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Vytautas Katkus (born 3 September 1991) is a Lithuanian film director, cinematographer, and screenwriter.
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Born | Vilnius, Lithuania | 3 September 1991
Nationality | Lithuanian |
Occupation(s) | Film director, cinematographer |
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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]
Festival and Year | Category | Name of the Movie | Result (Win or Nominated) |
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Vilnius International Film Festival Kino pavasaris 2011 | Best Student Film Award | Išskalbta pasaka | Nominated |
Lithuanian Association of Cinematographers 2014[7] | Best Short Cinematography | Parketo skutėjai | Win |
Lithuanian Cinema Goes Berlin Festival 2015 | Best Film Award | Igloo | Win |
European Film Festival Scanorama 2015[8] | Lithuanian short | Igloo | Nominated |
Lithuanian Film Awards 2019[9] | Best Director | Community Gardens | Win |
Cannes' Festival 2019[10] | Semaine de la Critique | Community Gardens | Selected |
Concorto Film Festival 2019[11] | Best Short Film | Community Gardens | Win |
Ghent International Film Festival 2019[12] | Best Short Film | Community Gardens | Win |
Helsinki International Film Festival 2019[13] | Selections | Community Gardens | Nominated |
Riga International Film Festival 2019[14] | Selections | Community Gardens | Nominated |
Venice Film Festival 2020[15] | Orizzonti Competition | Places | Nominated |
Valladolid International Film Festival 2020[16] | Selections | Places | Nominated |
Ghent International Film Festival 2020[17] | Selections | Places | Nominated |
Cannes Film Festival 2022[18] | International short | Cherries | Nominated |
Telluride Film Festival 2022[19] | International short | Cherries | Nominated |
Valladolid International Film Festival 2022[19] | International short | Cherries | Nominated |
Ghent International Film Festival 2022[20] | International short | Cherries | Nominated |
Montreal World Film Festival 2022[19] | International short | Cherries | Nominated |
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