13/05/2025 - The Baltic country is sending a sizeable delegation to the French festival, led by Sergei Loznitsa’s Competition entry Two Prosecutors

Lithuania is setting its sights on the 78th Cannes Film Festival (13-24 May). The country’s contingent at the festival is led by its participation in the Competition entry Two Prosecutors [+see also:
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Other initiatives are also set to welcome Lithuanian talent to the festival. European Film Promotion (EFP) is once again hosting the Producers on the Move programme, and this year, Klementina Remeikaitė has been selected as one of the 20 most promising producers in Europe. She is already well known across the continent for her work with afterschool - namely, on Laurynas Bareiša’s films, including the Venice Orizzonti winner Pilgrims [+see also:
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interview: Laurynas Bareisa
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interview: Laurynas Bareiša
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Last autumn, director Eglė Razumaitė was selected for the La Résidence residency programme, which annually invites only 12 filmmakers from around the world. She is the first Lithuanian ever to participate in the more-than-two-decades-old initiative, which supports emerging talents in developing their debut or second features. During the festival, participants will pitch their latest projects at the CNC pavilion to an audience of professionals and a jury. Razumaitė, together with producer Uljana Kim, will present the project Signal Path, for which the director wrote the screenplay during her four-and-a-half-month residency in Paris.

The festival also features the New Producers Room programme within the Short Film Corner | Rendez-vous Industry, which helps short-film producers get more acquainted with international co-production opportunities. Each year, ten producers are selected to participate. For the fourth consecutive year, the Lithuanian short-film agency Lithuanian Shorts is nominating a producer from the Baltic region for the programme, selected from among past participants in the Baltic Pitching Forum held in Vilnius. This year’s representative is Lithuanian producer Ieva Černiauskaitė (Con Artist), who pitched the short-film project Suez, directed by Martynas Norvaišas, at the 2024 edition of the forum.

As is tradition, more Lithuanian film-industry professionals will take part in the Marché du Film, exploring co-production and networking opportunities. For the 15th time, the Lithuanian national stand will unite the country’s film community, as representatives from the Lithuanian Film Centre will present the latest updates and developments in the local industry.

Producer Rūta Jekentaitė (Baltic Productions) will join the Cannes Docs programme as part of the Baltic delegation. This initiative focuses on documentary film producers looking to promote new projects, build international connections and enhance their visibility within the global documentary film industry. Alongside director Elena Kairytė, she will present the film Dolce far Niente.

All three Baltic countries will also be represented in the Goes to Cannes programme, which highlights works at various stages of post-production (see the news). The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has selected two Lithuanian films for the line-up: Danielius Minkevičius’ Oblivion (produced by Ieva Norvilienė for Tremora) and Dovilė Gasiūnaitė’s Danka (produced by Artūras Dvinelis and Juliana Miliut for Filmai LT).

Producer Marija Razgutė (M-Films) has been invited along as an expert in the impACT Lab programme, which gathers international film professionals to lead mentoring sessions and workshops focused on creating meaningful and impactful films.

Lastly, in a special session based on forecasts powered by the AI platform Largo.ai, producer Kęstutis Drazdauskas (Artbox) will present the project Black List, directed by Jivan Avetisyan, while producer Greta Akcijonaitė (Magic Films) will showcase the series project Cold, directed by Daumantas Petronis and Tiago Guedes (see the news). The event will explore how AI tools can help assess a film’s potential, target audience, and narrative strengths and weaknesses.