Archive of films Earth of the Blind / Neregių žemė
Lithuania
1992, 25 min
Section:
Reflections of Time: Baltic Poetic Documentary
Year: 2018
Audrius Stonys, another “break generation” filmmaker, debuted with Earth of the Blind, which came to serve as the generation’s manifesto. Stonys was a disciple of documentary filmmaker Henrikas Šablevičius, and the latter’s influence is present in Earth of the Blind, a picture that weaves the new generation’s silent aesthetics and novel characters into the old visual poetics.
Synopsis
Audrius Stonys, another “break generation” filmmaker, won recognition with Earth of the Blind, which came to serve as the generation’s manifesto and was lauded within Lithuania and abroad; in 1992 the film was awarded the European Film Academy’s Felix Prize for Best Documentary. Stonys was a disciple of documentary filmmaker Henrikas Šablevičius, and the latter’s influence is present in Earth of the Blind, a picture that weaves the new generation’s silent aesthetics and novel characters into the old visual poetics.
Elena Jasiūnaitė
About the director
Audrius Stonys (b. 1966, Vilnius, Lithuania, USSR). Selected filmography: Open the Door to Him Who Comes (Atverti duris ateinančiam 1989), Earth of the Blind (1992), Antigravitation (1995), Flying over the Blue Field (1996), Harbor (1998), Fedia. Three Minutes after the Big Bang (2000), Alone (2001), Uku Ukai (2006), I Went through Fire, You Were with Me (2010), Ramin (Raminas, 2011), Gates of the Lamb (Avinėlio vartai, 2014), Women and the Glacier (2016)
Contacts
Lithuanian Film Centre
Zigmanto Sierakausko st. 15, 03105, Vilnius
Lithuania
Tel: +370 5 213 0547
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.lkc.lt
About the film
Black & white, DCP
Section: | Reflections of Time: Baltic Poetic Documentary |
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Director: | Audrius Stonys |
Screenplay: | Audrius Stonys |
Dir. of Photography: | Rimvydas Leipus |
Music: | Vidmantas Bartulis |
Editor: | Danutė Cicėnaitė |
Producer: | Dalia Cibauskaitė |
Production: | Studio Kinema |
Sales: | Lithuanian Film Centre |
Guests
Dovilė Butnoriūtė
Film Institution Rep., PR & Marketing
Audrius Stonys
Film Director