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. The 19th edition of the festival in 2014 featured ~250 films in the program. The festival leader is Tor Fosse, and BIFF is owned by Bergen Cinema.
The festival's main venue is Forum Cinemas Vingis, with additional screenings taking place at the local art film theatre SKALVIJA, 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.
Programmes
Vilnius International Film Festival is organised in various sections:
Competition programmes:
- New Europe – New Names (since 2009), the films are assessed 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.
- 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
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
- 2016: Truman, directed by Cesc Gay
Spain
Competition programme "New Europe – New Names"
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 Stefan Kitanov
Bulgaria
- 2010: Eastern Plays, directed by Kamen Kalev
Bulgaria
- 2011: Outbound (Periferic), directed by Bogdan George Apetri
Romania
- 2012: Courage, directed by Grzegorz Zgliński
Poland
- 2013: Loving (Miłość), directed by Slawomir Fabicki
Poland
- 2014: Japanese Dog, directed by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu
Romania
- 2015: Koza, directed by Ivan Ostrochovský
Slovakia
- 2016 >1: I, Olga Hepnarová, directed by Petr Kazda
Czech Republic and Tomáš Weinreb
Czech Republic
- 2016 >2: Thirst, directed by Svetla Tsotsorkova
Bulgaria
Best Director
- 2009: Javor Gardev
Bulgaria
- 2010: - no award
- 2011: - no award
- 2012: Adrian Sitaru
Romania, film Best Intentions
- 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
Best Actors
- 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: Ada Condeescu
Romania, film Loverboy
- 2012 >3: Isidora Simijonovič
Serbia, film Clip
- 2013: Dan Chiorean
Romania, film Rocker
- 2014: Actor: Igor Samobor
Slovakia, film Class Enemy. Actress: Michaela Bendulova
Slovakia, film Miracle
- 2015: Actor: Márton Kristóf
Hungary, film Afterlife. Actress: Margita Gosheva
Bulgaria, film The Lesson
- 2016: Actor: Uliks Fehmiu
Serbia, film Our Everyday Life. Actress: Monika Naydenova
Bulgaria, film Thirst
CICAE jury film award
- 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 Best Intentions
- 2013: Keep Smiling (Gaigimet), directed by Rusudan Chkonia
- 2014: director Rok Biček
Czech Republic, film Class Enemy
- 2015: Ivan Ostrochovský
Slovakia, film Koza
- 2016: Mirjana Karanović
Serbia, film A Good Wife
Special award
- 2010: Protector, directed by Marek Najbrt
Czech Republic (for creative excellence)
- 2011: The House, directed by Zuzana Liová
Slovakia
Competition programme "Baltic Gaze"
Introduced in 2014.
Best Film
- 2014: The Hope Factory, directed by Natalia Meshaninova
Russia
- 2015: Victoria, directed by Sebastian Schipper
Germany
- 2016: Under the Sun, directed by Vitaly Mansky
Ukraine
Best Director
- 2014: Paweł Pawlikowski
Poland, film Ida
- 2015: Joshua Oppenheimer
United States, film The Look of Silence
- 2016: Mantas Kvedaravičius
Lithuania, film Mariupolis
Best Actor
- 2014: Lauri Lagle
Estonia, film Free Range
- 2015: Janusz Gajos
Poland, film Body
- 2016: Oleg Maximov
Russia, film Don Juan
Best Actress
- 2014: Alexandra Finder
Germany, film The Police Officer's Wife
- 2015: Bianca Kronlöf
Sweden-
Finland, film Underdog (Svenskjävel)
- 2016: Trine Dyrholm
Denmark, film The Commune
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
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: Nelė Savičenko
- 2008: Larisa Kalpokaitė
- 2009: Gabija Ryškuvienė
- 2010: Edita Užaitė
- 2011: - no award
- 2012: Toma Vaškevičiūtė
- 2013: Valda Bičkutė
- 2014: Jurgita Jurkutė
- 2015: Aistė Diržiūtė
- 2016: Viktorija Kuodytė
Best Lithuanian Actor
Introduced in 2014.
- 2014: Giedrius Savickas
- 2015: Marius Repšys
- 2016: Juozas Budraitis
Lithuanian debut
Introduced in 2010.
- 2010: Lernavan, directed by Marat Sargsyan
- 2011: Barzakh, directed by Mantas Kvedaravičius
- 2012: A Place We Call Home, directed by Albina Griniūtė
- 2013: The Bomb, directed by Robertas Nevecka
- 2014: The Etude, directed by Austėja Urbaitė
- 2015: Fellow Travelers (Pakeliaiviai), directed by Linas Mikuta
- 2016 - no award
The Audience Award (Lithuanian film)
Introduced in 2011.
- 2011: Book smuggler, directed by Jonas Trukanas
- 2012: The Last Day of the Honeymoon, directed by Rokas Eltermanas
- 2013: The Swimmer, directed by Gabrielė Urbonaitė
- 2014: The Invisible Front, directed by Vincas Sruoginis and Jonas Ohman
- 2015: Life Is Sacred, directed by Andreas Dalsgaard, Nicolas Servide and Vivana Gomez
- 2016: Junction, directed by Nathan Jurevicius
Short Film Competition
Best short film, selected from short competition programme. Introduced in 2012.
- 2012: Beast (Csicka), directed by Attila Till
Hungary
- 2013: The Whistle (Gwizdek), directed by Grzegorz Zariczny
Poland
- 2014: Pandas, directed by Matus Vizar
Slovakia
- 2015: Symphony No. 42, directed by Réka Bucsi
Germany
- 2016: >award Fear, directed by Michal Blaško
Slovakia
- 2016: >special mention End of Puberty, directed by Fanni Szilágyi
Hungary
The Audience Award (Short film)
Introduced in 2013.
- 2013: Buzkashi Boys, directed by Sam French
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
Special award. Since 2013 award of Saulius Macaitis
- 2012: Infinite Minutes (Vegtelen percek), directed by Cecilia Felméri
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: Ieva Mažeikaitė and Goda Lūčiūnienė
- 2015: Andrius Patiomkinas
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