The Silver Cranes, Lithuania’s national film awards, were handed out on Sunday. The 1990s-set coming-of-age drama, Pietinia Kronikas (The Southern Chronicles), won 12 out of 18 categories.
The film, directed by Ignas Miškinis and based on the award-winning novel by Rimantas Kmita, was nominated for 14 “cranes”, including Best Feature Film which it won.
Miškinis was named the Best Director and Džiugas Grinys was named the Best Actor. It
Ieva Rupeikaitė was awarded the Best Actress “crane” for her role in Saule Bliuvaitė’s teen drama Toxic.
The Golden Crane for lifetime achievements was awarded to Gražina Arlickaitė, the organiser of the Scanorama film festival.
The special award for the promotion of film culture went to the 30th edition of the Kino Pavasaris film festival.
The Silver Crane is the most important award for Lithuanian filmmakers.
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