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This week, the “Aerokinas” experimental film screening cycle organized by the “Kino pavasaris” festival was launched at Vilnius airport. For the first time in history, news of an automobile station taking place in this space, next to the airstrips, is widespread in the international media.
Today, more than 400 publications, radio programs and video reports are recorded, where Aerokinas, the Vilnius Film Festival, the name of the capital and its airport are mentioned in several languages. From prestigious channels like The New York Times, BBC Radio to Euronews and Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung.
“This morning’s interlocutor has an interesting offer that will help to regain good emotions,” said Sharon Hemans, BBC radio presenter Algirdas Ramaškas, the organizer of Aerokino and the director general of the Kino pavasaris festival.
“Park your car next to an airplane and have a good movie: movie screenings at an empty airport,” The New York Times reported. Another message from this US media leader says: “A cargo plane is preparing to take off from Vilnius airport, when a few hundred meters people watch a movie in a car, in a car temporarily installed on the airport platform “
“Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, was surprised to start organizing currently popular car movie screenings at the airport!” Writes the international news channel Euronews.
Publications in English, Italian, German, Chinese in the USA. The US, Great Britain, Canada, Mexico, China, Switzerland and Italy reached an audience of approximately 350 million.
“International success in the media on all continents only demonstrates Aerokino’s uniqueness, so I invite you to experience it. The fact that people are tired of being at home and yearning for quality entertainment is demonstrated in the quickly packed sessions of the first weekend “, – A. Ramaška is happy with the results.
According to representatives of the partner of Aerokino, the Vilnius city tourism and business development agency Go Vilnius, this international diffusion is one of the largest compared to other Vilnius news and projects that the media have written about. foreign.
“Aerokinas, established at Vilnius Kino Pavasario Airport, is not only a bold and creative project, but also a project that accurately reflects the spirit of our time. I think this has led to its great popularity in foreign media. We are happy to work together with the project organizers and the opportunity to present Vilnius as a strong, innovative and creative city facing the crisis, “says Inga Romanovskienė, director of Go Vilnius.
According to A. Ramaška, culture and creativity are the key to popularizing the name of the country, the city, promoting cultural tourism and, in some cases, a great help to the country’s economy: “Once again we have shown that we are creative and able to work qualitatively in any condition. This potential can be harnessed for a common goal through successful cooperation with public authorities and non-governmental organizations, as well as with private initiatives. This is how the most impressive projects are born and the country becomes interesting for the world. “
Oscar winners and nominees the first weekend
On the first weekend of the project, May 1-3, there will be family daytime, nighttime, and midnight screenings with Oscar-winning or nominated films.
A cinema opened its doors at Vilnius airport.
Viewers will be invited to watch the animated Oscar nominees “The Life of a Pumpkin” (dir. Claude Barras, 2016) and “My Little Sister Mirai” (dir. Mamoru Hosoda, 2018).
Friday’s midnight session will feature a frantic mix of unusual romance and Scandinavian folklore, “Riba” (dir. Ali Abbasi).
On Saturday, this year’s and last year’s most spectacular “Cinema Spring” films will be “Body of Christ” (dir. Jan Komasa) and “Kafarnaum” (dir. Nadine Labaki), and at night screening – satire Swedish Square social master (dir. Ruben Östlund).
Screenings on Sunday also included The Golden Palm Branch, The Thieves, the Oscar for Best Actress for Enchanting Isabel Huppert, the drama Ji (dir. Paul Verhoeven) and the German hit Tony Erdman (dir. Maren Ade).
Careful security
During Aerokino sessions, spectators’ health will be ensured: throughout the session, spectators will be asked not to leave their cars, tickets will be sold only online. If necessary, car windows will be allowed to open, but nose and mouth protection is required.
Taking care of nature, viewers will be encouraged to turn off car lights and engines during sessions.
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