The Lithuanian Film Centre (LFC) has announced its latest round of funding pre-approvals for 2019, which covers 42 projects spread across various programmes. The support granted totals over €2.9 million, with €2.6 million earmarked for the production of 28 films, and the rest for the development of 12 features and two interactive film projects.

More precisely, eight feature-film projects will be supported with a total grant of more than €1.6 million. The selection includes Andrius Blaževičius’ sophomore feature, after his successful debut, The Saint [+lire aussi :
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interview : Andrius Blazevicius
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Furthermore, seven international co-productions (three fictions and four documentaries) will be supported with a grant of €434,000. The long-awaited sophomore feature by Serbian director Stefan Arsenijević (Love and Other Crimes [+lire aussi :
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Also, four feature-length documentaries will be supported: Burial by debutant Emilija Škarnulytė (Just A Moment), Returning from New York by Ramunė Rakauskaitė (Ultra Nominum), winner at WEMW 2018 (see the news) I’ll Stand by You by Virginija Vareikytė and Maximilien Dejoie (In Script), and Moncys. A Samogitian From Paris by Linas Mikuta (Monoklis). The rest of the funding will be distributed among seven short projects – two fictions, two documentaries, two animations and one virtual-reality effort.

Finally, as part of the “Challenge Accepted!” campaign, the LFC will be present at Berlin’s European Film Market (EFM) to welcome potential new international partners wishing to collaborate with Lithuanian producers. As Rolandas Kvietkauskas, director of the centre, recently revealed (see the news), the tax incentives have been increased to 30%, which, coupled with some impressive recent results (see the news), makes Lithuania extremely attractive. The results from 2018 also demonstrated that eight international productions spent over €45 million (more than all of the investments from 2014-2017 combined), with Lithuanian input verging on €9 million.

Some of the productions that have so far placed their trust in Lithuania include the HBO/Sky series Chernobyl (see the news) and Catherine the Great, while Norway also clearly had faith in the country, with Hans Petter Moland’s Berlinale title Out Stealing Horses [+lire aussi :
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