Audrius Stonys Retrospective  

Antigravitation

An isolated village in the Lithuanian countryside. Seated in her house, an elderly woman recites an old folk story. Then she climbs up the tall ladder that takes her to the rooftop of the church. Through her eyes we see the whole village from up high, immense, that is changing with the changing of the seasons. How does the world appear from such an altitude? 

Flying Over Blue Field

A man sits alone in a plane built at home, and keeps his balance between life and death. During his flight, immense landscapes pass by, half-deserted streets. Silence and wait in gare all around. A film about solitude in the endless sky.

Awards

BalticumFilm and TV festival, Bornholm, Denmark – Second prize, 1996
Documentary Film Festival “DokumentArt”, Neubrandenburg, Germany – Film clubsočiety prize, 1997
Yekaterinburg Film Festival, Russia – diploma for poetic language, 1997

Harbour

Filmed in the Birštonas sanatorium, “Harbour” observes the treatments provided to bodies in a series of rigorously composed static shots.Spa reveals strange ancestral rites. The film is silent impression about the harbour of tired bodies and souls. 

Alone 

A crew films a child during the trips she takes to visit her mother in prison. The simplicity of the approach, the power of the questioning: to what extent can one interfere in someone’s distress?

Awards

Riga International Film Forum “Arsenals” – KodakVision Prize, 2001
International Visual Art Festival “Mediawave”, Hungary – Special Prize, 2001
Nyon International Film Festival“Visions du Reel” – Audience Award, 2001
Split International Festival of New Film, Croatia – Grand Prix, 2001
Barcelona Independent Film Festival – Special Prize, 2001
Lithuanian Filmmakers Union’s Prize, 2001

Audrius Stonys

In 1989 Audrius Stonys graduated with a degree in TV and film directing from the Vilnius Conservatory. In 1989 he studied at the Jonas Mekas Film Anthology Archives in New York. In 1992 his film “Earth of the Blind” received the Felix Award from the European Film Academy as Best Documentary Film of the year. In 2004 and 2005 he lectured in documentary cinema at the European Film College in Denmark. He is an active participant at various international creative workshops and is also a jury member at film festivals.

Filmography

Gates of the Lamb, 2014
Cenotaph, 2013
Ramin, 2011
I Walked Through Fire, You Were With Me, 2010
Four Steps, 2008
Bell, 2007
Uku ukai, 2006
Countdown, 2004
Last Vagon, 2002
Alone, 2001
Flight over Lithuania or 510 Seconds of Silence, 2000
Fedia. Three Minutes After the Big Bang, 1999
Harbour, 1998
Fying Over Blue Field, 1996
Antigravitation, 1995
Apostle of Ruins, 1993
Earth of the Blind, 1992
Baltic Way, 1990
Open the Door to Him Who Comes, 1989