 | | Saulius Lukosevicius |
Saulius Lukosevicius, a graduate in cinematography at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, wins the first place with his short documentary film Get Trauma at "DailyFilm.TV DSLR".
The film is about the Lithuanian kite surfing club "Next Level" and its members. Saulius admits, the film is not just about kiting, but more about young people who have a strong passion in the sport, they love entertainment and competition.
 | | Award Ceremony |
The PEER-RABEN-MUSIC-AWARD for the best music to a short film was awarded for the first time at SoundTrack_Cologne in 2009. The jury was searching for film scores where the relationship between the images and the music and sound is innovative and dramaturgically clear. This was fulfilled by the short Noirville (dir. Andy Marsh) with the music by Titas Petrikis from Lithuania. Noirville was nominated along with 9 other films out of 140 participants and was announced to be the winner. The film tells a story about the lone girl Lucy, who is settled in a weird abandoned place, called Noirville. While hiding of the war, one day she discovers a strange article in the forest. This changes her life.
A new feature film "Giedre" by Donatas Vaisnoras will be premiered at the Pasaka Cinema Theatre in Vilnius on December 1st, 2009. The film is about two people, Giedre and Darius, who are divorcing despite being in love with each other. Both of them do not know why they are doing this, but their separation turns into some sort of a cruel declaration of love.
Despite the heroes go on with their lives, their connection remains uncut. They keep on sharing the intimate details of their lives. Such quaint openness helps to return the lost closeness, at least for a moment. The turmoil of feelings and thoughts is growing with every day. Eventually they realize they cannot live without each other… However, the previous closeness isn’t possible anymore either.
 | Minsk is 176 km away
from Vilnius |
The Nordic Council of Ministers and Audiovisual Art Center produced a film about the European Humanities University (EHU) in Vilnius. The EHU is a Belorussian university in exile, which has over eighteen hundred students. The short documentary film is about the goal of the university, its importance to the democratic development of Belarus.
The film was screened at the Nordic Council Session in Stockholm on October 27-29 where the Primer Ministers, parliament members and lots of Ministers from the Nordic countries participated. Besides the additional screenings in the Nordic countries, the film will be shown in Washington DC, the United States.
Titas is a producer of the film, he also scored the original music.
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Noirville's (dir. Andy Marsh) score is nominated for Peer Raben Award. The competition was announced for the first time, and the selection committee has received more than 140 applications, far more than expected. The pre-selection committee (all of them members of the Mediamusic association) met at the beginning of October for an intense viewing session to decide which 11 nominees will be selected. Noirville was selected for its mysterious and haunting score.
 | | Titas in his studio |
Apparently Titas Petrikis is darling of muses, otherwise it is difficult to explain the long list of accomplishments of this young Bournemouth Screen Academy graduate. Titas has composed music for over twenty short films, several theatre performances, feature film "The Collectress". His music can be heard at the main title of the Lithuanian National Television, various advertisements, festivals and shows. In 2007, Titas became a finalist of Berlinale Talent Campus Volkswagen Score Competition. He has been twice nominated for the Lithuanian Silver Crane award.
 | | Saleh Nass and Titas Petrikis in Vilnius |
The tradition to have Bournemouth Screen Academy reunions continues. Saleh Nass, who is Titas’ course mate from Film and TV production was visiting Lithuania on September 13-16. Saleh is Managing Partner at Elements Productions in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The company specializes in creating content for all different types of delivery platforms in addition to traditional platforms such as TV and Film. It has clients in the Gulf region and worldwide.
Saleh was visiting Lithuania on business. With the Elementsbh.com expansion, he is looking for additional resources to create full-scale services for his clients. Titas joins Elements company as in-house composer and will provide original music in the projects where needed.
 | | During a meeting |
Summer Media School attracts many young filmmakers from the entire Europe. The two week workshop took place in Karvys ranch, a beautiful country-side farmland near Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, June 21st through July 6.
Scriptwriters, producers, sound designers, cameramen and directors came to Vilnius to create documentaries about Lithuania. Vilnius is the cultural capital of Europe in 2009, this is one of the reasons this annual workshop was moved from Juodkrante to Vilnius.
Titas was responsible for supervising the sound of the workshop films. The crews happened to be friendly and productive, the process of post-production was intense as usual, but productive.
Noirville is a short fantasy film about a young girl Lucy, who tries to find new friends in a dark and mysterious place - Noirville. The film, directed by Andy Marsh, takes us to the period of the Second Wolrd War. One night, on Lucy's way to bring some water from the lake, she finds a strange thing in the forest. Her experimentation with the discovery leads to the unbelievable outcome.
Henning Knoepfel, the sound designer of the film, creates a subtle, sonic atmosphere to Lucy's story. Henning has done the mixing of the sound and Titas' music at Cologne N.N. Sound Studios. The mix also includes the Dolby Digital License.
Each year the Lithuanian Film and TV makers are nominated for Silver Crane Awards. The nominations are received in the categories of the best feature, TV, short, documentary films, animation and student work. Silver Crane Awards are given for the best director, screen writer, cinematographer, actor, actress, support actor and composer. There is also a Golden Crane Award for a distinguished filmmaker for his/her live time achievements in Lithuanian film making. Hot Dog (directed by Allan van O.T. Andersen) has been nominated for Composer's Silver Crane Award. The music has been composed by Titas Petrikis.
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