Vytautas Katkus Explained

Vytautas Katkus
Birth Date:3 September 1991
Birth Place:Vilnius, Lithuania
Nationality:Lithuanian
Occupation:Film director, cinematographer
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Vytautas Katkus (born 3 September 1991) is a Lithuanian film director, cinematographer, and screenwriter.

Biography

Vytautas Katkus was born on 3 September 1991, in Vilnius, Lithuania.

He graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre with a master's degree in cinematography and directing in 2014, and began working as a camera assistant on around twenty films and commercials in Lithuania and abroad.[1]

Vytautas Katkus has twice won the award for Best Young Director of photography from the Lithuanian Association of Directors of Photography, of which he has been a member since 2016.[2]

In 2019, his first short film Collective Gardens was selected for the Cannes Film Festival's Critics' Week, and his second short film Places premiered in 2020 at the Venice Film Festival as part of the Orrizonti program.[3]

After several collaborations as a cinematographer and cameraman with producer Marija Razgutė and M-Films, he directed his third short film, Cherries, in 2022, produced by M-Films, which was selected in the short film category at the Cannes Film Festival.[4]

Vytautas Katkus is currently developing his first feature film, The Visitor, with screenwriter Marija Kavtaradzė and producer Marija Razgutė, a second collaboration with M-films and other international partners like Totem Films (France).[5]

On each of his projects as a director, Vytautas Katkus had assistant director Robertas Nevecka.[6]

Filmography

Cinematographer

Awards

Accolades

!Festival and Year!Category!Name of the Movie!Result (Win or Nominated)
Vilnius International Film Festival Kino pavasaris 2011Best Student Film AwardIšskalbta pasakaNominated
Lithuanian Association of Cinematographers 2014[7] Best Short Cinematography Parketo skutėjaiWin
Lithuanian Cinema Goes Berlin Festival 2015Best Film AwardIglooWin
European Film Festival Scanorama 2015[8] Lithuanian shortIglooNominated
Lithuanian Film Awards 2019[9] Best DirectorCommunity GardensWin
Cannes' Festival 2019[10] Semaine de la CritiqueCommunity GardensSelected
Concorto Film Festival 2019[11] Best Short FilmCommunity GardensWin
Ghent International Film Festival 2019[12] Best Short FilmCommunity GardensWin
Helsinki International Film Festival 2019[13] SelectionsCommunity GardensNominated
Riga International Film Festival 2019[14] SelectionsCommunity GardensNominated
Venice Film Festival 2020[15] Orizzonti CompetitionPlacesNominated
Valladolid International Film Festival 2020[16] SelectionsPlacesNominated
Ghent International Film Festival 2020[17] SelectionsPlacesNominated
Cannes Film Festival 2022[18] International shortCherriesNominated
Telluride Film Festival 2022[19] International shortCherriesNominated
Valladolid International Film Festival 2022International shortCherriesNominated
Ghent International Film Festival 2022[20] International shortCherriesNominated
Montreal World Film Festival 2022International shortCherriesNominated

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lrytas.lt naujienos – sužinoti daugiau! . 2023-08-14 . www.lrytas.lt.
  2. Web site: Places . 2023-08-14 . Lithuanian Shorts . en-US.
  3. Web site: Vytautas Katkus . 2023-08-14 . Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes . fr.
  4. Web site: Vytautas Katkus . 2023-08-14 . Cannes Film Festival . fr-FR.
  5. Web site: 2023-05-08 . Būsimasis Vytauto Katkaus filmas – tarptautinių partnerių dėmesio centre . 2023-08-14 . lrt.lt . lt.
  6. Web site: Robertas Nevecka Assistance à la réalisation ou Réalisation de seconde équipe, Réalisation, Équipe caméra et électro . 2023-08-14 . IMDb . fr-FR.
  7. Web site: admin . Archive 2015 . 2023-09-26 . LTKinoGoesBerlin . en-US.
  8. Web site: Igloo . 2023-09-26 . Scanorama . en.
  9. Web site: Stojiljković . Marko . 2021-01-16 . Vytautas Katkus' short 'Community Gardens' (2019) is an artful and crafty piece of cinema . 2023-09-26 . ubiquarian . en-GB.
  10. Web site: Kolektyviniai sodai Community Gardens La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes . 2023-09-26 . Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes . en.
  11. Web site: Concorto . 2019-08-24 . Winners 2019 . 2023-09-26 . CONCORTO FILM FESTIVAL . en-US.
  12. Web site: International Short Film Competition . 2023-09-26 . Film Festival Gent . en.
  13. Web site: COMMUNITY GARDENS . 2023-09-26 . LIGHTS ON . it.
  14. Web site: 2019-09-21 . Community Gardens RIGA IFF . 2023-09-26 . rigaiff.lv . en-US.
  15. Web site: Places . 2023-09-26 . Lithuanian Shorts . en-US.
  16. Web site: Valladolid International Film Festival (2020) . 2023-09-26 . IMDb.
  17. Web site: International Short Film Competition . 2023-09-26 . Film Festival Gent . en.
  18. Web site: Cannes Short Film Candidate: CHERRIES . 2023-09-26 . europeanfilmawards.eu . en.
  19. Web site: CHERRIES . 2023-09-26 . LIGHTS ON . it.
  20. Web site: Neighbour Abdi, Cherries and Finn's Heel triumph at short film weekend Film Fest Gent 2022 . 2023-09-26 . Film Festival Gent . en.

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