FAMOUS DOCUMENTARY BY ARUNAS MATELIS "BEFORE FLYING BACK TO THE EARTH" WILL BE PRESENTED IN BEIJING
The Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania is proud to inform that the documentary of Arunas Matelis "BEFORE FLYING BACK TO THE EARTH" will be presented to the Chinese audience on March 12th at 7:30 pm as a part of the Francophonic Film Festival.The screening of the film will take place in the French Institute in Beijing.Language: Lithuanian with English and Chinese subtitles.Entrance is free, but the number of seats is limited.More information: http://www.faguowenhua.com/saison-culturelle/fete-de-la-francophonie-2012/films-550/avant-de-revenir-sur-la-terre.html. Author about the film“Anybody setting out the journey in the children’s hospital starts it here and in the similar way. The first examination, waiting, a folder full of documents and a trip up to the third floor. In the beginning, everyone, consciously or not, tries to avoid the department on the third floor by getting lost in the labyrinth of the corridors or even pressing the wrong button in the elevator. Yet, later on, nearly everyone will confirm the experience of my own and my family and agree that the cancer department was the place where not only the major hardships of our lives have awaited us, but also the place where we have spent our brightest and most meaningful days. Days that we were given to get ready, hope and wait for our fateful flight: - Back … Home … to Us …to the Earth”.Arunas Matelis Awards received: Winner of Directors Guild of America Award OUSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARY 2006;Winner of the FIRST PRIZE at DOCUMENTA MADRID 2006; Winner of GRAND PRIX at Parnu International Documentary Festival 2006;Winner of BIG STAMP AWARD at ZAGREB DOX 2006;Honorable Mention of SILVERDOCS 2006 at SILVER SPRING;SPIRIT AWARD FOR DOC at Brooklyn Film Festival 2006;Winner of SILVER WOLF – International Documentary Festival Amsterdam IDFA2005;Winner of GOLDEN DOVE – International Leipzig Festival 2005;Winner of THE BEST LITHUANIAN FILM 2005;European Film Academy Nomination for THE BEST EUROPEAN DOC 2005;LITHUANIAN NATIONAL CULTURE AND ART AWARD; WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) Creativity Award in recognition of OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS as an Author of Documentary Films and as a Film Director;GOODNESS WING 2007 - Award for Inspiring Charity;LT TAPATYBE (LT Identity) MAIN AWARD 2007.
The Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania is proud to inform that the documentary of Arunas Matelis "BEFORE FLYING BACK TO THE EARTH" will be presented to the Chinese audience on March 12th at 7:30 pm as a part of the Francophonic Film Festival.
The screening of the film will take place in the French Institute in Beijing.
Language: Lithuanian with English and Chinese subtitles.
Entrance is free, but the number of seats is limited.
More information: http://www.faguowenhua.com/saison-culturelle/fete-de-la-francophonie-2012/films-550/avant-de-revenir-sur-la-terre.html.
Author about the film
“Anybody setting out the journey in the children’s hospital starts it here and in the similar way. The first examination, waiting, a folder full of documents and a trip up to the third floor.
In the beginning, everyone, consciously or not, tries to avoid the department on the third floor by getting lost in the labyrinth of the corridors or even pressing the wrong button in the elevator. Yet, later on, nearly everyone will confirm the experience of my own and my family and agree that the cancer department was the place where not only the major hardships of our lives have awaited us, but also the place where we have spent our brightest and most meaningful days.
Days that we were given to get ready, hope and wait for our fateful flight:
- Back … Home … to Us …to the Earth”.
Arunas Matelis
Awards received:
Winner of Directors Guild of America Award OUSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARY 2006;
Winner of the FIRST PRIZE at DOCUMENTA MADRID 2006;
Winner of GRAND PRIX at Parnu International Documentary Festival 2006;
Winner of BIG STAMP AWARD at ZAGREB DOX 2006;
Honorable Mention of SILVERDOCS 2006 at SILVER SPRING;
SPIRIT AWARD FOR DOC at Brooklyn Film Festival 2006;
Winner of SILVER WOLF – International Documentary Festival Amsterdam IDFA2005;
Winner of GOLDEN DOVE – International Leipzig Festival 2005;
Winner of THE BEST LITHUANIAN FILM 2005;
European Film Academy Nomination for THE BEST EUROPEAN DOC 2005;
LITHUANIAN NATIONAL CULTURE AND ART AWARD;
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) Creativity Award in recognition of OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS as an Author of Documentary Films and as a Film Director;
GOODNESS WING 2007 - Award for Inspiring Charity;
LT TAPATYBE (LT Identity) MAIN AWARD 2007.
