Gambling behind the glass 2014-03-24
It seems that the participation of the film “The Gambler” of the director Ignas Jonynas in San Sebastian Film Festival is a greater event than the film itself. The film was selected by the director of the festival Jose Luis Rebordinos to the list of eight films which represent the festival.
“Redirected” and Lithuania of Vėlyvis 2014-02-04
“Redirected” of Emilis Vėlyvis is not only a film but also a socio-cultural phenomenon that magnetises a big number of problems important to Lithuanian film culture and the public. We should speak about them, be interested in them and analyse them, or otherwise we risk to miss things that are happening now.
Insects as actors in 1910-2013: from animation of V.Starevich to photography of L.Jonaitis 2013-12-02
Cinema and photography are two different art kinds that have much in common. Two different artists, Vladislav Starevich and Lukas Jonaitis, were related by interest in entomology. V.Starevich was a famous filmmaker, father of stop-motion animation, author of many film scripts, actor. LJonaitis is a young photographer who has been creating macro photographs for some time and capturing representatives of insects and spiders’ world.
Attitude to Vitas Luckus 2013-11-20
It is the author’s small hommage to the man whom he did not know personally but with whom he got acquainted closely through his own words. Going through pages of the book compiled by Margarita Matulytė and Tania Luckienė-Aldag and dedicated to the photographer Vitas Luckus and his works, the author could not get rid of the feeling that he recognised some of his contemporaries surrounding him. This hommage is indirectly addressed to them too.
History of legendary film journal Cahiers du Cinéma. Notes taken down during the lecture of A.Schweitzer 2013-10-29
The author of the film journal Cahiers du Cinéma, cinema critic Ariel Schweitzer presented the history of the publication at Kaunas International Film Festival. A. Schweitzer started writing for the journal in 2004 and became a member of the editors’ office committee several years ago.
Kaunas Photography Club: group of enthusiasts that created history 2013-10-28
One of the roads that lead to the original Lithuanian school of photography started in Kaunas five decades ago. When the photo section that operated at the editors’ office of Kauno Tiesa newspaper stopped functioning, photographers of the city formed a Photography Club at Kaunas Culture Centre of Professional Unions.
All muses of Kaunas 2013-10-09
Kaunas International Film Festival (KIFF) forms such a programme for the latter several years that is one step ahead of all other festivals trying to encompass the entire palette of cinema by the originality of its content. The author asserts this not due to the fact that she dislikes other festivals. Simply KIFF selects the boldest and most uncompromising films, the presentation of which means a big financial risk in the context of our festivals.
Meadows of VDFF 2013-10-08
The festival VDFF of this year offered a diverse programme of documentaries and granted an occasion to think about possibilities of documentary films in general. The author closes the festival with the film “Winter of Nomads” (dir. Hiver Nomade, Manuel von Stürler) in her thoughts. A silent and meditative trip of two Swiss men and 800 sheep reminded of walks from one screening of VDFF to another. Sheep are finally sold, films end, until the next year, most probably.
To transform (oneself) 2013-10-07
Enthusiasts and masters of photography commemorated the birth centenary of Povilas Karpavičius (b. in 1909 in Tbilisi – d. in 1986 in Kaunas) in 2009, the exhibition “Maestro Povilas Karpavičius (1909–1986)” was organised in Riga and biggest Lithuanian towns. Many publications dedicated to the master appeared in the press and it was emphasised how important it was to restore history of Lithuanian photography in detail, without forgetting photographers who used non-standard techniques. Still, after the jubilee year the personality and works of P. Karpavičius was forgotten little by little again.
Romualdas Rakauskas: “Your works reveal your inside” 2013-09-05
The conversation with the art photographer Romualdas Rakauskas takes place during the European Basketball Championship. The photographer is a passionate admirer of basketball, he has issued two albums with Romualdas Požerskis “Men of Žalgiris” (1987) and “Legendary Men of Žalgiris” (2011). The artist is asked what team of Lithuanian photographers he would rally in order to play basketball.
