Lithuanian Film Centre Announced Production and Development Grants for 2020 1st Session
2020-03-06The Lithuanian Film Centre has announced the results of the first financing session of the year: 2 681 096 EUR was distributed among 48 film projects in production and development.
2 397 162 EUR was allocated to the production of 28 film projects, including 14 full-length films, 9 short films and 5 minority co-production.
The 14 full-length films include 4 features, 2 documentaries, 4 TV documentaries, 1 debut feature and 2 debut documentaries. These projects have in total secured 1 760 000 EUR of funding. The 9 short films include 2 features, 3 documentaries and 4 animated films. The total amount allocated to these films amounts to 414 162 EUR.
223 000 EUR was granted to 5 minority co-productions: 2 features, 2 documentaries and 1 animated film. By financing minority co-productions, the Centre creates opportunities for Lithuanian filmmakers to foster long-term relationships with foreign partners and promote Lithuanian cinema.
283 934 EUR was granted to 20 film projects in development. 264 434 EUR was distributed amongst 7 features, 1 TV feature, 5 full-length documentaries and 1 short animated film.
The Centre has also allocated 19 500 EUR for script development of 5 features and 1 full-length animated film.
The list of all supported projects:
| PROJECT CATEGORY | PROJECT | DIRECTOR | AMOUNT OF GRANT | ADITIONAL INFORMATION |
| Production of debut films | “Piligrimai” | Laurynas Bareiša | 250 000,00 | Debut Full-length feature |
| “Roberta” | Elena Kairytė | 40 000,00 | Debut Documentary | |
| “Nuvarginta siela” | Deimantas Narkevičius | 90 000,00 | Debut Full-length feature | |
| “Tiriamieji žurnalistai” | Živilė Mičiulytė | 24 000,00 | Debut Documentary | |
| Production of full-lenght feature | “Sinefilija” | Algimantas Puipa | 400 000,00 | Full-length feature |
| “Drugelio širdis” | Inesa Kurklietytė | 350 000,00 | Full-length feature | |
| “Vakarinė žvaigždė” | Kristina Buožytė, Bruno Samper | 150 000,00 | Full-length feature | |
| “Bastūnai” | Šarūnas Bartas | 300 000,00 | Full-length feature | |
| Production of short | “Fanaberija. Įsijunk šviesą” | Laura Tamošiūnaitė Šakalienė | 45 000,00 | Short |
| “Tuzinas” | Darius Miniotas | 48 550,00 | Short | |
| Production of documentary | “Irena” | Giedrė Žickytė | 60 000,00 | Documentary |
| “XIX a. fotografo palikimas” | Mindaugas Meškauskas | 40 000,00 | Documentary | |
| Production of short documentary | “Romano vaikystė” | Linas Mikuta | 35 370,00 | Short documentary |
| “Anna” | Rimvydas Leipus | 20 000,00 | Short documentary | |
| “Kodėl ne džiazas” | Jokūbas Vilius Tūras | 17 242,00 | Short documentary | |
| Production of full-lenght TV feature | “Baladė apie stovinčiąją ant tilto” | Dalia Cibauskaitė | 10 000,00 | Documentary |
| “Kurti kad gyventi” | Algirdas Tarvydas | 14 000,00 | Documentary | |
| “Steigiamojo Seimo šimtmetis. I posėdis” | Andrius Lynugaris | 20 000,00 | Documentary | |
| “Žaidimas pagal auksinį berniuką” | Kęstutis Bražiūnas | 12 000,00 | Documentary | |
| Production of short animation | “Dingusios spalvos” | Gaute Hesthagen | 75 000,00 | Short Animaton |
| “Tik įsivaizduok” | Karolis Kveselis | 70 000,00 | Short Animaton | |
| “Mėlynasis mėnulis” | Vytautas Kazlauskas | 58 000,00 | Short Animaton | |
| “Morsė. Gimtadienis” | Ilja Bereznickas | 45 000,00 | Short Animaton | |
| Minority co-productions | “Pėdsakai” | Dubravka Turic | 30 000,00 | Full-length feature |
| “Lietus abiejuose krantuose” | Zaza Khalvashi | 51 000,00 | Full-length feature | |
| “Garrano” | David Doutel, Vasco Sá | 75 000,00 | Short Animaton | |
| “Omarų sriuba” | Pepe Andreu, Rafa Molés | 29 000,00 | Documentary | |
| “Geras gyvenimas” | Marta Dauliūtė, Viktorija Šiaulytė | 38 000,00 | Documentary | |
| Script development | “Sibiro Haiku” | Jurga Vilė | 3 000,00 | Full-length Animation |
| “Prapuolantys” | Jurga Tumasonytė, Janina Lapinskaitė | 3 300,00 | Full-length feature | |
| “‘Vilniaus pokeris” | Jonas Banys | 3 300,00 | Full-length feature | |
| “Čikaga” | Teklė Kavtaradzė | 3 300,00 | Full-length feature | |
| “Kinų jūra” | Jurgis Matulevičius | 3 300,00 | Full-length feature | |
| “Kalnaberžė” | Pranas Morkus | 3 300,00 | Full-length feature | |
| Projects in development | “Daug geresnis” | Skirmanta Jakaitė | 35 700,00 | Short Animaton |
| “Narek” | Audrius Stonys | 25 000,00 | Documentary | |
| “Biodestruktoriai” | Aistė Žegulytė | 25 000,00 | Documentary | |
| “Dvigubas kelionių agento gyvenimas” | Artūras Jevdokimovas, Aušra Lukošiūnienė | 24 000,00 | Documentary | |
| “Liga Nr. F63.9″ | Simona Žemaitytė | 11 734,00 | Documentary | |
| “Pensilvanijos angliakasių Lietuva” | Ramunė Kudzmanaitė | 18 000,00 | Documentary | |
| “Pelytė” | Dovilė Gasiūnaitė | 13 000,00 | Full-length feature | |
| “Paradas” | Titas Laucius | 15 000,00 | Full-length feature | |
| “Logistas” | Domas Vilčinskas | 15 000,00 | Full-length feature | |
| „Linksmas ir liūdnas Jurgio gyvenimas“ | Eglė Vertelytė | 13 000,00 | Full-length feature | |
| “Trolių ferma” | Ernestas Jankauskas | 30 000,00 | TV | |
| “Kaspervizija” | Karolis Kaupinis | 13 000,00 | Full-length feature | |
| “Slow” | Marija Kavtaradzė | 13 000,00 | Full-length feature | |
| “Trys auksakasio sapnai” | Mantas Kvedaravičius | 13 000,00 | Full-length feature |
