeared on this list. All the most famous Lithuanian “Monikas” – Monika Marija Paulauskaitė, Monika Pundziūtė-Monique and Monika Linkytė – also received the most benefit.

This amount will also go to artists Vaidotas Baumila and Vidas Bareikis, comedians Paulis Ambrazevičius, Vaidotas Šysžinys.

Performers Alina Orlov, Donatas Montvydas, Gabrielė Liaudanskas-Svaras, actress, performer Inga Jankauskaitė, Justė Arlauskaitė-Jazz and others can also be found here.

1.8 thousand The legend of the stage, called Rytis Cicinas, will also receive a subsidy in euros.

It is true that you can also find fun moments in the document. For example, after 1.8 thousand, they will receive the families of the artists Liveta and Petras Kazlauskai, as well as Edmundas Seilius and Kristina Zmailaitė.

Famous clothing designer Agnė Kuzmickaitė-Prūsaitienė will also receive the strongest profit. Meanwhile, her husband, singer Saulius Prūsaitis, is not among the beneficiaries.

“I cannot comment because it is possible that my administration has not yet managed to complete this application or not. I do not know, those questions do not reach me. But if necessary, the wife will keep it,” laughed S. Prūsaitis.

1.8 thousand A payment of 1 million euros was also granted to producer Povilas Skaisgiris. He happily responded to the benefit he received, but emphasizes that the amount is intended to ease artists’ difficult lives, not to repair the damage done to the business. Which, according to him, amounts to 50 thousand. euros

“I’m glad you received at least that, but, for me personally, it won’t be worth it. The whole project took my breath away, I couldn’t create jobs for people. The quarantine closed theaters, and the movie” Marriage, Divorce and badger “had just been released, and it was the most painful thing for me because I had money left.

Actually, in my translation, I calculated that I lost 50 thousand. euros If at least 20 thousand had come to that movie. people, although 80 to 120 thousand come to my movies, the loss would reach perhaps 20 thousand. “said the producer.

According to P. Skaisgiris, he requested support from the Lithuanian Film Center, but after a month of silence, he asked the director. According to him, the response received was extremely painful.

“They told me I was the only one because I am a producer and a distributor. I suffered twice, but I said I would support and then I used the money.” They received two million and 800 thousand to solve quarantine problems. dedicated to competition and everything. He said that if he wanted to go to the Ministry of Health because everything had been closed, they were responsible. Beautiful form sent in three letters.

You know, I wasn’t going to take this opportunity to earn what others could have done, I just needed to get back at least $ 50,000. euros to make a new movie in the summer. I don’t do business because of a disaster, ”said P. S. Skagirys.

For me personally, this will not be worth it.

LCT Administration Director: “Applications passed verification”

Mindaugas Bundza, Administrative Director of the Lithuanian Culture Council (LKT) 15 minutes He said that LKT granted one-time payments to independent developers based on data provided by applicants on lost income during quarantine: “The payments were distributed according to previously announced proportions, as they distributed the applications that passed administrative control “

According to Bundza, the application form was informed that developers should indicate only those costs that could be justified: “We reserve the right to verify that information in case of suspicion.”

There has been much debate in the public sphere on the decision to prioritize payments until all funds allocated for the implementation of this program have been allocated; the competition had to stop the day after its announcement, after receiving 880 applications. How does LKT evaluate this decision today?

“Because the decisions were made based on the circumstances that existed at the time, I believe that the decision we made with the Copyright Protection Association was the most appropriate for all parties. It may not have been ideal, many things can be mentioned, so it was not ideal, but at that moment it seems to me that the decision was not bad, “said M. Bundza.

According to him, this time LKT helped learn good and bad lessons: “It seems to me that the good lessons are that there are different sources of funds and we can find ways, technical solutions to have a quick, easy to use and easy process. And the difficult lessons we have learned are, of course, communication issues, the lack of clarity, that is what you have to learn. The situation is that we learn by going, falling.

From what we know of the sector, the situation is well established, the difference between benefits and scholarships is clearer, perhaps due to the slightly less negative. Also, as reported, on 29. a new competition for individual scholarships is announced. “

Currently, a total of 656 thousand. of the part of the funds administered by the LCT received from the remuneration of the blank medium. The remaining funds from this program – just over 94 thousand. EUR: to be distributed by announcing a new tender on May 28 on the LCT website.