Vilnius International Film Festival

Vilnius International Film Festival
Location Vilnius, Lithuania
Founded 1995
Language Lithuanian & English
Website http://www.kinopavasaris.lt/en/
Main venue during the festival in 2013

The Vilnius International Film Festival (VIFF) - "Kino pavasaris" is a film festival held annually in March in Vilnius, Lithuania since 1995, and is the largest film festival in the nation in number of films and audience. It is one of the most anticipated annual cultural events in Lithuania. The 19th edition of the festival in 2014 featured ~250 films in the program. The festival leader is Tor Fosse, and BIFF is owned by Bergen Cinema.

The festival's main venue is Forum Cinemas Vingis, with additional screenings taking place at the local art film theatre SKALVIJA, cinema boutique "Pasaka" and at the shopping mall "Akropolis" at "Forum Cinemas Akropolis". Some screenings are shown in the second largest city of Lithuania - Kaunas at local "Forum Cinemas" centre.

Programmes

Vilnius International Film Festival is organised in various sections:

Competition programmes:

Other programmes:

Industry event "Meeting Point - Vilnius"

International film industry professionals meet in Vilnius to discuss hot topics of today’s and tomorrow’s audiovisual world. The highlight of the industry event is the presentation of Lithuanian and Baltic film industry.

Awards at Vilnius International Film Festival

The Audience Award

The oldest and one of the most important award of VIFF.

Competition programme "New Europe – New Names"

The main awards at Vilnius International Film Festival. Introduced in 2009. Chosen by the international jury of the cinema industry professionals: actors, directors, programme directors, cinematographers and producers. The jury will select the best film of the festival and award it with two special prizes.

Best Film

Best Director

Best Actors

CICAE jury film award

Special award

Competition programme "Baltic Gaze"

Introduced in 2014.

Best Film

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

Special mention

Best Lithuanian Actress

Introduced by L‘oreal Paris in 2007 as "Lithuanian star", discontinued after 2010. Revived in 2012 as "Best Lithuanian Actress" with new sponsor Bourjois.

Best Lithuanian Actor

Introduced in 2014.

Lithuanian debut

Introduced in 2010.

The Audience Award (Lithuanian film)

Introduced in 2011.

Short Film Competition

Best short film, selected from short competition programme. Introduced in 2012.

The Audience Award (Short film)

Introduced in 2013.

Special award. Since 2013 award of Saulius Macaitis

Special award for best film translations

External links

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