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DAY 6
Sunday 13 May 2018
VILLAGE
Marché du Film
Events
13 MAY
INTERNATIONAL
NEXT
Special Event EVERY DAY, A FOCUS ON A PAVILION AT THE VILLAGE
09.30 INTERNATIONAL. TODAY, THE LITHUANIAN PAVILION.
Wolves in the Wall
– Presented by Fable Studio –
Station 3 - Green VR Library,
Palais des Festivals, Level -1, Aisle 14
Conference
17.00
Closing keynote by Eric Peters,
Senior Adviser at the Cabinet
of Mariya Gabriel, European
Commissioner for Digital Economy
and Society – presented
by Liz Rosenthal (Power to
the Pixel | Venice International
Film Festival) – UK –
NEXT Conference Room,
Palais des Festivals, Level -1, Aisle 14
Screening
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Immersive China : Best of Chinese
Immersive Experiences – Lukas Trimonis (In_SCRiPT), Audrius Kuprevi ius and Rolandas Kvietkauskas (Lithuanian Film Centre)
presented by Polyhedron –
NEXT VR Theatre, Palais des Festivals,
Level -1, Aisle 14 THE LITHUANIA FILM CENTRE ESTABLISHES
‘A LITTLE EMBASSY’ IN CANNES.
DOC CORNER
Special Screening
16.00 HE LITHUANIAN In Cannes, its role is to establish and Baltic countries.
La Lucarne, ARTE Film Centre (LFC), and run the Lithuanian Pavilion. Meanwhile, the Festival’s Producers
Doc Corner Screening Room, established in May, “It‘s a little Embassy for everyone on the Move event, which presents
Palais des Festivals, Riviera, Aisle H
2012, is a state who comes to work under a line-up of Europe’s most
T institution under the Lithuanian flag,” said Dovilė promising young producers,
Doc Talks Ministry of Culture of the Republic Butnoriūtė, head of the features Lithuania’s Lukas
17.30 of Lithuania. The aim of the Centre Department of Film Promotion, Trimonis, a graduate of the Baltic
Media and Society – The Future is to participate in designing Information and Heritage at the Film and Media School in Estonia
of Documentary in a Changing LFC. “We promote the country‘s and the UK’s National Film &
Media Landscape – presented by effective film- and audiovisual-sector Television School. Lukas set up his
Paul Pauwels, Director, European policies and to foster the film industry, new and upcoming company iN SCRiPT in 2013 and
Documentary Network (EDN) – sustainability of the Lithuanian film films, and the tax incentive scheme
Doc Corner Screening Room, industry. that operates in Lithuania. We also produced Egle’s Vertelyte’s feature
Palais des Festivals, Riviera, Aisle H The Centre’s brief includes: provide meeting space for our debut feature Miracle, which
allocation of subsidies for the industry — we are a platform to premiered in Toronto in 2017.
development, production and work to achieve their results. Every He is currently working on two
GOES TO CANNES distribution of Lithuanian films year up to 70 professionals come to co-productions: Juris Kursietis’
10.00 and international co-productions; Cannes from Lithuania, so we second feature Oleg and Virginija
New Horizons’ Polish Day Goes promotion of Lithuanian films at establish a creative hub for the.” Vareikyte and Maximilien Dejoie’s
to Cannes home and abroad; implementation It’s also a place from which the feature documentary I’ll Stand
Palais K, Level 4, Palais des Festivals of programmes in areas of LFC — and Lithuanian industry By You.
education, national film heritage, professionals — can promote For the future, Butnoriūtė said:
14.00 training for professionals, research themselves globally. “We plan to “We hope that the budget for
Los Cabos Goes to Cannes and statistics; administration of meet with film festivals, markets production will keep on growing
Palais K, Level 4, Palais des Festivals The Film Registry and film-ratings and industry partners from around as it is now; that the industry
the world, to set promotional plans
won’t loose its professional skills;
scheme; fostering private-sector
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FRONTIÈRES investment in film-making; and for 2019 and 2020. The Pavilion is and that we’ll continue to be
the representation of Lithuania at
a very important international
somewhere that European
16.00 international film festivals, trade meeting point,” Butnoriūtė added. producers continue to choose to
Frontières Buyers Showcase fairs and other industry gatherings. Specifically this year, the Centre shoot their films.” And, she added:
Palais K, Level 4, Palais des Festivals Its aim is “to position Lithuania will organise several “closed “We hope to bring The Palme
d’Or back to Lithuania some time
industry meetings” and pitching
among the countries that offer
in the next few years.” ✦
the most favourable environment
sessions between partners from
Poland, Croatia, Georgia, Ukraine
to foreign film productions”.
Julian Newby
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