Was born in Shiauliai, Lithuania in 1964.
Artistic director of film studio „Banga“ in Kaunas, Lithuania, from 1984.
Entered the film school VGIK in Moscow in 1986 and graduated in 1991, Irakli Kvirikadze master class.
Founded the film studio „Kinema“ - the first independant film studio in Lithuania in 1989.
Filmography:
As the director:
In The memory of A Day Gone By/ Praėjusios dienos atminimui, 1990, 35 mm, 40 min., b & w, documentary
Festivals/awards:
1990 - Pesaro; Kijev Molodostj (Grand Prix);
Karlovy Vary Int. Film Fest; Int. Film Fest. Rotterdam; Lodz Film Fest; Int. Documentary Film Fest Amsterdam (Special Jury Prize, Audience Award); Int. Film Forum “Arsenals” Riga; Marseille ” Vue Sur Les Docs” (France).
1993 - Niepokalanov (Best Documentary Film).
1996 - Cinéma Du Réel (Paris,; Leipzig Int. Doc. Films Fest; Gdansk Film Fest.(); Nordische Filmtage
Lubeck .
1997 - Cinéma Du Réel, Nancy “Eole Cine”; Anthology Film Archives in New York - Retrospective; Die Film Fest .
Screenings in Paris, Rouen, Locarno, Lubeck,
London , etc.
Three Days/ Trys dienos, 1991, 35 mm, 76 min., color, feature
Festivals:
1991 - Montreal Int. Film Fest, Festival du Film de Geneve; Festival Internazionale Cinema Giovani (Turin, Italy).
1992 - Oporto Int. Film Fest. ( Portugal) (Grand Prix); Berlin (Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Special Mention of FIPRESCI); San Fracisko Int. Film Fest; Seattle Film Fest; Int. Film Forum “Arsenals” (Riga); Festival du Film de Dunkerque (Grand Prix).
1993 - Int. Film Fest Bruxelles; Festival du Cinéma Nordique (Rouen, France); Rotterdam Int. Film Fest; Honk Kong Film Fest; Calcutta Int Film Fest; European Film Academy -.Nomination of Felix’92 for the Young European Film Of The Year.
1996 - Leipzig Film Fest.; Gdansk Film Fest.
1997 - Alpe Adria Cinema (Italy).
Screenings in Paris, Niepokalanow, Lubek, Wienn, etc.
The Corridor/ Koridorius, 1995, 35 mm, 2400 m, 80 min., b & w, feature
Festivals:
1995 - 45 Internationale Filmestspiele Berlin, Panorama;
Cannes , Market; Int. Thessaloniki Film Fest.- Competition; Festival Internazionale Cinema Giovani (Turin, ) - Competition (CICAE Award); V’iennale - Competition (FIPRESZI Award); Stockholm Int. Film Fest;
Oslo Film Fest.
1996 - Int. Film Fest. Rotterdam; Karlovy Vary Int. Film Fest; Int. Film Forum “Arsenals” (Riga); “Kinoshok” (Anapa); Gdansk Fest; L’Alternativa (Barcelona , Spain).
1997 - Grenzland Filmtage (Germany); Anthology Film Archives in New York - Retrospective; Die Film Fest.(France); Alpe Adria Cinema - Incontri Con Il Cinema Dell’Europa Centro - Orientale (Italy), etc.
Few of Us/ Mūsų nedaug, 1996, 35mm, 105 min., color, fiction
Festivals:
1996 -
cannes - Selection Officielle “Un Certain Regard”;
Bruxelles Int. Film Fest (Prix de l’Age d’or); v’iennale; kinoshok (award for the best direction, critic’s award); Haifa Int. Film Festival (Israel); Sao Paolo Int. Film Fest; Reminicinema Mostra Internazionale (Italy; International thessaloniki Film Festival (Greece); tokyo International Film Fest; festival internacional de cine de mar del plata (argentina).
1997 - goteborg Flm Festival; Hong Kong Int. Film Festival; Forum du Cinéma Européen de Strasbourg; Filmfest Hamburg; Hela Sveriges Film Festival (); Cinema Jove Festival ( – ), etc.
The House / Namai, 1997, 35 mm, color, 120 min., feature film
Festivals:
1997 - Cannes - Selection Officielle “Un Certain Regard”;25e festival International du film de la Rochelle; Forum du Cinéma Européen du cinéma de Strasbourg; Festival de Viareggio; Taormina Arte (Italy); Baltijas Perle (Latvia);
Alpe Adria Cinema - Retrospective; Festival International du Film de Flandre - Gand; Tokyo Int. Film Fest; Sao Paulo Int. Film Fest; Festival International de Cine de Mar del Plata (Argentina); Auteurs Film Festival (Belgrad); Camerimage (Poland).
Freedom / Laisvė, 2000, 35 mm, color, 94 min., feature film
Festivals/ awards:
Premiere –
Venice film festival, 2000, awarded with the special prize Cinema Avvenire;
Prize of Lithuanian filmmakers union, 2000
International TV and Film forum „Together“ in
Yalta, . Award for the visual solution of the year, 2001;
Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts to the director Šarūnas Bartas, 2001
International cinema forum “Arsenal”,
Riga, , 2000
International Thoronto film festival, 2000
International Sao Paulo film festival, 2000
International Stokholm film festival, , 2000
International London film festival, , 2000
International Belgrad film festival, , 2000
International TV and film forum „Together“ in
Yalta, , 2000
International Rotherdam film festival, contest, Holand, 2001
International Triest film festival , 2001
2004 - “Nieko nepraranda vaikai”/ “Children loose nothing” – short vido film, segment of “Vision of Europe”, World premier in Copenhagen IFF;
Seven Invisible Men/ Septyni nematomi žmonės, 2005, 35 mm, color, feature film, 116 min, Dolby SRD
Festivals/ awards:
Film premier in
Cannes film festival, programme „ Directors' Fortnight“ 2005
„NVS and
Baltic states “ film festival “Kinoshok“. Award for the best camera work, prize of Aleksandr Kniazinski, 2005
„NVS and Baltic states“ film festival in Baku, Azarbaijan. Award for contribution to Eurasian cinematography, 2005
Eastern Drift/ Eurazijos aborigenas (Original title: "Indigen d'Eurasie"), 2010, 35 mm, color feature film, Dolby SRD
Festivals/ awards:
Premiere at the
Berlin FF, programme FORUM in 2010 ;
Copenhagen 2010 - CPH PIX ;
Lithuanian
Cinema
Academy award «Silver Craine» for the best film, best director, best actress of the year 2010;
The Best film nomination in Tridens Baltic Feature Film Competition,
Tallinn, 2010;
Best film award in CIS and Baltic states film festival in «Kinoshok» in
Anapa, 2010
Cinédécouvertes / L'ÂGE D'OR ,
Bruxelles, , 2010;
Pesaro Film
Festival, , 2010;
Moscow Film
Festival, , 2010;
Haifa Film
Festival, , 2010;
Festival do
Rio , Brasil, 2010;
Moscow Film Festival «Tomorrow» 2010;
Festival «Cinema Nova»,
Bruxelles, 2010;
IFF «Molodist»,
Kiev, 2010;
Bergen International FF (BIFF), 2010;
Villa do Conde - CURTAS METRAGENS, , 2010;
Kaunas IFF, 2010;
GÖTEBORG IFF, , 2011;
Kino Pavasaris IFF in Vilnius, 2011, etc.
As the producer:
Short fiction films:
1992 m. “Išakėtas krantas”/ “
Harrowed
Coast ”, dir.Tomas Donela
Special jury mention in Algere
1992 m. “Švilpukas” / „The Wistler“ dir. A.Lioranchas
1995 m. “Likusios dienos” / „The days that are left“ dir. K.Vildzhiunas
Documentary films:
1989 m. “Praėjusios dienos atminimui”/ „In The Memory of A Day Gone By“, dir. Sh.Bartas
Main price in Kiev, in 1990;
Special jury award, audience award in
Amsterdam in 1990
1991 m. “Neregių žemė”/ “Earth of Blind” dir. A.Stonys / Felix ’92 for the best European documentary film;
The best experimental film in Oberhausen in 1992
1992 m. “Rudens sniegas”/ „Autumn Snow“ dir. V.Navasaitis
Secon audience award in Babelsberg student film festivali n 1992;
SCAM price in „Cinema du Reel“, Paris 1993
Third price in „Balticum“, Bornholm 1993
1992 m. “Griuvėsių apaštalas” / “Appostal of Ruin” dir. A.Stonys
The best film in „Mediawave”, Györ 1993
The best image in Mons 1993
1992 m. “Aukštyn upe”/ “Up by the river” dir. A.Jevdokimovas
Special jury award, Piarnu 1992
1993 m. “Baltojo laiko keleiviai”/ „Wanderers of white time“ dir. R.Leipus,
1994 m. “Tinklai”/ „The Nets“ dir. A.Jevdokimovas
1994 m. “Pasiansas”/ „Pasians“, dir. T.Donela
1997 m. “Pavasaris” / „The Spring“ , dir. V.Navasaitis, produced by „Studio Kinema“ together with „Sodaperaga“
The best short documentary film in Cinema du Reel, Paris 1997;
The best documentary film in L’Alternatyva, Barselona 1997;
Special jury mention in „ Films of Environment“, Paris 1997,
The main price in Oberhausen, in 1998
1997 m. “Praėjusio filmo atminimui”/ „In memory of the film“ dir. A.Jevdokimovas
Feature films:
1991 - “Trys dienos” / “Three Days“
1995 - “Koridorius” / „The Corridor“
1995 - “Mūsų nedaug” / „Few of Us“
1996 - “Namai”/ „The House“
2001 m. “Laisvė”/ „Freedom“
As an actor:
1995 – „The Corridor“ - protogonist
Dir.Sharunas Bartas
1999 – „Pola X“ - The Chief“
Dir. Leos Carax
2010 – „Eastern Drift“ – Gena
Dir.Sharunas Bartas
