Vilnius International Film Festival
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Location | Vilnius, Lithuania |
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Founded | 1995 |
Language | Lithuanian & English |
Website | http://www.kinopavasaris.lt/en/ |
The Vilnius International Film Festival (VIFF) Kino pavasaris is a film festival held annually in March in Vilnius, Lithuania since 1995, and is the largest film festival in the nation in number of films and audience. It is one of the most anticipated annual cultural events in Lithuania.
Vilnius International Film Festival is the biggest and most important cinema event in Lithuania. Over more than 20 years, the festival has become a highly attended cultural phenomenon. In 2017, it attracted 114 250 members of audience in 5 Lithuanian cities. This year, Vilnius IFF will take place in 11 cities over two weeks.
The festival's main venue is , with additional screenings taking place at the local art film theatre , cinema boutique "Pasaka" and at the shopping mall "Akropolis" at "Forum Cinemas Akropolis". Some screenings are shown in the second largest city of Lithuania - Kaunas at local "Forum Cinemas" centre. And from 2018 Vilnius IFF took place in 11 cities over two weeks.
History[]
The festival was founded in 1995 at the cinema .[1] Festival director .
After the 2002 festival the venue Lietuva was sold to private investors. As a result, the festival did not happen in 2003.
In 2004 the festival got the first donation from the European Commission. Festival's programme becomes more independent and with started making festival's film programme.
In 2006 the festival changed its location to in Naujamiestis.
In 2018, Vilnius IFF presented 112 feature and 56 short films, including 12 Lithuanian premieres. Like always, the festival has selected strong debuts and works from masters of film. The large programme has been divided into 5 categories: Discoveries, Festivals' Favourites, Masters, Critics' Choice, and Competition of European Debuts.
Programmes[]
Since 2009, the festival's competition programmes have become our phenomenal calling card for international film industry professionals, and a great educational tool for festivalgoers. This year, films from debuting European directors will take part in the Competition of European Debuts.
Vilnius International Film Festival is organised in various sections:
Competition programmes:
- New Europe – New Names (since 2009), the films are assessed by an international jury of cinema industry professionals: actors, directors, programme directors, cinematographers and producers. The jury selects the best film of the festival and awards it two special prizes.
- Baltic Gaze (since 2014), the idea of this competition programme is to satisfy growing interest of Baltic region cinematography. The films are assessed by the international jury of the cinema industry professionals. The jury will select the best film of this programme and award it with solid monetary prize.
Other programmes:
- Short films. Competition
- Discoveries
- Festivals' favourites
- Masters
- Critics' choice
- VIASAT comedies
- Documentaries
- Retrospective, each year a different director or/and a topic is selected.
- American Independents
- New Russian Cinema
- Culinary films
- Films for Family
- Lithuanian films. Premiers
- Lithuanian films
- Lithuanians Abroad
- Short films
2018 Vilnius IFF will also be the first Lithuanian festival to welcome members of the prestigious FIPRESCI association, who will award one director from the Baltic region their prize. The FIPRESCI Prize is significant proof of the festival's quality being recognized on an international level.
Industry event "Meeting Point - Vilnius"[]
International film industry professionals meet in Vilnius to discuss hot topics of today's and tomorrow's audiovisual world. The highlight of the industry event is the presentation of Lithuanian and Baltic film industry.
Awards at Vilnius International Film Festival[]
The Audience Award[]
The oldest and one of the most important award of VIFF.
- 2004: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring, directed by Kim Ki-duk
South Korea
- 2005: 3-Iron (Bin-jip), directed by Kim Ki-duk
South Korea
- 2006: The Method, directed by Marcelo Piñeyro
Argentina
- 2007: The Lives of Others, directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Germany
- 2008: 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, directed by Cristian Mungiu
Romania
- 2009: Camino, directed by Javier Fesser
Spain
- 2010: Departures, directed by Yōjirō Takita
Japan
- 2011: Incendies, directed by Denis Villeneuve
Canada
- 2012: The Intouchables, directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano
France
- 2013: Searching for Sugar Man, directed by Malik Bendjelloul
Sweden
- 2014: Omar, directed by Hany Abu-Assad
Palestine
- 2015: Mommy, directed by Xavier Dolan
Canada [2]
- 2016: Truman, directed by Cesc Gay
Spain [3]
- 2017: Perfect Strangers, directed by Paolo Genovese
Italy [4]
- 2018: Loving Vincent, directed by Dorota Kobiela
Poland and Hugh Welchman
United Kingdom [5]
- 2019: Capernaum, directed by Nadine Labaki
Lebanon
- 2020: Corpus Christi (Boże Ciało), directed by Jan Komasa
Poland [6][7]
The Audience Award (Lithuanian film)[]
Introduced in 2011.
- 2011: , directed by
- 2012: , directed by
- 2013: , directed by
- 2014: , directed by and
- 2015: , directed by , and
- 2016: Junction, directed by Nathan Jurevicius
- 2017: , directed by
- 2018: , directed by
- 2019: , directed by
- 2015: - no award
The Audience Award (Short film)[]
Introduced in 2013.
- 2013: Buzkashi Boys, directed by
United States
- 2014: Kush, directed by Shubhashish Bhutiani
India
- 2015: - no award
- 2016: Otto, directed by Marieke Blaauw
Netherlands, Joris Oprins
Netherlands, Job Roggeveen
Netherlands
- 2017: Running Lights, directed by
Lithuania
- 2018: Mother, directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Spain
- 2019: Family Unit, directed by
Lithuania
- 2015: - no award
Short Film Competition[]
Best short film, selected by a jury from short competition programme. Introduced in 2012.
- 2012: Beast (Csicka), directed by
Hungary
- 2013: The Whistle (Gwizdek), directed by
Poland
- 2014: Pandas, directed by
Slovakia
- 2015: Symphony No. 42, directed by
Hungary
- 2016: Fear, directed by
Slovakia
- 2017: Close Ties, directed by
Poland
- 2018: By The Pool, directed by
Lithuania
- 2019: In Between, directed by
Kosovo
- 2020: Journey Through a Body, directed by
France
European Debut Competition[]
Introduced in 2018
Jury
- 2018: Homayoun Ershadi, Audrius Stonys, , ,
- 2019: , , , Mark Peranson,
- 2020: , , , ,
Best Actress
- 2018:
, film Closeness
- 2019: ?, film
- 2020:
, Nichola Burley
, film Lynn + Lucy
Best Director
- 2018: Bertrand Mandico
, film The Wild Boys
- 2019: Zsófia Szilágyi
, film One Day
- 2020:
, film Lynn + Lucy
Best Actor
- 2018:
, film Winter Brothers
- 2019:
, film
- 2020: Jérémie Laheurte
,
, Anthony Bajon
, film You Deserve a Lover
Best Film
- 2018: Winter Brothers, directed by
- 2019: Ray & Liz, directed by Richard Billingham
- 2020: The Metamorphosis of Birds, directed by Catarina Vasconcelos
CINEUROPE Prize
- 2019: , directed by
- 2020: Nova Lituania, directed by
Retired Awards[]
Competition programme "New Europe – New Names"[]
Introduced 2009 - 2018 Retired The main awards at Vilnius International Film Festival. Introduced in 2009. Chosen by the international jury of the cinema industry professionals: actors, directors, programme directors, cinematographers and producers. The jury will select the best film of the festival and award it with two special prizes.
Best Film
- 2009: The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner, directed by
Bulgaria
- 2010: Eastern Plays, directed by Kamen Kalev
Bulgaria
- 2011: , directed by
Romania
- 2012: Courage, directed by
Poland
- 2013: , directed by Slawomir Fabicki
Poland
- 2014: , directed by
Romania
- 2015: Koza, directed by
Slovakia
- 2016 >1: I, Olga Hepnarová, directed by
Czech Republic and
Czech Republic
- 2016 >2: Thirst, directed by
Bulgaria
- 2017: , directed by
Poland
Best Director Introduced 2009 - 2018 Retired
- 2009: Javor Gardev
Bulgaria
- 2010: - no award
- 2011: - no award
- 2012: Adrian Sitaru
Romania, film
- 2013: Mira Fornay
Slovakia, film My Dog Killer,
- 2014: Levan Koguashvili
Georgia, film Blind Dates (Brma paemnebi)
- 2015: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
Ukraine, film The Tribe
- 2016: Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Poland, film The Lure
- 2017: Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov
Bulgaria, film Glory,
Best Actors Introduced 2009 - 2018 Retired
- 2009: Miki Manojlovic
Serbia, film The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner
- 2010: Vlad Ivanov
Romania, film Police, Adjective
- 2011: Bartu Kucukcaglayan
Turkey, film Majority
- 2012 >1: Anjela Nedyalkova
Bulgaria, film Avé
- 2012 >2:
Romania, film Loverboy
- 2012 >3: Isidora Simijonovic
Serbia, film Clip
- 2013:
Romania, film Rocker
- 2014: Actor:
Slovakia, film Class Enemy. Actress:
Slovakia, film Miracle
- 2015: Actor:
Hungary, film Afterlife. Actress:
Bulgaria, film The Lesson
- 2016: Actor:
Serbia, film Our Everyday Life. Actress:
Bulgaria, film Thirst
- 2017: Actor:
Lithuania, film . Actress:
Croatia, film Quit Staring at My Plate
CICAE jury film award Introduced 2009 - 2018 Retired
- 2009: - no award
- 2010: Eastern Plays, directed by Kamen Kalev
Bulgaria
- 2011: On the Path, directed by Jasmila Žbanić
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2012: director Adrian Sitaru
Romania, film
- 2013: Keep Smiling (Gaigimet), directed by Rusudan Chkonia
- 2014: director
Czech Republic, film Class Enemy
- 2015:
Slovakia, film Koza
- 2016: Mirjana Karanović
Serbia, film A Good Wife
- 2017: film Glory
Bulgaria
Special award
- 2010: Protector, directed by
Czech Republic (for creative excellence)
- 2011: The House, directed by Zuzana Liová
Slovakia
Competition programme "Baltic Gaze"[]
Introduced 2014 - 2018 Retired
Best Film
- 2014: , directed by
Russia
- 2015: Victoria, directed by Sebastian Schipper
Germany
- 2016: Under the Sun, directed by Vitaly Mansky
Ukraine
- 2017: , directed by
Lithuania
Best Director
- 2014: Paweł Pawlikowski
Poland, film Ida
- 2015: Joshua Oppenheimer
United States, film The Look of Silence
- 2016:
Lithuania, film Mariupolis
- 2017: Sergei Loznitsa
Germany, film Austerlitz
Best Actor
- 2014: Lauri Lagle
Estonia, film Free Range
- 2015: Janusz Gajos
Poland, film Body
- 2016:
Russia, film Don Juan
- 2017:
Russia, film The Student
Best Actress
- 2014: Alexandra Finder
Germany, film The Police Officer's Wife
- 2015: Bianca Kronlöf
Sweden-
Finland, film
- 2016: Trine Dyrholm
Denmark, film The Commune
- 2017: Lene Cecilia Sparrok
Norway, film Sami Blood
Special mention
- 2014: - no mention
- 2015: Rocks in My Pockets directed by Signe Baumane
Latvia
- 2016: Granny's Dancing on the Table directed by Hanna Sköld
Sweden
- 2017: - no mention
Best Lithuanian Actress[]
Introduced by L'oreal Paris in 2007 as "Lithuanian star", discontinued after 2010. Revived in 2012 as "Best Lithuanian Actress" with new sponsor Bourjois.
- 2007:
- 2008:
- 2009:
- 2010:
- 2011: - no award
- 2012:
- 2013:
- 2014: Jurgita Jurkutė
- 2015: Aistė Diržiūtė
- 2016:
Best Lithuanian Actor[]
Introduced in 2014.
- 2014:
- 2015:
- 2016: Juozas Budraitis
Lithuanian debut[]
Introduced in 2010.
- 2010: , directed by
- 2011: , directed by
- 2012: , directed by
- 2013: , directed by
- 2014: , directed by
- 2015: Fellow Travelers (Pakeliaiviai), directed by
- 2016 - no award
Special award. Since 2013 award of []
- 2012: Infinite Minutes (Vegtelen percek), directed by
Hungary
- 2013: No, directed by Pablo Larraín
Chile
- 2014: Norte, the End of History, directed by Lav Diaz
Philippines
- 2015: Timbuktu, directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
Mauritania
- 2016: The Pearl Button, directed by Patricio Guzmán
Chile
Special award for best film translations[]
- 2014: and
- 2015:
References[]
- ^ "Festivalio "Kino pavasaris" 20 metų istorija". 15min. March 11, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
- ^ "Audience choice awards 2015". Vilnius International Film Festival. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "Audience choice awards 2016". Vilnius International Film Festival. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "Audience choice awards 2017". Vilnius International Film Festival. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "Audience choice awards 2018". Vilnius International Film Festival. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "Winners of the 25th Vilnius IFF Announced". Vilnius International Film Festival. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "Audience choice awards 2020". Vilnius International Film Festival. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
External links[]
- Film festivals in Lithuania
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- Film festivals established in 1995
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