Audrius Stonys film director and producer, Lithuania

Member of European Documentary Network and European Film Academy.

Made 14 films as an independent filmmaker and producer.

Films got more than 20 international film awards. Among them Public prize in Nyon, Grand Prix in Split, prizes in Bornholm, Neu Brandenburg, Bilbao, Florence, Oberhausen and San Francisco.

1992 the film “Earth of the Blind” received European Film Academy award “FELIX” as the Best European Documentary film of the Year.

2004-2005 Documentary teacher in European Film College, Denmark.

Master classes in Barcelona, Tokyo, Berkeley, Stanford, Belgrade.

Filmography:

1989 “Open the door to him, who comes” 35mm

1990 “Baltic Way” 35mm (together with A.Matelis)

1992 “Earth of the Blind” 35mm

Oberhausen Film Festival Experimental Film Prize

Gyor “Mediawave” Prize

Mons Film Festival  Best Image Prize

1992 “Apostle of  ruins” 35mm

1995 “Antigravitation” 35mm

San Francisco Film Festival Certificate of Merit

Bornholm “Balticum” Film Festival Special Prize

Vilnius Film Forum Prize for the Best Direction

San Denis Film Festival Jury Award

1996 “Flying over blue field” 35mm

Bornholm “Balticum” Film Festival 2nd Prize

Neubrandenburg DokumentArt  Findling prize.

1998 “Harbour” 35mm

1999 “Fedia. Three minutes after the Big Bang” 35mm

San Francisco Golden Gate Awards Certificate of Merit

Neubrandenburg DokumentArt  Findling prize

2000 “510 seconds of silence” (together with A.Matelis) 35mm/Beta SP

4th position in Top10 in Expo 2000 Hanover

2000”Alone” 35mm

Nyon Film Festival “Visions du Reel” Public Prize

Gyor Film Festival “Mediawave 2001” Special Prize

Split The International Festival of New Film  Grand Prix

VIII Independent Film Festival of Barcelona Special Mention

Lithuanian Film Makers Union Prize of the Year 2001

International Film Festival “Arsenals” Kodak Vision Award

2002 “Last car” 35mm

selected for the official competition programs in:

Rotterdam International Film festival

Rio de Janeiro Short Film festival

Tampere short film festival

Melbourne International Film festival

Leeds International Film festival

2004 “Countdown” 35mm

Rio de Janeiro Film Festival,

“Cinema du Reel” Paris

IDFA Amsterdam International Film Festival

2006 “Uku ukai”

World premiere in International Film Festival Amsterdam IDFA

2006 “Uku ukai” received “Golden Mikeldi” in Bilbao International Film festival.

Best Short Film Award, at ArtFilm, Trencin, Slovakia

Lorenzo de Medici Award, Festival dei Popoli, Florence

2007 “The Bell”

2008 “Four Steps”

2010 "Through Fire I Went, You Were With Me"

Moscow International Film festival

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 

Retrospectives: Switzerland, Russia, France, Japan,

Israel, Praha, Germany, New York, Belgium, Spain, Italy.

 

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