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Documentaries, Festivals, Shorts
Review: Limousine (2021)
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Saulé Bliuvaité’s short documentary titled Limousine that has just premiered at the national short competition of Vilnius International Film Festival – Kino Pavasaris is an attempt to catch a spirit of limo-riding in a compact, 15-minute format.
Award ticker, Documentaries
Review: Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020)
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The difference between Crip Camp and a regular inspirational documentary is the lack of manipulation and pulling the heart-strings in an obvious, almost exploitative fashion.
Festivals, GSFF (Glasgow Short Film Festival), Shorts
GSFF review: Consumed (2020)
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Hawken dances around the story with a zest of a boxer that is about to win his title. He is literally in the story, alert, compationate, intimate, and Shauna Macdonald’s performance is dank, sincere and unforgettable.
Festivals, Shorts
Review: Swamp (2020)
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‘Swamp’ was released on the internet last year in order to compete for the Lithuanian Film Awards (it was nominated in student competition) and it is currently playing at Vilnius International Film Festival – Kino Pavasaris.
Berlinale, Documentaries, Festivals
Review: Courage (2021)
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Courage is a foreboding film, especially at the very ending; an excerpt from the re-staged play Discover Love thematizes the events from the late 90s, when a businessman and an opposition leader where kidnapped and executed by the OMON.
News
Opal H. Bennett Named Co-Producer at American Documentary | POV
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Bennett’s new role will build off of her work as the producer of POV Shorts, the public television series dedicated to short-form nonfiction films.
Reflections
Reflections 16
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When I worked in an arts institution, a colleague asked me, “What does ‘festival experience’ mean?” At the time, I thought the question was daft. Surely, working in a building that houses such experiences would mean knowing that experience – something uniquely felt, but, at the same time, tied to a shared environment or atmosphere.…
Festivals, Kino Pavasaris, Shorts
Review: Ieva (2021)
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Working from Plukas’ austere, but precise script, Vytautas and Petronis are looking for an answer to the eternal science fiction gerne question: can androids gain experiences and forge their own identity and personality?
Festivals, Shorts
Review: Interrogation (2021)
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The reason why Interrogation stands out, apart from its perfect production design with its knowledge of the given period, is the elegance of its construction and execution.
