Born in 1964 in Siauliau, Lithuania, Sharunas Bartas graduated from VGIK film school in Moscow. In 1989, he founded Studija Kinema, the first independent studio in Lithuania. From early on, Sharunas Bartas met a great critical success. His films such as Three Days, Corridor, Few of Us, all built an uncommonly delicate aesthetic that his eighth feature, Peace to Us in Our Dreams keep on expanding…
In February 2016, the Centre Pompidou dedicates him a retrospective.
Filmography
Frost 2017
90′, HD, color
produced by KinoElektron, Studija Kinema (Lithuania), Insightmedia Ltd/Tato film (Ukraine), Donten & Lacroix (Poland), Michel Merkt, coproduced by Reborn Production (France)
Peace to Us in Our Dreams 2015
107′, HD, color
produced by Studija Kinema (Lithuania), coproduced by KinoElektron (France), LookFilm (Russia), House on Fire (France)
Directors’ Fortnight – Festival de Cannes
Eastern Drift 2010
111′, 35 mm, color
produced by Studija Kinema (Lithuania), Lazennec & Associés (France), Kino Bez Granic (Russia)
Berlin IFF
Seven Invisible Men 2005
116′, 35 mm, color
produced by Studija Kinema (Lithuania), Gemini Films (France), Madragoa Filmes (Portugal), Roaring Films (Holland)
Festival de Cannes – Directors’ Fortnight
Children Lose Nothing 2004
short film, segment of Visions d’Europe (collective movie)
produced by Studija Kinema (Lithuania), ZDF/ARTE (Germany), Zentropa Films (Denmark)
Freedom 2000
94′, 35 mm, color
produced by Studija Kinema (Lithuania), Gemini Films (France), Madragoa Filmes (Portugal)
Venice IFF
The House 1997
120′, 35 mm, color
produced by Gemini Films (France), Madragoa Filmes (Portugal), Studija Kinema (Lithuania)
Festival de Cannes – Un Certain Regard
Few Of Us 1996
105′, 35mm, color
produced by Gemini Films (France), Madragoa Filmes (Portugal), WDR (GErmany), Studija Kinema (Lithuania)
Festival de Cannes – Un Certain Regard
Koridorius 1995
80′, 35 mm, N&B
produced by Studija Kinema, coproduced by WDR (Germany)
Thessaloniki IFF
Three Days 1991
76′, 35 mm, color
produced by Studija Kinema (Lithuania)
Berlin IFF
In the Memory of a Day Gone By 1990
40′, 35 mm, N&B, documentary
produced by Studija Kinema (Lithuania)