Audrius Stonys Retrospective  

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Special "Moving Cinema" screening ("The Earth of The Blind","Flying Over Blue Field", Lithuania, 44’)

The Earth of The Blind

As film director Audrius Stonys puts it himself, “the film came into reality while trying to answer a question: how can one film the invisible?”. The film subtly interweaves together moments of interaction between people, animals and their surroundings. Long shots, absence of words, and meditative images interplay with music thus opening up a haptic and philosophical realm which is beyond the visible. In 1992 the film received the FELIX Award for the Best European Documentary Film.

Awards

Felix for the Best Documentary in Europe, 1992
Oberhausen Film Festival –Award for the Best Experimental Film, 1992
International Visual Art festival“Media wave”, Hungary– Prize, 1992
Mons International Film Festival –Award for the Best Cinematography, 1992

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 waiting are all around. A film about solitude in the endless sky.

Awards

Balticum Film 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

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 HimWho Comes, 1989

Film sessions

09.28 Wednesday
  • Skalvija (Vilnius) 15:15 Presentation


Information

The Earth of The Blind
Director: Audrius Stonys
Cinematography: Rimvydas Leipus
Editing: Danutė Cicėnaitė
Sound: Viktoras Juzonis
Music: Vidmantas Bartulis
Producer: Dalia Cibauskaitė
Production: Kinema
Lithuania, 1992, 24’

Flying Over Blue Field
Directors: Audrius Stonys, Jolita Zykutė
Screenplay: Audrius Stonys
Cinematography: Vladas Naudžius
Sound: Viktoras Juzonis
Editing: Vanda Survilienė
Producer: Arūnas Matelis
Production: Nominum
Lithuania, 1996, 20’