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With anti-democratic sentiments growing among the Russian population, Alexander Sokurov, a prominent Russian filmmaker, says he feels great concern about his country's future. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Savaitgalį Justė Arlauskaitė-Jazzu viešėjo Portugalijoje, tačiau ten vyko ne atostogauti, o pasirodyti džiazo festivalyje „EDP Cool Jazz“. Žymiausius džiazo atlikėjus suburiančiame festivalyje Jazzu pasirodė kartu su švedų grupe KOO (Koop Oscar Orchestra).

The documentary by Lithuanian filmmaker Giedrė Žickytė "I Am Not From Here" won the best short film award at the biggest international documentary film festival Sheffield Doc/Fest in Great Britain, which opens the way for an Oscar nomination.

Vilnius has been picked as the backdrop for one of the best-known serial killer stories set in the 1880s London.

"I'm Not from Here", a film by Lithuanian director Giedrė Žickytė and Chilean director Maite Alberdi, has been nominated for the European Short Film 2016 Award.

Emmy-nominated director Chris Cassel first shot in Lithuania nine years ago. Now the director is back to film a docudrama about Pope Pius XII’s role in World War Two.

Lithuanian filmmaker Audrius Stonys is given a special treatment at the biggest Swiss documentary film festival Visions du Réel which is screening a retrospective of 18 films by Stonys.

Special focus will be given to Lithuania at the biggest Swiss documentary film festival Visions du Réel on April 15–23.

Filming for the new US TV film The Cobbler started in Vilnius this week. The film is based on a short story by Tolstoy and stars Hollywood legend John Rhys-Davies. “We all quickly started falling in love with Lithuania,” said producer and co-writer of The Cobbler, Russ Kendall.

A screening of The Midwife at the Embassy of Finland in Vilnius this past Friday saw members of the Finnish community in Lithuania come together. The film, that was mostly shot in Lithuania, is set in Finland during the Lapland war with the Nazi’s and was the first to receive a tax credit here.

Emmanuel Lubezki, the director of Lithuanian descent last night won a an Oscar for best cinematography for “The Revenant”.

Another Tolstoy classic, Martin the Cobbler, is being filmed on location in Lithuania following the success of the BBC’s epic production of War and Peace in Lithuania.

Lithuania has been named as one of the top five locations for filming of Hollywood blockbusters in Europe by the US film industry bible, the Hollywood Reporter.

Emmanuel Lubezki, the director of Lithuanian descent who has already won consecutive Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for his work on the films Gravity and Birdman, last night won a BAFTA for best cinematography for The Revenant.

A Lithuanian documentary about a mysterious photographer was screened at Gothenburg International Film Festival in Sweden.

„Rankos drebėjo ir širdis daužėsi“ – dalinosi IMATS pirmos vietos grožio ir fantazijos kategorijoje laureatė Agnė Skaringa. Merginos teigimu, smagiausia kad tūkstančiai žmonių išgirdo, jog nugalėtoja yra iš Lietuvos, Kauno. „Dar nespėjus nulipti nuo scenos manęs pasveikinti atėjo konkurso teisėjai, ...

Director‘s Evgeny Afineevsky film about the conflict in Ukraine, Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom, which includes much of DELFI photographer‘s Artūras Morozovas footage and photos, was nominated in the best documentary film category in the upcoming Academy Awards.

Pernai rudenį „Skalvijoje“ suburtas pirmasis jaunųjų kino programų kuratorių kursas kviečia į išskirtinį savaitgalio seansą – kino ekrane bus pristatytas klasikinis Holivudo miuziklas „Dainuojantys lietuje“ (Singin‘ in the rain, 1952).

The cinematographer for Revenant, the film leading the race for this year’s Oscars with 12 nominations, is of Lithuanian Litvak descent.

After sold-out premières in Vilnius, Lithuania, and New York, new documentary film “Land of Songs” will have its West Coast Première on the closing night of Stanford University's 2015 Baltic Film Series.