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Šarūnas Bartas (born 16 August 1964) is a Lithuanian
film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, pr ...
. One of the most prominent Lithuanian film directors internationally from the late 20th century. His 2015 film '' Peace to Us in Our Dreams'' was screened in the
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. His film ''In the Dusk'' was part of the official selection of the
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Filmography

* ''Tofolaria'' (1986, short film) * ''In the Memory of a Day Gone By'' (''Praėjusios dienos atminimui'') (1990, documentary) * '' Three Days'' (''Trys dienos'') (1991) * ''
The Corridor Corridor or The Corridor may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''The Corridor'' (1968 film), a 1968 Swedish drama film * ''The Corridor'' (1995 film), a 1995 Lithuanian drama film * ''The Corridor'' (2010 film), a 2010 Canadia ...
'' (''Koridorius'') (1995) * ''
Few of Us ''Few of Us'' ( lt, Mūsų nedaug) is a 1996 Lithuanian drama film directed by Šarūnas Bartas. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. The film shows a young woman visiting a nomadic Tofalar tribe i ...
'' (''Mūsų nedaug'') (1996) * '' The House'' (''Namai'') (1997) * ''
Freedom Freedom is understood as either having the ability to act or change without constraint or to possess the power and resources to fulfill one's purposes unhindered. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving one ...
'' (''Laisvė'') (2000) * "Children Lose Nothing" in ''Visions of Europe'' (2004) * ''
Seven Invisible Men ''Seven Invisible Men'' () is a 2005 Lithuanian drama film directed by Šarūnas Bartas. It tells the story of a group of Russian outcasts and criminals who travel in a stolen car and behave dysfunctionally and irresponsibly, eventually clashing wi ...
'' (''Septyni nematomi žmonės'') (2005) * ''
Eastern Drift ''Eastern Drift'' is a 2010 Lithuanian crime film directed by Šarūnas Bartas, starring Bartas and Klavdiya Korshunova. Its Lithuanian title is ''Eurazijos aborigenas'' and its French title is ''Indigène d'Eurasie'', which means "Eurasian nativ ...
'' (''Eurazijos aborigenas'') (2010) * '' Peace to Us in Our Dreams'' (''Ramybė mūsų sapnuose'') (2015) * ''
Frost Frost is a thin layer of ice on a solid surface, which forms from water vapor in an above-freezing atmosphere coming in contact with a solid surface whose temperature is below freezing, and resulting in a phase change from water vapor (a g ...
'' (2017) * '' In the Dusk'' (Sutemose) (2019)


Awards

* Audience Award in
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is the world's largest documentary film festival held annually since 1988 in Amsterdam. Over a period of twelve days, it has screened more than 300 films and sold more than 250,000 ti ...
, 1990 for ''"Praėjusios dienos atminimui"'' *
FIPRESCI The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...
Prize - Honorable Mention and Prize of the
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Jury - Special Mention in
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
, 1992 for ''"Trys dienos"'' *FIPRESCI Prize in Viennale, 1995 for ''"Koridorius"'' * C.I.C.A.E. Award in
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International Festival of Young Cinema, 1995 for ''"Koridorius"'' *'CinemAvvenire' Award (Best Film on the Relationship Man-Nature) in
Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival h ...
, 2000 for ''"Freedom"''


References


Further reading

* ''Šarūnas Bartas: The Philosopher of Lithuanian Cinema'' & ''Šarūnas Bartas' Films'', Renata Šukaitytė, in: ''Lithuanian Cinema: Special Edition for Lithuanian Film Days in Poland 2015'', Auksė Kancerevičiūtė d. Vilnius: Lithuanian Film Centre, 2015. .


External links

* 1964 births Living people Lithuanian film directors Recipients of the Lithuanian National Prize People from Šiauliai {{Lithuania-film-director-stub