Lithuanian Filmmakers Festival: Red Carpet for Guests and Triumph of the Film “Nova Lituania”

At the Lithuanian National Film Awards for the first time this year, filmmakers were awarded in 20 categories. Karolis Kaupinis’s film “Nova Lituania” received the most nominations this year, it was nominated in up to 12 categories. Not far from this film is Algimantas Puipa’s story “The Other Side of Silence”, which received 10 nominations. Šarūnas Bartas’s work in “Twilight” was nominated in 8 categories.

Karolis Kaupinis, the director of the film “Nova Lituania”, which rang more times during the night, became the winner of the nominations. He has won three awards: “Best Director of the Year”, “Best Feature Film of the Year” and “Best Screenplay of the Year”.

“Cinema is a paradoxical language that finds the opportunity to speak to all people, to sit them together and unite them. I hope that cinema will always live not only in cinemas, but also in society “, – said Karolis Kaupinis on receiving the award” Best directorial work of the year “.

Actress Barbora Bareikytė won the “Best Actress of the Year” award. “It’s amazing to be here, it’s a big thank you. It seems like a dream come true that I had never named myself. Congratulations to the entire “Castle” movie crew. I thank my parents, friends, everyone for their support ”, said in mourning the young actress, who played in the movie“ Castle ”.

“It just came to our knowledge then. Thank you for joining this family, thank you for the joy of being together again,” said actor and director Vaidotas Martinaitis, receiving the award for “Best Supporting Actor of the Year.”

The documentary team “Animus Animalis (Story about people, beasts and things)” also won three awards at the awards. The film won the award for best documentary feature film. The film composer duo Gediminas Jakubka and Mindaugas Urbaitis were awarded for the best work by the composer, and Mindaugas Žukauskas became the director of the best montage of the year.

The winner of the Audience Condolence Award was also announced at the Lithuanian National Film Awards: it became the Maria Kavtaradze drama “Surviving Summer”. This is the only nomination for the awards, the winner of which was determined only by the votes of the audience that voted on the LRT.lt portal. Up to 23 films competed in this vote for public sympathy.

The awards were spearheaded by actress Aistė Diržiūtė, 2019. She has already tried her role as host of European film awards. The winners were received live and virtually by representatives of Lithuanian and world culture, art and politics, and the festive atmosphere was fueled by the Vilnius Sinfonietta Orchestra conducted by Vytautas Lukočius.

The winners received the “I-You” award. The award symbolizing the meeting of the viewer and the actor, actor and observer on the cinema screen was created by graphic designer and speaker Marius Žalneravičius, who won the competition for the artistic idea project of the Lithuanian National Film Award.

The Lithuanian National Film Awards, which will debut this year, will be awarded annually in cooperation with organizations that bring together filmmakers operating in Lithuania. The awards are organized by the Lithuanian Film Center together with the Lithuanian National Radio and Television in cooperation with the copyright management associations LATGA and AGATA.

Gallery of Lithuanian National Cinema Awards Ceremony:

Nominees for the Lithuanian National Film Awards (featured winners)

LIFETIME AWARD

SIMATH PUBLIC AWARD

• SUMMER EXPERIENCE (dir. Marija Kavtaradze, producer Marija Razgutė, Klementina Remeikaitė)

BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR:

• SUMMER EXPERIENCE (dir. Marija Kavtaradze, producer Marija Razgutė, Klementina Remeikaitė)
• THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE (dir. Algimantas Puipa, prod. Uljana Kim)
• INVISIBLE (dir. Ignas Jonynas, producer Kristina Ramanauskaitė, Ramojus Petrauskas, Aurimas Pukevičius)
• NOVA LITHUANIA (dir. Karolis Kaupinis, producer Marija Razgutė, Martynas Mickėnas)
• IN THE SYSTEMS (dir. Šarūnas Bartas, prod. Šarūnas Bartas, Jurga Dikčiuvienė)

BEST WORK OF THE YEAR OF DIRECTION:

• RUGILĖ BARZDŽIUKAITĖ (Acid Forest)
• KAUNAS NECKLACE (Nova Lituania)
• MARIJA KAVTARADZĖ (Surviving the summer)
• ALGIMANTAS PUIPA (The other side of silence)
• AISTĖ ŽEGULYTĖ (Animus Animalis (story about people, beasts and things)

BEST LONG DOCUMENTARY DOCUMENT OF THE YEAR:

• ANIMUS ANIMALIS (STORY ABOUT PEOPLE, ANIMALS AND THINGS) (dir. Aistė Žegulytė, prod. Giedrė Burokaitė)
• TRAVEL HOUSE (dir. Ramunė Rakauskaitė, producer Algimantė Matelienė, Arūnas Matelis)
• BRIDGES OF TIME (dir. Audrius Stonys, Kristina Briede, producer Arūnas Matelis, Algimantė Matelienė, Uldis Cekulis, Riho Vastrik)
• ACID FOREST (dir. Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, producer Dovydas Korba, Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė)
• SECOND HAND (dir. Arturas Jevdokimovas, producer Algimantė Matelienė, Arūnas Matelis)

BEST SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR:

• REPRODUCTION (dir. Laurynas Bareiša, producer Klementina Remeikaitė)
• COLLECTIVE GARDENS (dir. Vytautas Katkus, prod. Viktorija Seniut)
• IN THE FIELD (dir. Kamilė Milašiūtė, producer Marija Fridinovaitė, Viktorija Seniut)
• EL CRUCE (dir. Danielius Minkevičius, producer Adolfina Kunčiūtė, Rūta Pašukonytė)
• ONE LIFE (dir. Marija Stonytė, producer Andrėja Čebavičiūtė, Giedrė Žickytė)

BEST ANIMATION FILM OF THE YEAR:

• ON THE WAYS OF ANGELS (dir. Kristina Buožytė, producer Vitalijus Žukas, Kristina Buožytė, Aleksander Podgorny)
• MATILDA AND SPARE HEAD (dir. Ignas Meilūnas, producer Marija Razgutė, Ignas Meilūnas)
• SNOW REFUGE (dir. Robertas Nevecka, producer Giedrė Burokaitė)
• JUGGER (dir. Skirmantė Jakaitė, producer Agnė Adomėnė, Delphine Schmit)

BEST MINORITY CO-PRODUCTION FILM OF THE YEAR:

• OLEGAS (Lithuanian producer Lukas Trimonis)
• LOBSTER SOUP (Lithuanian producer Algimantė Matelienė, Arūnas Matelis)
• THE HEART OF THE WORLD (Lithuanian producer Dagnė Vildžiūnaitė)
• STATE FUNERAL (produced by Uljana Kim)

BEST ACTOR OF THE YEAR:

• BARBORA BAREIKYTĖ (Castle)
• SEVERIJA JANUŠAUSKAITĖ (Place of birth)
• VIKTORIJA KUODYTĖ (The other side of silence)
• JŪRATĖ ONAITYTĖ (Castle)
• INDRĖ PATKAUSKAITĖ (Surviving the Summer)

BEST ACTOR OF THE YEAR:

• JUOZAS BUDRAITIS (The other side of silence)
• ARVYDAS DAPŠYS (In the twilight)
• ALEKSAS KAZANAVIČIUS (Nova Lithuania)
• PAULIUS MARKEVIČIUS (Surviving the Summer)
• VALENTIN NOVOPOLSKY (Oleg)

BEST REVOLUTIONARY PAPER OF THE YEAR:

• EGLĖ GABRĖNAITĖ (Nova Lithuania)
• VILIJA GRIGAITYTĖ (Surviving the summer)
• RASA SAMUOLYTĖ (Castle)
• RIMANTĖ VALIUKAITĖ (Castle)
• SONATA VISOCKAITĖ (People of the House of Plastic)

BEST ANTHRAPHAN ACTOR OF THE YEAR:

• LIUBOMIRAS LAUCEVIČIUS (Invisible)
• VAIDOTAS MARTINAITIS (Nova Lithuania)
• VIDAS PETKEVIČIUS (Purple Mist)
• POVILAS STANKUS (The other side of silence)
• SALVIA TREPULIS (Twilight)

BEST SCENARIO OF THE YEAR:

• ŠARŪNAS BARTAS, AUŠRA GIEDRAITYTĖ (In the twilight)
• IGNAS JONYNAS, KRISTUPAS SABOLIUS (Invisible)
• KAUNAS NECKLACE (Nova Lituania)
• MARIJA KAVTARADZĖ (Surviving the summer)
• RENATA MENDEIKIENĖ (ŠERELYTĖ), RAIMUNDAS BANIONIS (Purple Mist)

BEST COMPOSER OF THE YEAR:

• MARTYNAS BIALOBŽESKIS (The other side of silence)
• GEDIMINAS JAKUBKA, MINDAUGAS URBAITIS (Animus Animalis (Story about people, beasts and things)
• LATINO FAUSTAS (Purple Mist)
• GIEDRIUS PUSKUNIGIS (Bridges of time)

BEST OPERATOR JOB OF THE YEAR:

• EITVYDAS DOŠKUS (In Twilight)
• SIMONAS GLINSKIS (Nova Lithuania)
• VYTAUTAS KATKUS (Animus Animalis (story about people, beasts and things)
• AUDRIUS KEMEŽYS (place of birth)
• ALGIMANTAS MIKUTĖNAS (The other side of silence)

THE BEST WORK OF THE ARTIST OF THE YEAR:

• AUDRIUS DUMIKAS (Nova Lithuania)
• ALGIRDAS GARBAČIAUSKAS, JURIJ GRIGOROVIČ (Purple mist)
• POWER BARRIERS (The other side of silence)
• JURGIS KRASONS, JANIS KALNINŠ, AIVARS ŽUKOVSKIS (In the twilight)
• NERIJUS NARMONTAS (Invisible)

BEST SOUND DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR:

• Julius GRIGELIONIS (New Lithuania)
• VLADIMIR GOLOVNITSKI (State Funeral)
• JONAS MAKSVYTIS (Purple Mist)
• SAULIUS URBANAVIČIUS (The Core of the World)

EDITOR-DIRECTOR’S BEST WORK OF THE YEAR:

• RUGILĖ BARZDŽIUKAITĖ (Acid Forest)
• DANIELIUS KOKANAUSKIS (State Funeral)
• MIKAS ŽUKAUSKAUS (Animus Animalis (story about people, beasts and things)
• KOSTAS RADLINSKAS, ANDRA DORŠS (Bridges of time)
• SILVIJA VILKAITĖ (Nova Lithuania)

BEST COSTUME ARTIST OF THE YEAR:

• NINA MORAVCOVA (Sutemose)

• DAIVA PETRULYTĖ (Purple Mist)
• AGNĖ RIMKUTĖ (The other side of silence)
• SANDRA STRAUKAITĖ (Invisible)
• MONIKA VĖBRAITĖ (New Lithuania)

THE BEST MAKE-UP WORK OF THE YEAR:

• JURGITA GLOBYTĖ (New Lithuania)
• EGLĖ MIKALAUSKAITĖ-GRICIENĖ (The other side of silence)
• MARIJA KOVAČEVIĆ JOVANOVIĆ (Sutemose)
• ELENA PERMOGORSKAYA (Nematoma)
• AUŠRA ROSEGARD (place of birth)