06-06-2023

Remember to Blink Wins Best Film at Lithuanian National Silver Crane Film Awards 2023

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    Silver Crane Awards 2023 Silver Crane Awards 2023 credit: Teodoras Biliūnas

    KAUNAS: Remember to Blink / Per arti by Austėja Urbaitė received the Best Feature Film Award at the Lithuanian National Silver Crane awards held at the Kaunas State Musical Theatre on 4 June 2023. The film also won in the best director and best sound design categories.

    The historical drama The Poet / Poetas directed by Giedrius Tamoševičius and Vytautas V. Landsbergis won in three categories: leading actor, supporting actor and cinematography.

    The sci-fi drama Vesper by Lithuanian director Kristina Buožytė and French director Bruno Samper also received three awards: for make-up, costume design and production design.

    The AVAKA and Lithuanian Film Centre Award went to the Baltic film & Creative Tech Cluster for the contribution to the development of the Lithuanian film industry and the strengthening of cooperation with foreign countries.

    Actor Juozas Budraitis was presented with the Golden Crane Lifetime Achievement Award.

    The Silver Crane Awards 2023 are organised by the Lithuanian Film Centre and the Audiovisual Works Copyright Association AVAKA.

    FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

    Silver Crane Awards 2023, credit: Teodoras BiliūnasBest Feature Film:
    Remember to Blink / Per arti (Lithuania)
    Directed by Austėja Urbaitė
    Produced by Fralita Films
    Supported by the Lithuanian Film CentreLRT

    Best Short Film:
    Once upon a Vilnius / Čiabuvo Vilnius (Lithuania)
    Directed by Eitvydas Doškus

    Best Long Documentary:
    Mariupolis 2 (Lithuania, France, Germany)
    Directed by Mantas Kvedaravičius, co-directed by Hanna Bilobrova
    Produced by Studio Uljana Kim, Extimacy film
    Coproduced by Easy Riders films, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion

    Best Animated Film:
    Purga (Lithuania)
    Directed by Gintarė Valevičiūtė Brazauskienė, Antanas Skučas

    Best Director:
    Austėja Urbaitė for Remember to Blink / Per arti

    Best Leading Actress:
    Rasa Samuolytė in Parade / Paradas (Lithuania)
    Directed by Titas Laucius
    Produced by After School
    Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

    Best Leading Actor:
    Donatas Želvys in The Poet / Poetas (Lithuania)
    Directed by Giedrius Tamoševičius, Vytautas V. Landsbergis
    Produced by Studija APropos
    Supported by the Lithuanian Film CentreLRT

    Best Supporting Actress:
    NelėSavičenko in Feature Film about Life / Ilgo metro filmasapie gyvenimą (Lithuania)
    Directed by Dovilė Šarutytė
    Produced by Studio Uljana Kim
    Supported by the Lithuanian Film CentreLRT

    Best Supporting Actor:
    Dainius Gavenonis in The Poet / Poetas

    Best Screenplay:
    Titas Laucius for Parade / Paradas

    Best Cinematographer:
    Vytautas Plukas for The Poet / Poetas

    Best Music Composer:
    Šiaurės Kryptis for Songs for a Fox / Dainoslapei (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia)
    Directed by Kristijonas Vildžiūnas
    Produced by Studio Uljana Kim
    Coproduced by Studio LocomotiveJoonisfilm
    Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre, the National Film Centre of Latvia, the Estonian Film Centre

    Best Production Design:
    Ramūnas Rastauskas, Raimondas Dičius for Vesper (Lithuania, France, Belgium)
    Directed by Kristina Buožytė, Bruno Samper
    Produced by Natrix Films
    Coproduced by VFX, 10.80 Films, EV.L Prod
    Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

    Best Editing:
    Gintarė Sokelytė for Feature Film about Life / Ilgo metro filmas apie gyvenimą

    Best Sound Design:
    Julius Grigelionis for Remember to Blink / Per arti

    Best Costume Design:
    Christophe Pidre, Florence Scholtes for Vesper

    Best Make-up:
    Eglė Mikalauskaitė Gricienė for Vesper

    Best Minority Coproduction:
    January / Janvāris (Latvia, Lithuania, Poland)
    Directed by Viesturs Kairišs
    Produced by Mistrus Media
    Coproduced by ArtboxStaron Film
    Supported by the National Film Centre of Latvia, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, the Lithuanian Film Centre, the Polish Film InstituteEurimagesLatvijas Mobilais TelefonsLatvian TelevisionLatvian FoundationCulture and Sports Department of the Riga City Council

    Best Student Film:
    Through Gloom / Blausos (Lithuania)
    Directed by Arnas Balčiūnas

    Public Choice Award:
    Generation of Evil / Piktuju Karta (Lithuania)
    Directed by Emilis Vėlyvis
    Produced by Kino kultas
    Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

    AVAKA and Lithuanian Film Centre Award:
    Baltic film & Creative Tech Cluster (for the contribution to the development of the Lithuanian film industry and the strengthening of cooperation with foreign countries)

    Golden Crane Lifetime Achievement Award:
    Actor Juozas Budraitis