Šarūnas Bartas (born 16 August 1964) is a Lithuanian
film director
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. He is 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
Directors' Fortnight section at the
2015 Cannes Film Festival.
His film ''In the Dusk'' was part of the official selection of the
2020 Cannes Film Festival.
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'' (''Koridorius'') (1995)
* ''
Few of Us'' (''Mūsų nedaug'') (1996)
* ''
The House'' (''Namai'') (1997)
* ''
Freedom
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'' (''Laisvė'') (2000)
*
"Children Lose Nothing" in ''Visions of Europe'' (2004)
* ''
Seven Invisible Men'' (''Septyni nematomi žmonės'') (2005)
* ''
Eastern Drift'' (''Eurazijos aborigenas'') (2010)
* ''
Peace to Us in Our Dreams'' (''Ramybė mūsų sapnuose'') (2015)
* ''
Frost'' (2017)
* ''
In the Dusk'' (Sutemose) (2019)
* ''
Back to the Family'' (2025), It competed in the Big Screen Competition section of the
54th International Film Festival Rotterdam to be screened in February 2025.
Awards
*
1990 - Audience Award in
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, for ''"Praėjusios dienos atminimui"''
*
1992 -
FIPRESCI Prize - Honorable Mention and
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention in
Berlin International Film Festival, for ''"Trys dienos"''
*
1995 - FIPRESCI Prize in
Viennale, for ''"Koridorius"''
:::
C.I.C.A.E. Award in
Torino International Festival of Young Cinema, for ''"Koridorius"''
*
2000 - CinemAvvenire Award – Best Film on the Relationship Man-Nature, in
Venice Film Festival, for ''Laisvė''
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
People from Šiauliai
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