The Silver Cranes – Lithuania’s response to the Oscars – were awarded out to the country’s best filmmakers on Sunday.

Nova Lituania, a period drama about a 1930s geography professor and his wild idea to found a ‘backup’ Lithuania in Madagascar, won six awards out of 12 nominations, including best 2020 film. The documentary Animus Animalis (A Story about People, Animals and Things) was another big winner, snatching three Silver Cranes.

The Silver Crane awards were organised after a one-year break, with nominations including films from 2019 and 2020.

The best 2019 film award went to Summer Survivors, a road movie about a nurse and two young mental hospital patients battling their issues while driving across the country.

The film also won the best actress Silver Crane for Indrė Patkauskaitė and the audience award.

The Silver Crane awards are organised by the Audiovisual Works Copyright Association (AVAKA).

The list of winners:

Best film 2019  Summer Survivors (Išgyventi vasarą, dir. Marija Kavtaradzė)

Best film 2020  Nova Lituania (dir. Karolis Kaupinis)

Best documentary  Animus Animalis (dir. Aistė Žegulytė)

Best animated film  The Juggler (Žonglierius, dir. Skirmanta Jakaitė)

Best short film  Community Gardens (Kolektyviniai sodai, dir. Vytautas Katkus)

Best director  Karolis Kaupinis (Nova Lituania)

Best screenplay  Karolis Kaupinis (Nova Lituania)

Best actress  Indrė Patkauskaitė (Summer Survivors)

Best actor  Valentinas Novopolskis (Oleg)

Best supporting actress  Rasa Samuolytė (Nova Lituania)

Best supporting actor  Vaidotas Martinaitis (Nova Lituania)

Best score  Agnė Matulevičiūtė, Domas Strupinskas (Isaac / Izaokas)

Best cinematography  Narvydas Naujalis (Isaac)

Best sound direction  Jonas Maksvytis (Animus Animalis)

Best editing  Mikas Žukauskas (Animus Animalis)

Best art direction  Audrius Dumikas (Nova Lituania)

Best co-production  Oleg (Olegas, dir. Juris Kursietis, Latvia, Belgium, Lithuania, France)

Life achievement Golden Crane  Producer Kęstutis Petrulis

Green Crane for environmental film  Acid Forest (Rūgštus miškas, dir. Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė)

LRT.LT

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