Gediminas Girdvainis

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The Bug Trainer explores Starewitch’s creative ideas and concepts of his work, along with opinions from film critics and other animation directors to help us understand why he is considered one of the greatest creators of the animation world.

2차 세계대전, 가족을 모두 잃은 ‘투비아’(다니엘 크레이그 분)는 독일군과 밀고자를 죽인 후 형제들을 이끌고 숲으로 몸을 숨긴다. 그리고 죽음을 피해 숲으로 도망 온 피난민들을 외면하지 못한 ‘투비아’는 은신처가 발각될 것을 걱정하는 동생 ‘주스’(리브 슈라이버 분)의 반대를 무릅쓰고 그들을 받아들인다. 독일군에 맞서 유태인들을 보호하는 ‘투비아’의 명성은 피난민들의 유일한 희망이 되고 숲으로 몰려드는 사람들의 수는 수 천명에 이르게 된다. 하루, 한달… 혹은 일년을 더 살기 위한 200일간의 뜨거운 저항! 한편 '주스'는 적에게 전면전으로 대항하겠다며 은신처를 떠나 러시아군에 합류하고 '투비아'와 막내 '아사엘'(제이미 벨 분)은 혹독한 겨울과 독일군의 습격 속에서 남자들을 훈련시키고 노인과 여자, 아이들을 지켜나간다. 살육과 절망의 비참함 속에서 단 하루라도 인간답게 살기 위해 결혼을 하고, 학교를 열고, 가난한 축제를 여는 사람들. ‘투비아’ 역시 아름다운 여인 ‘릴카’(알렉사 다바로스 분)와 사랑에 빠진다. 하지만, ‘투비아’의 은신처를 초토화하려는 독일군의 대공습과 추격전이 시작된다. 사랑하는 여인과 수천 명의 생명을 지키기 위해 국경을 넘어야 하는 ‘투비아’와 형제들의 마지막 사투가 다가오는데…

Iskyss is a strong and poetic love story based on Gunvor Galtung Haavik’s double life through 30 years. During the Cold War, she was employed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and assigned to the Norwegian Embassy in Moscow. With the information she had access to in the capacity of her position as interpreter and secretary, she frequently fed the KGB secret information.

Lunar Lithuania is a 1998 drama film written by Saulius Saltenis and directed by Gytis Luksas.

Former criminal Sergei meets Vera - an elderly unhappy woman who lives in a dormitory. After Sergei commits another crime, they run together and along the way they accidentally get into a zone contaminated by radiation. Sergei decides to stay there, but Vera does not leave him. At that moment three looters come to the territory.

"Sekskazka" - Soviet mystical melodrama directed by Elena Nikolaeva, based on the story of Vladimir Nabokov's "Fairy Tale" [1]. The film was released in 1991. [https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Сексказка]

Evolving grim drama of love and wealth. The action takes you to the pre-war and shows the different social strata in rural life, everyday life, passions.

Summer, 1944. A military airbase near the very front-line. A young soviet pilot Sergey makes his first practice flight. In the course of this flight he hears a call for help on the radio from Russian pilots, having an unequal air combat with superior forces of the enemy. Sergey rushes to their rescue. His plane gets shut down, and he is taken prisoner. Soon he is taken to a special flight school, where future German aces are prepared and Russian pilots at the wheel of captured Russian aircrafts are used as living targets. Nobody wants to put up with such situation, and they prepare an escape.

The film consists of two short stories: "Monument" and "Love for Neighbor".

Directed by Andrei Yermash, and written by Isaac Asimov, Budimir Metalnikov, and Andrei Yermash, «Konets vechnosti» is a 1987 Science Fiction film, starring Oleg Vavilov, Vera Sotnikova, Georgi Zhzhyonov, Sergei Yursky, Gediminas Girdvainis and Boris Ivanov.

1932. Ural, city of Krasnouralsk. The power plant has been sabotaged. The turbine is out of order. Having put the guards to sleep, someone poured sand into the turbine oil. In Moscow, the leadership of the OGPU received a secret cipher. From it it becomes known about the conspiracy of German intelligence against the USSR. Its main purpose — subversive actions in Soviet power plants. Special attention is paid to the Urals and the Dnieper under construction. Diversion in Krasnosilske — link in this chain. In Krasnotalsk sent a special agent of the OGPU Viktor Sergeevich Lartsev.

A young girl is looking for her long lost father while visiting Riga during winter vacations.

Помощник капитана иностранного торгового судна Чиф связывается с международной наркомафией. Он берется перевезти крупную партию наркотиков в контейнерах без маркировки. Маркировка будет поставлена позднее и только по указанию грузоотправителя. Неожиданно для дозаправки судну приходится зайти в советский порт.

Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas attempt to flight over Atlantic ocean.

After a strange incident, a group of russian space commandos starts developing supernatural powers. But how did they acquire such abilities and what is their intentions?

An examination of the trials and tribulations of the Jordache family, from the period following World War II to the late 1960s.

It's a story about actor who, in in addition to his day job at the theater, is earning an extra money playing Sant Claus in kindergartens during the Xmas period.

A policeman is investigating a murder in a secret research facility.

As the classic rightly noted, it is customary to treat the diseases of wealthy people with respect. Only a heart transplant can save the dying life of a millionaire Ferfax. In search of a suitable donor for his best client, Dr. Jones makes a series of killings. But he still does not know what reward awaits him for the services rendered ...

A classic mystery based on "The Face in the Target" story by G.K. Chesterton.

Lithuania, 1977. Memories of childhood, adolescence, and first love in a small provincial town, shown through complexity of human relations at this periodical film.

The attempted coup of Estonia on Dec. 1, 1924, conducted by Comintern, staged by the Soviet Communists, failed and resulted in many lost lives on both sides. The Communists were forced underground.

The story is about a boy named Kalle Blomkvist who with his friends solves crimes and also plays the battle between the red rose and the white rose with his rival friends

A musical movie based on Jack London novels.

A story of an impish devil who used to be an angel but got tired of singing Hosannah and so was condemned to live on earth. From his home in a windmill, he pursues love and happiness in a hilarious and sometimes tragic turmoil that affects the whole countryside.

Lucky unlucky man from the little village is seeking happiness.

In his dreams little Tomas escapes from his every day live to experience a lot of thrilling and exciting adventures.

Historical epic about the uprising of the Prussians agains the Teutonic crusaders.

Arūnas, an 18 year old high-school graduate from the port town, is going through a crisis. He is stressed by the school routine. At home, his father bores Arūnas with his constant recollections about fighting in an antifascist guerrilla squad, while his mother unexpectedly turns back to her old dream of becoming an artist and decides to leave the house, taking her younger son Saulius with her. His father ends up in hospital, because of a grenade fragment lodged in his spine since the war. Arūnas is surrounded by the betrayal of friends.

Lithuania, 1947. The battle between Read Army and "Forest Brothers" continue...

Little Inga considers herself pretty and is pampered by her mother and other children in her housing block, until a new boy with questionable habits arrives and calls her ugly to her face.

Film - Reflection. The characters are the people who survived the war, the horror of the fascist concentration camps and the danger of suffocation, as well as those whose parents past is known only theoretically

Film, based on a story by Latvian novelist Egons Līvs, focuses on the resolve of a human being and the whole Lithuanian nation in the face of cataclysmic events to find the time and room for simple emotions. The film depicts a chaotic period through the relationship of the two brothers, one dedicated to his family and conscience; the other dedicated to a political ideal. These divided brothers can be read as a representation of a country torn in two, of a history rudely divided. Lithuania has a history of occupation and the struggle to survive is as much personal as it is cultural.

A talented blues player borrows some money to produce his first record. Not being able to return the money, the saxophonist decides to run away. The pawnbroker fraudulently coaxes his saxophone from him. The saxophonist meets a young woman under unusual circumstances.