Vytautas Katkus

Vytautas Katkus (born 3 September 1991) is a Lithuanian film director, cinematographer, and screenwriter.

Vytautas Katkus
Vytautas Katkus in 2023
Born(1991-09-03)3 September 1991
Vilnius, Lithuania
NationalityLithuanian
Occupation(s)Film director, cinematographer
Notable work

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

Director
  • 2011 : Išskalbta pasaka (fiction / short film / Lithuania)
  • 2014 : Parketo skutėjai (fiction / short film / Lithuania)
  • 2015 : Igloo (fiction / short film / Lithuania)
  • 2019 : Community Gardens (fiction / short film / Lithuania)
  • 2020 : Places (fiction / short film / Lithuania)
  • 2022 : Cherries (fiction / 15 min / Lithuania)
  • 2024 : The Visitor (fiction / feature film / Lithuania, France / in development)

Cinematographer
  • 2016 : 12 kėdžių directed by Algis Ramanauskas (fiction).
  • 2017 : Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio dantys – Indai directed by Saulius Baradinskas (music video).
  • 2017 : Hamster House directed by Titas Laucius (documentary short film).
  • 2017 : Kambariokai directed by Titas Laucius (short film).
  • 2018 : Summer Survivors directed by Marija Kavtaradzė, Laurynas Bareiša (fiction).
  • 2018 : Animus Animalis directed by Aistė Žegulytė (documentary).
  • 2019 : Monique - Virš vandens directed by Saulius Baradinskas (music video).
  • 2019 : Nacionalinės premijos laureatų vaikai directed by Kamilė Milašiūtė (short film).
  • 2019 : Community Gardens directed by Vytautas Katkus (short film).
  • 2019 : Auksinės minutės directed by Saulius Baradinskas (short film).
  • 2019 : From Mother to Daughter directed by Vytautas Puidokas (experimental film).
  • 2020 : Places directed by Vytautas Katkus (short film).
  • 2021 : The Roop – Discoteque directed by Saulius Baradinskas (music video).
  • 2021 : The Roop – OhMyGodable directed by Saulius Baradinskas (music video).
  • 2021 : Automobilių stovėjimo aikštelė directed by Jorė Janavičiūtė (short film).
  • 2021 : Nevermore 2021|Nevermore directed by Gerda Paliušytė (experimental documentary).
  • 2021 : Techno, mama directed by Saulius Baradinskas (short film).
  • 2021 : Motinos directed by Birutė Kapustinskaitė (short film).
  • 2022 : Pasakyk, kad myli directed by Elena Rožukaitė (short film).
  • 2022 : Kaip būti žmogumi? directed by Jorė Janavičiūtė (short film).
  • 2022 : Businessman directed by Lukas Kacinauskas (short film).
  • 2023 : Happy Next Year directed by Lukas Kacinauskas (short film).

Awards

Accolades

Festival and Year Category Name of the Movie Result (Win or Nominated)
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

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