Sidabrinė gervė

Sidabrinė gervė
Awarded forExcellence in cinematic and television achievements
CountryLithuania
Presented byAudiovisual works copyright association AVAKA
First award2008
Websitesidabrinegerve.lt

Sidabrinė gervė (Silver Crane) are the Lithuanian film industry awards for best actors, directors and films. The annual awards were initiated in 2008 by AVAKA (audiovizualinių kūrinių autorių teisių asociacija), the (national) Association for Author Rights of Audiovisual Artists. The award statuette of the crane was created by Audrius Liaudanskas. In Lithuanian, as in English, the word "gervė", 'crane', means both a bird and a lifting device on which cameramen ride.

During the ceremony, the Golden Crane (Auksinė gervė) award, for the merits to the national cinema, is also presented. Also, since 2009 an award for the best student work of the year was issued, which was named Sidabrinės gervės kiaušinis ("Silver crane egg") in 2012.

During 2008-2018 the award event was organized by the Lithuanian Film Academy In 2019 the Lithuanian Film Academy retired due bankruptcy. As a result the awards for that year were cancelled. Lithuanian film industry awards "Silver Crane" returned in 2020 and was held by the AVAKA, which, after announcing the competition in 2019, acquired the rights to the Silver Crane Award.[1][2]

Categories

Merit awards

Special awards

  • Golden Egg for Best Student Film
  • Golden Crane for Lifetime Achievement
  • Audience Award

Irregular / Retired awards

  • Best TV Film
  • Best Co-Production
  • Best Documentary Short
  • Best Leading Performance
  • Best Supporting Performance

Ceremonies

Edition Date Best Film
1st 29 May 2008 The Collectress
2nd 29 May 2009 Vortex
3rd 28 May 2010 Eastern Drift
4th 27 May 2011 Back to Your Arms
5th 13 May 2012 The Fortress of Sleeping Butterflies
6th 11 May 2013 Aurora
7th 2 May 2014 The Gambler
8th 30 May 2015 The Summer of Sangailė
9th 27 May 2016 Peace to Us in Our Dreams
10th 13 June 2017 The Saint
11th 13 June 2018 Miracle
N/a 2019 Cancelled due to bankruptcy[3]
12th 22 November 2020 For 2019: Summer Survivors, for 2020: Nova Lituania[4]
N/a 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
13th 5 June 2022 Pilgrims
14th 4 June 2023 Remember to Blink
15th 9 June 2024 Slow
16th 8 June 2025 The Southern Chronicles

References

  1. ^ "Šiemet "Sidabrinės gervės" apdovanojimų nebus: bankrutuoja Lietuvių kino akademija". zmones.lt. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Paskelbta nacionalinių kino apdovanojimų koncepcija: įvyks 2021-ųjų sausi". 15min.lt. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  3. ^ „Sidabrinės gervės“ apdovanojimų šiemet nebus, Lietuvių kino akademija skelbs bankrotą
  4. ^ Įteikti kino apdovanojimai „Sidabrinė gervė“: triumfavo „Nova Lituania“