Ten films will vie in the New Europe-New Names competition and eight in a new competition Baltic Gaze. Four programmes are dedicated to Lithuanian films, including 12 premieres (mostly short films). Antanas Mockus, son of Lithuanian immigrants in Colombia and former mayor of Bogota, is one of the guests of the festival.
The New Europe – New Names jury is composed of: Paolo Bertolin (Italy), Vlad Ivanov (Romania), Esin Kucuktepepinar (Turkey), Christian Jimenez (Chile) and Hadas Yaron (Israel).
The Baltic Gaze jury is composed of: Jerome Baron (France), Ahmet Boyacioglu (Turkey), Susanna Harutyunyan (Armenia), Maya Vitkova (Bulgaria) and Marketa Hodouskova (Czech Republic).
Kino Pavasaris is the largest cinematic event in Lithuania with more than 200 films screened every year. Almost 100,000 people attended the festival in 2014, which is really impressive for a country with less than three million people.
New Europe- New Names lineup:
Calling (Poland)
Directed by Marcin Dudziak
Produced by A Son Image
Koza (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Ivan Ostrochovsky
Produced by sentimentalfilm and endorfilm
Coproduced by Czech Television, RTVS and Punkchart Films
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund and the Czech Film Fund
Afterlife (Hungary)
Directed by Virág Zomborácz
Produced by: KMH Film
For Some Inexplicable Reason (Hungary)
Directed by Gábor Reisz
Produced by Proton Cinema
In the Crosswind (Estonia)
Directed by Martti Helde
Producted by Allfilm
Supported by Estonian Film Institute
Modris (Latvia, Greece, Germany)
Directed by Juris Kursietis
Produced by Red Dot Media
Coproduced by Boo Company, Sutor Kolonko
Supported by the Latvian Film Centre
No One's Child (Serbia, Croatia)
Directed by Vuk Ršumović
Produced by Art & Popcorn
Coproduced by Baboon Production, Kinorama
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
The Lesson (Bulgaria)
Directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov
Produced by Abraxas Film
Coproduced by Graal Film
The Tribe (Ukraine)
Directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytshiy
The Summer of Sangailė (Lithuania, France, Netherlands)
Directed by Alantė Kavaitė
Produced by Fralita Films and Les Films d’Antoine
Coproduced by Viking Film
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre
Baltic Gaze lineup:
Angels of Revolution (Russia)
Directed by Aleksey Fedorchenko
Body (Poland)
Directed by Malgorzata Szumowska
Produced by Nowhere Sp. z o.o.
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
Phoenix (Germany)
Directed by Christian Petzold
Pioneer Heroes (Russia)
Directed by Natalya Kudryashova
Rocks in My Pockets (Latvia, USA)
Directed by Signe Baumane
Production: Locomotive
Supported by National Film Centre of Latvia
Silent Heart (Denmark)
Directed by Bille August
The Look of Silence (Denmark, Indonesia, Norway, Finland, UK)
Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous
The Queen of Silence (Germany, Poland, Italy)
Directed by Agnieszka Zwiefka
Produced by ma.ja.de Filmproduktions
In coproduction with HBO Poland, Chilli Productions, Stefilm International, Odra Film
Victoria (Germany)
Directed by Sebastian Schipper
They Have Escaped (Finland, Netherlands)
Directed by Jukka Pekka Valkeapää
Underdog (Sweden)
Directed by Ronnie Sandahl
