A group of young film programmers curated a mini programme of two films: Kurpe (The Shoe) and Kiemas (Courtyard) from the first decade of independence of the Baltic States. 

The film Kurpe was screened the day before the screening of Kiemas. It was presented by the group of young film programmers, who also distributed informational material compiled and designed by themselves. The audience of the screening: 40 people. The event took place in Skalvija Cinema Centre in close collaboration with Skalvija Film Academy.

The screening of Kiemas is a second part of the programme devoted to the Baltic cinema of the first decade of independence. Following the screening of the Latvian film Kurpe, Lithuanian contemporary classic Courtyard was screened in cinema after many years of absence. The screening was preceded by the presentation made by the young film programmers and followed by the Q&A session with the cinematographer of Kiemas Rimvydas Leipus. After the screening the audience expressed gratitude for bringing back one of the most significant Lithuanian films, otherwise unavailable, to the big screen. The audience of the screening at Skalvija Cinema Centre: 25 people. The event was organised in close cooperation with Skalvija Film Academy.

A team of young film curators, attending Skalvija Film Academy, organized Special Screening at Skalvija Cinema center. This screening was their final task at the end of semester.

Young curators were following repertoir of Skalvija Cinema center for four months: every Monday they attended film screenings, every Wednesday they discussed the film. 9 young curators followed every film festival taking place at Skalvija and tried to overview their programmes.

Every young curator offered 1-2 films they would like to show at the Cinema Theatre. After one week, during the decision making session everybody had a chance to say their opinion about each film on the list. The discussion was vibrant and full of strong arguments – everything was taken into account: Skalvija Cinema center’s regular audience, chosen films’ release in the Lithuanian Cinemas’ before, possible publicity campaign. Young curators had their shortlist of 5 films after the second session. Young curators came with the decision to show “Singin’ in the Rain” after the third discussion.

According to a team, they noticed the lack of classical cinema screenings in Skalvija Cinema center. Without traditional sundays’ screenings of classical films, only during the festivals the viewer can find some classical titles in the Cinema Theatre. They’ve decided to organize a Special Screening of classical genre film – cult musical “Singin’ in the Rain” (Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen, USA, 1952).

They prepared press release, wrote two reviews, organised the translation, decorated Skalvija Cinema center accordingly, took pictures of the event and presented the film to the audience. The screening was full – it reached other students of Skalvija Film Academy and attracted diverse audience from young to senior cinema lovers.

Press release