Kaunas International Film Festival
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Kaunas International Film Festival is a film festival
founded in 2007 and held in October each year in Kaunas
and Vilnius
, Lithuania
. In 2011, films from the Festival's programme were also screened in Panevėžys
and Nida
, Lithuania. The festival is organised by a Lithuania based public company "Visos mūzos", festival's director is Ilona Jurkonytė, producer of the programme is Tomas Tengmark.
s, debate
s, lecture
s and meetings with filmmakers.
The birth of the festival is closely related to the ambition to disseminate film culture and preserve "Romuva" – the oldest operational film theatre in Lithuania. Kaunas International Film Festival has the status of a representative event of Kaunas
city.
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
founded in 2007 and held in October each year in Kaunas
Kaunas
Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...
and Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
. In 2011, films from the Festival's programme were also screened in Panevėžys
Panevežys
Panevėžys see also other names, is the fifth largest city in Lithuania. As of 2008, it occupied 50 square kilometers with 113,653 inhabitants. The largest multifunctional arena in Panevėžys is the Cido Arena...
and Nida
Nida
Nida may refer to:* Nida, Lithuania* Nida in Poland* Nida , an ancient roman town in the northwestern suburbs of today's Frankfurt am Main, Germany* Nida, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland...
, Lithuania. The festival is organised by a Lithuania based public company "Visos mūzos", festival's director is Ilona Jurkonytė, producer of the programme is Tomas Tengmark.
Goals of the festival
The main goal of the Kaunas International Film Festival is to present films that have won wide international recognition and that reflect not only the latest global trends of film art, but also public issues in local and global contexts. The festival aims to enable undiscovered and unknown filmmakers to present their works to the audiences. The programme of the festival includes film screeningFilm screening
A film screening is the displaying of a motion picture or film, generally referring to a special showing as part of a film's production and release cycle...
s, debate
Debate
Debate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
s, lecture
Lecture
thumb|A lecture on [[linear algebra]] at the [[Helsinki University of Technology]]A lecture is an oral presentation intended to present information or teach people about a particular subject, for example by a university or college teacher. Lectures are used to convey critical information, history,...
s and meetings with filmmakers.
The birth of the festival is closely related to the ambition to disseminate film culture and preserve "Romuva" – the oldest operational film theatre in Lithuania. Kaunas International Film Festival has the status of a representative event of Kaunas
Kaunas
Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...
city.
Programmes
Festival's film programmes:- 2007 – "Identity", "Storytelling", "Music Moves the World", "Retrospective: Nouvelle Vague".
- 2008 – "Identity", "Storytelling", "Music Moves the World", "Special Focus on IrishIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
Film", "One Hundred Springtimes. Tribute to Vytautas KernagisVytautas KernagisVytautas Kernagis was a Lithuanian singer-songwriter, bard, actor, director, and television announcer. He is considered a pioneer of Lithuanian sung poetry.- Career :...
", "Train Time". - 2009 – "Wide Angle", "Music Moves the World", "All the Muses", "Nordic Sounds in Film".
- 2010 – "Wide angle", "Identity", "Music Moves the World", "All the Muses", "Béla TarrBéla Tarr-Life:Tarr was born in Pécs, but grew up in Budapest. Both of his parents were close to theatre and film: his father was a scenery designer, while his mother has been working as a prompter at a theater for more than 50 years now...
Film Retrospective", "Deimantas Narkevičius Film Retrospective", "Piotr DumałaPiotr DumałaPiotr Dumała is a Polish film director and animator. His animation technique is original and fascinating, among the most interesting of the last 30 years. While training to be a sculptor, he discovered that scratching images into painted plaster could be a beautiful way to create animations...
Film Retrospective", "Animation Programme", "EstonianEstoniaEstonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
Animated Film Programme", "LatvianLatviaLatvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
Animated Film Programme", "Best of SlovenianSloveniaSlovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
Stop-motion Animation", "Elephant Programme for Children", "Best of Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival. European Short Animation", "Best of Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival. European Short Film", "Special Screenings". - 2011 – “Wide Angle”, “Identity”, “Music Moves the World”, “All the Muses”, “All the Muses. Short film program “After a Scene...”, “All the Muses. Short films program “Coming Attractions”, “Films of the Golden Period: Slovak New WaveCzechoslovak New WaveThe Czechoslovak New Wave is a term used for the early films of 1960s Czech directors Miloš Forman, Věra Chytilová, Ivan Passer, Jaroslav Papoušek, Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec, Jaromil Jireš, Vojtěch Jasný, Evald Schorm and Slovak directors Juraj Herz, Juraj Jakubisko, Štefan Uher, Ján Kádár, Elo...
”, “Red WesternsOsternThe Ostern or Red Western was the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries' take on the Western.It generally took two forms:...
”, “Short film program “Expanded Glimpses”, “Tribute to Adolfas MekasAdolfas MekasAdolfas Mekas was a Lithuanian-born film director, and brother of Jonas Mekas. He is principally known for his work in the United States....
”, “Special screenings: Jonas MekasJonas MekasJonas Mekas is a Lithuanian-born American filmmaker, writer, and curator who has often been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema." His work has been exhibited in museums and festivals across Europe and America.-Biography:...
Films”, “Special Screenings: Avant-garde women programme curated by Jonas Mekas”.