Andrius Blaževičius

Andrius Blaževičius (born 26 June 1985) is a Lithuanian film

Andrius Blaževičius
director and screenwriter.

Biography
Andrius Blaževičius was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. He studied
cultural history and anthropology at Vilnius University for one year
before pursuing studies in film direction at the Lithuanian Academy
of Music and Theatre, where he earned a master's degree in
2011.[1]

During his studies, he directed six short films, including a

documentary. Andrius Blaževičius worked as an independent
filmmaker and, since 2010, as a programme director for the Vilnius
International Film Festival in Lithuania.[2]

In 2011, he wrote and directed his last short film, Ten Reasons, in
collaboration with producer Marija Razgutė and the production
company M-Films. This project won two awards from the Portrait of director Andrius
Lithuanian Film Academy.[3] Blaževičius
Born 26 June 1985
In 2016, Blaževičius directed his first feature film, The Saint. Still Vilnius, Lithuania
accompanied by Marija Razgutė in production (M-Films), the
Nationality Lithuanian
project premiered at the Warsaw International Film Festival and the
Busan International Film Festival and won six national awards Occupation(s) Film director,
screenwriter
from Lithuanian Cinema Academy.[4] This film became one of the
highest-grossing independent Lithuanian films with 47,000 Notable work
Runner
admissions at the national box office.[5]
The Saint
Blaževičius wrote and directed his second film, Runner, in 2021. Ten Reasons
This third collaboration with Marija Razgutė and M-Films
premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2021, and the lead actress, Žygimantė Elena
Jakštaitė, received the Shooting Star Award from the European Film Institute.[6] Runner also received two
awards from the Lithuanian Film Academy, for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a
Supporting Role.[7]
Blaževičius has served as a jury member at various international film festivals, including the Vilnius
International Film Festival, FeKK, Sleepwalkers, and ZubrOFFka.[8] He is also a reader at the Lithuanian
Film Centre and a member of the selection committee for the Vilnius International Film Festival since
2010.[9]

Filmography

Director
2006: While Andrius Blaževičius Was Young and Inexperienced (short film)
2007: The Death of McCaulay Culkin (short film)
2008: Vytautas (short film)
2009: Bergen (short film)
2011: A Story of a Deportee Exiled by her Own Father (documentary short film)
2011: Ten Reasons (short film)
2016: The Saint (feature film)
2021: Runner (feature film)

Accolades
 Name of the Result (Win or
Festival and Year Category
Movie Nominated)

Lithuanian Film Awards 2012[10] Best Short Film Ten Reasons Win

Listapad International Film Festival

Grand Jury Prize The Saint Win
2016[11]
Listapad International Film Festival Youth on the March
The Saint Nominated
2016[10] Competition

Lithuanian Film Awards 2017[12] Best Director The Saint Win

Best Screenplay The Saint Nominated

Lithuanian Film Awards 2017[13]
Best Feature Film The Saint Nominated

Kiev Molodist International Film

Grand Jury Prize The Saint Win
Festival 2018[14]

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Best Baltic Film Runner Win
2021[15]
Karlovy Vary International Film
Best Fiction Film Runner Nominated
Festival 2021[16]

Riga International Film Festival

Best Fiction Film Runner Win
2021[17]
Nomination for Best
Crossing Europe 2022[18] Fiction Film
Runner Nominated

Nomination for Best

Lithuanian Film Awards 2022[19] Runner Nominated
Screenplay

References
1. "Režisierius A. Blaževičius: yra ne vienas ir ne du statulėlių verti filmai" (http://kauno.diena.lt/
naujienos/laisvalaikis-ir-kultura/zvaigzdes-ir-pramogos/sidabrine-gerve-815549). Kauno
diena (in Lithuanian). 2017-06-10. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
2. "Ten Reasons" (https://kinopavasaris.lt/en/filmai/4824-ten-reasons). kinopavasaris.lt.
Retrieved 2023-09-22.
3. "Andrius Blaževičius - Director" (https://firstcutlab.eu/project/andrius-blazevicius-director/).
First Cut Lab. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
4. "INFONDAS" (https://www.kinofondas.lt/infondas/narys/andrius-blazevicius/).
www.kinofondas.lt. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
5. "KVIFF | Speakers & Juries" (https://www.kviff.com/en/film-professionals/speakers-juries).
www.kviff.com. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
6. "Pasaulinė A.Blaževičiaus filmo "Bėgikė" premjera – Karlovi Varų kino festivalyje" (https://zm
ones.15min.lt/naujiena/pasauline-a-blazeviciaus-filmo-begike-premjera-karlovi-varu-kino-fes
tivalyje-aNBXeP83Q69). zmones.lt. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
7. "KVIFF | Runner" (https://www.kviff.com/en/programme/film/57/33915-runner#:~:text=Archiv
e%20of%20films%20Runner%20/%20B%C4%97gik%C4%97&text=Andrius%20Bla%C5%
BEevi%C4%8Dius's%20dynamic%20drama,%20set,program%20at%20this%20year's%20B
erlinale.). www.kviff.com. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
8. "Jury" (https://fekk.si/en/festival/jury). FeKK. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
 9. "Vilnius Shorts Film Festival presents renewed selection committee" (https://filmshorts.lt/en/n
ew/vilnius-shorts-film-festival-presents-renewed-selection-committee/). Vilnius International
Short Film Festival. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
10. "Andrius Blaževičius" (https://english.lithuanianculture.lt/lithuanian-culture-guide/cinema/201
8/07/10/7372/). Lithuanian Culture Institute. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
11. "lfc.lt - Lithuanian film center" (http://www.lfc.lt/en/Page=NewsList&ID=13955). www.lfc.lt.
Retrieved 2023-09-26.
12. "Silver Cranes fly to new talents in Lithuania" (https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/329725/).
Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
13. admin (2016-05-04). "THE SAINT (2016) | No Sugar Films" (https://www.nosugarfilms.com/t
he-saint-2016/). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
14. "47th Molodist International Film Festival Kyiv | inter-film.org" (https://www.inter-film.org/festiv
als/molodist-international-film-festival-kyiv/47th-molodist-international-film-festival-kyiv).
www.inter-film.org. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
15. Staff, F. N. E. "Awards of the 25th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - FilmNewEurope.com"
(https://www.filmneweurope.com/festivals/item/122775-awards-of-the-25th-tallinn-black-night
s-film-festival). www.filmneweurope.com. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
16. "KVIFF | Runner" (https://www.kviff.com/en/programme/film/57/33915-runner).
www.kviff.com. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
17. "Andrius Blaževičius' Runner wins the Riga International Film Festival" (https://cineuropa.or
g/en/newsdetail/412262/). Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. 2021-10-25. Retrieved
2023-09-26.
18. "Filme 2022 | Crossing Europe" (https://www.crossingeurope.at/archiv/filme_2022).
www.crossingeurope.at (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
19. "Lithuanian Film Awards (2022)" (https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0003164/2022/1/). IMDb.
Retrieved 2023-09-26.

External links
Andrius Blaževičius (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7372429/) at IMDb
Press Kit (https://www.kviff.com/en/programme/film/57/33915/presskit-1.pdf) for the film
Runner at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2021.
Presentation (https://kinopavasaris.lt/en/apdovanojimai/2020/Short-competition-2020) as a
Jury Member at the Vilnius International Film Festival

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