Foreign Language Film Submissions from Lithuania to the Academy Awards to Compete for an Oscar Nomination or Win in the Best International Feature Film Category
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This list is chronologically sorted in reverse by years of participation!
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This list is chronologically sorted in reverse by years of participation!
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- DirectorGiedre ZickyteStarsWalter CronkiteSimas KudirkaRichard NixonIn 1970 Lithuanian sailor Simas Kudirka made a desperate leap for freedom from his Soviet vessel to a US Coast Guard cutter, but the Americans sent him back - inciting one of the Cold War's most complex and suspenseful political blunders.94th ACADEMY AWARDS (2021) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorKarolis KaupinisStarsAleksas KazanaviciusVaidotas MartinaitisValentinas MasalskisIt's late 1930's. Foreseeing the upcoming war in Europe, Lithuanian geographer Feliksas Gruodis comes up with an idea to save his country by establishing a Lithuanian colony overseas. The plan is a massive exodus to the so called "Reserve Lithuania" in case of occupation. Feliksas tries to sell his idea to one of the most important persons of the state - a grey cardinal of the president, the prime minister Jonas Servus. Dismissing the idea at first, soon the prime minister experiences a heart stroke as the country gets the first signs of war at it's borders. As the president uses his illness to turn him into a scapegoat, the already ex-prime minister gets back to Feliksas, persuades him to reveal his plan and offers his help. The hope to implement the plan doesn't bring much light to Feliksas' personal life. Him and his wife, a childless couple, live in a stiff and cold relationship. As Feliksas finds a fulfilment in his utopia, his wife Veronika finds no way to diminish her loneliness. As Feliksas' political dream comes to realisation, his marriage approaches a collapse. As the country loses the first piece of it's territory, ex-prime minister decides that the only way to implement the plan is to overthrow the president with the help of the military. He invites Feliksas to spend the last night at his home, together with his family. The ideal picture of it makes Feliksas to drop his plan at the last minute and try to save his personal life instead of saving the country.93rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2020/21) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorKristine BriedeAudrius StonysStarsHerz FrankUldis BraunsIvars SeleckisKristine Briede and Audrius Stonys's meditative documentary essay portrays the less-remembered generation of cinema poets of the Baltic New Wave. With finesse, they push beyond the barriers of the common historiographic investigation in order to achieve a consummate poetic treatment of the ontology of documentary creation.92nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2019) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorArunas MatelisStarsDaniele ColliSvein TuftPaolo TiralongoThey're called water carriers, domestics, 'gregarios', 'Sancho Panzas' of professional cycling. Always at the back of the group, with no right for a personal victory. These wonderful losers are the true warriors of professional cycling.91st ACADEMY AWARDS (2018) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorSharunas BartasStarsMantas JanciauskasLyja MaknaviciuteAndrzej ChyraRokas and Inga, a couple of young Lithuanians, volunteer to drive a cargo van of humanitarian aid to Ukraine. When plans change and they find themselves left to their own devices, they cross the vast snowy lands of the Donbass region.90th ACADEMY AWARDS (2017) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorKristijonas VildziunasStarsJanina AntanelieneIna Marija BartaitéPranciskus BrazdziunasIt is 1989, the final year of the Soviet era in Vilnius. Eighteen-year old buddies establish the Seneca's Fellowship. Its mottos is, "Live each day as if it was your last." 25 years later, one of them is disillusioned with himself. He has betrayed the ideals of his youth.89th ACADEMY AWARDS (2016) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAlante KavaiteStarsJulija SteponaityteAiste DirziuteJurate Sodyte17 years old Sangaile is fascinated by stunt planes. She meets a girl her age at a summer aeronautical show. Sangaile allows Auste to discover her most intimate secret and in the process finds the only person that truly encourages her to fly.88th ACADEMY AWARDS (2015) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorIgnas JonynasStarsVytautas KaniusonisOona MekasRimas BlockisParamedic Vincentas is a passionate gambler, who is forced to make radical decisions to return the debts. An idea strikes Vincentas to create an illegal game related to his profession. Love, life and death will be at stake.87th ACADEMY AWARDS (2014) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorGiedre BeinoriuteEleven conversations and one pause about life.86th ACADEMY AWARDS (2013) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAudrius StonysStarsRamin LomsandzeRamin Lomsadze, a 75-years old Georgian wrestler who once won seven matches in 55 seconds, is getting ready for the fight with his last and most formidable opponent - Loneliness. He gets on the train and sets off for a remote Georgian village to seek out the girl he loved and lost fifty years ago.85th ACADEMY AWARDS (2012) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorKristijonas VildziunasStarsElzbieta LatenaiteAndrius BialobzeskisMargarita BroichEthnic Lithuanian father and daughter Vladas and Ruta were separated during the events of WWII when Ruta was just a child--she ended up with her mother--and have not seen each other since. Vladas remained in what in June 1961 is Soviet-occupied Lithuania; Ruta lives in Chicago. They have kept in touch via letters, using fake names to protect themselves from the potentially-prying eyes of the Communists. They only spoke on the telephone for the first time a few months ago. As Ruta is studying in Hamburg, she and Vladas arrange to meet in the west sector of Berlin, this meeting their first since the war. Ruta and her friend Aukse, also a Lithuanian-American, will stay at a pension in the west sector, while Vladas will stay in a consulate housing compound in the east sector, housing arranged by "comrade" Juozas Aleksandraviius, then cross over to the west sector for the meeting. After they both arrive in Berlin, they find that the geopolitical situation of the day in the city is not as free as they thought, which may jeopardize their long-awaited reunion. In addition, Ruta's presence at the pension may jeopardize the plans of some of the landlady's friends who are trying to sneak out of Berlin without the Stasi's knowledge.84th ACADEMY AWARDS (2011) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorGytis LuksasStarsGiedrius KielaEgle MikulionyteOksana BorbatThe story of the generation who lived through the entire Soviet period is told through the main character: his childhood spent in a village, true friendship, work in Soviet Klaipeda, thrilling eroticism, and a final, fatal love.82nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2009) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMaris MartinsonsStarsValda BickuteKostas SmoriginasDalia MicheleviciuteMentally ill young woman Valda convinces herself that a boy growing up in an orphanage is her child. Following the footsteps of a thousands Lithuanians, she immigrates to Ireland to earn money to save him. "Loss" portrays beauty and tragedy in the human heart.81st ACADEMY AWARDS (2008) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorArunas MatelisA short documentary about a hospital ward for children with leukemia in Lithuania.79th ACADEMY AWARDS (2006) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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