Lithuanian Film Centre Announced Production and Development Grants for 2019 1st Session
2019-02-05The Lithuanian Film Centre has distributed €2 910 817 at its first session of financing for 2019. In all, 42 film projects received funding for production and development.
The government has allocated €2 602 897 for the production of 28 films, and €307 920 for the development of 14 films.
€706 000 went to the production of 6 feature films: 2 debut films, 2 full-length films and 2 short films.
Among the projects that received production grants are 4 documentaries: two full-length films, 1 short documentary and one TV documentary. The sum to be divided among the projects totals €81 000.
€120 000 funding for the production was also allocated for one short film and one interactive film project.
The grant of €434 000 will be split among 7 minority co-production projects: 3 feature films and 4 full-length documentaries. Lithuanian filmmakers will work with France, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Czech, Bulgaria, Georgia, Ukraine, Croatia, Poland, Latvia and Estonia. For the first time, Lithuanian filmmakers will work with Serbian film production company.
The Lithuanian Film Centre has also allotted 13 development grants totalling €307 920. This funding for film development went to 11 features and 2 interactive film projects.
PRODUCTION GRANTS CHART:
| PROJECT | DIRECTOR | PRODUCTION COMPANY | AMOUNT OF GRANT | ADITIONAL INFORMATION |
| „Dainos lapei“ | Kristijonas Vildžiūnas | VšĮ „Uljana Kim ir ko” | €450 000,00 | Full-length feature |
| “Sutemose” | Šarūnas Bartas | IĮ Šarūno Barto „Studija Kinema” |
€50 000,00 | Full-length feature |
| “Advokatas” | Romas Zabarauskas | VšĮ „Naratyvas“ | €164 000,00 | Full-length feature |
| “Šeima” | Austėja Urbaitė | VšĮ „Fralita films” | €330 000,00 | Full-length feature |
| “Kapinynas” | Emilija Škarnulytė | VšĮ “Just a moment” | €51 000,00 | Documentary |
| “Pieno baras” | Urtė Oettinger | VšĮ “Art shot” | €60 000,00 | Short animation |
| “Būsiu su tavim” | Virginija Vareikytė, Maximilien Dejoie | VšĮ „In script“ | €37 000,00 | Documentary |
| “Metai prieš karą” | Davis Simanis | VšĮ “Uljana Kim ir ko” | €70 000,00 | Full-length feature |
| “Inga” | Davit Abramishvili, Giorgi Gogichaishvili |
VšĮ “Filmai LT” | €49 897,00 | Full-length feature |
| “Ilgo metro filmas apie gyvenimą” | Dovilė Šarutytė | VšĮ “Uljana Kim ir ko” | €100 000,00 | Debut |
| “9-tas žingsnis” | Irma Pužauskaitė | VšĮ „In script“ | €50 000,00 | Debut |
| “Paralyžius” | Andrius Blaževičius | VšĮ “Čiobreliai” | €500 000,00 | Full-length feature |
| “Deguonis” | Ernestas Jankauskas | VšĮ “Dansu films” | €378 086,60 | Full-length feature |
| “Tėtušis” | Justas Ramanauskas | MB “Viktorijos filmai” | €30 000,00 | Short |
| “Norai” | Ieva Šakalytė | VšĮ “Revoliucijos idėja” | €26 000,00 | Short |
| „Mončys, Žemaitis iš Paryžiaus“ | Linas Mikuta | VšĮ „Monoklis“ | €12 500,00 | Documentary |
| „Sugrįžę iš Niujorko“ | Ramunė Rakauskaitė | UAB „Ultra Nominum“ | €46 500,00 | Documentary |
| “Limuzinas” | Saulė Bliuvaitė | VšĮ “Revoliucijos idėja” | €12 000,00 | Short documentary |
| “Rimas” | Algirdas Tarvydas | VšĮ „Dokumentika“ | €10 000,00 | Short documentary |
| “Elena” | Birutė Sodeikaitė | VšĮ “Art shot” | €70 000,00 | Short animation |
| “Kamilė VR” | Bartoš Polonski | UAB “Gluk media” | €50 000,00 | Interactive film project |
| “Erikas Akmenširdis” | Ilmar Raag | VšĮ “Uljana Kim ir ko” | €140 000,00 | Minority Co-production |
| “Gyvenimo kaina” | Ioseb Bliadze | VšĮ “Čiobreliai” | €60 000,00 | Minority Co-production |
| „Ribos“ | Vytautas Puidokas | VšĮ „In Script“ | €55 000,00 | Minority Co-production |
| „Traukiniai“ | Macej Drygas | UAB „Era Film“ | €14 000,00 | Minority Co-production |
| „Soviet Man“ | Ivo Briedis | VšĮ „Monoklis“ | €30 000,00 | Minority Co-production |
| „Mėlyna kaip apelsinas žemė“ | Iryna Tsylik | VšĮ „Moonmakers“ | €45 000,00 | Minority Co-production |
| “Strahinja” | Stefan Arsenijevic | UAB “Artbox” | €90 000,00 | Minority Co-production |
