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This year, the Lithuanian Film Center plans to allocate 1 million 804 thousand for film production and preparatory work. 491 euros. The state will fund 34 feature films, documentaries, and animated films. According to the estimated amount “p. Landsberg is in third place after two feature films.
Documentary film “p. Landsbergis ”or“ Mr. Landsbergis ”, as its Ukraine director Sergei Loznica calls it, was created since last spring. The film is produced by the public institution Uljana Kim ir ko.
Saw political influence
Filmmakers interviewed by Lietuvos Rytas, asking that their names not be released, unanimously stated that 184,000. a particularly important amount for the production of a documentary feature film. Usually between 50 and 60 thousand are allocated for such films. euros.
Director Audrius Juzėnas explained that during the quarantine the prices of film production have fallen, the filmed material from the Lithuanian archives costs little and, according to him, “to plant V. Landsbergis under a tree and not ask for anything”.
“Such a move fails: other artists lose the opportunity to start making their own films. After all, for so much money, young directors could make four such documentaries.
Do not believe it when you say that the projects proposed by others are not interesting. This is a lie, ”said A. Juzėnas.
However, according to the well-known director, the creators who are most concerned are not the money destined for the film ”p. Landsbergis ”and the interference of politicians in culture. V. Landsbergis is a member of the Presidium of the Lithuanian Christian National-Democratic Union.
“This film is related to the ruling party and its cultural policy”, A. Juzėnas is convinced.
At the time, director Agnė Marcinkevičiūtė, who had made several films about V. Landsbergis at the expense of private sponsors, supported the decision to fund “p. Landsbergis “:” Today he is no longer a politician, but a high-profile public figure. “
According to political scientist Lauras Bielinis, basically a movie about politics is a good thing, of course, if it is good in terms of aesthetics and content.
High expert scores
The Lithuanian Film Center explained that the film “p. Landsbergis experts rated him very high, and his overall average was 58.67 points. In second and third place, the documentary feature film projects were evaluated with 50, 33 and 46 points, and were awarded with 60 thousand. and 40 thousand. euros.
The maximum amount that a documentary film project can support is 200 thousand. euros. That’s what said “Mr. The creators of Landsbergis, but the Cinema Center decided to allocate a little less.
Films are evaluated by experts based on national, educational, and humanistic value, originality and relevance of the subject and idea, as well as the director’s achievements. Loznica’s films have won awards at more than 20 international festivals, two of them in Cannes. Additionally, the film’s producer, U. Kim, was named.
There were no unfavorable questions
Ina Šilina’s conversation with S. Loznica, which appeared on LRT.lt, dedicated to January 13 this year, states that “Mister Landsbergis” deals with the events in Lithuania from 1988 to 1993 “, when the last soldier of the empire left the land of Lithuania. “
S. Loznica said that he met V. Landsbergis at the presentation of his film, made friends, began to meet. After learning that so far no fundamental film has been made about this period, which is very important for Lithuania, the former Soviet Union and the entire history of Europe, the creator was very surprised.
“I think Lithuania is lucky. At the right time, the right person appeared in the right place. Vytautas is like Dante’s Virgil, leading me down this path,” said the director of the film that is being made.
When asked by the reporter about the uncomfortable questions, V. Landsbergis said the director had not asked them: “I was gentle but humble with him.
By the way, in this movie, the teacher speaks Russian with the director talking to him. S. Loznica collected about a thousand hours of footage from Sąjūdis archives and enthusiasts for the film “Mister Landsbergis”.
The director has lived in Germany for twenty years and works in Ukraine and Russia. Recently, he has been editing and making his films famous in Lithuania.
More than one movie has already been made
1997 The film “Candidate” (dir. Rimantas Gruodis) was made on Lithuanian National Television (now LRT). In the event of a scandal, then-TV CEO Arvydas Ilginis renamed him Vytautas Landsbergis and called for all freaks to be called by their own names.
24 thousand were destined for the creation of the film. LTL 400. V. Landsbergis later stated that he did not know who were filming him and for what purpose, that no one had informed him that Lithuanian television was making a film about him.
2012 the director Agnė Marcinkevičiūtė and the producer Gražina Ručytė-Landsbergienė, wife of V. Landsbergis, created the first part of the trilogy on V. Landsbergis “Vytautas Landsbergis: Thoughts and works”.
The second part “Vytautas Landsbergis: The Road to Freedom” appeared in 2017, the third part “The President’s Diplomacy: The Road to Lithuania Restored”, in 2019. The trilogy was created at the expense of individuals, contributed by the Vytautas Foundation Landsbergis.
2013-2017 A. Marcinkevičiūtė and producer G. Ručytė-Landsbergienė created five parts of the V. Landsbergis film “Breaking by the Baltics”. The production of the films was financed by individuals.
