AUDRIUS STONY AUDRIUS STONYS, Filmmaker / Professor Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Lithuania

Audrius Stonys is one of the most prominent filmmakers from the Baltic region. Stonys is known for his distinctive cinematic style and his films have received numerous international awards. Among them are – Audience Award in Nyon, Grand Prix in Split, and prizes in Bornholm, Florence, Gyor, Neu Brandenburg, Oberhausen, Bilbao and San Francisco. In 1992, his film ‘Earth of the Blind’ was recognised by the European Film Academy as the Best European Documentary Film of the Year and was conferred with the Felix Award.

Audrius has conducted lectures and masterclasses in Kolkata, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Tokyo, Berkeley, Stanford, Moscow, Belgrade, Barcelona, San Francisco, Carpi Modena and Paris. He has presented his films in Switzerland, Russia, France, Israel, Czech Republic, Germany, USA, Belgium, Spain, Turkey, Colombia, Uruguay, and Italy. Audrius’ latest film ‘Women and the Glacier’ is based in the Tian Shan mountain range in Central Asia, straddling the borders between Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the autonomous Chinese region of Xinjiang. It premiered at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2016. The film won the Silver Crane for the Best Documentary Feature, Best Director and Best Cinematography at the Lithuanian Film Awards. DocedgeKolkata hosted a special screening of the film in its 2017 edition. The 2018 film ‘Bridges of Time’ was selected as the Lithuanian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, which Stonys co-directed with Kristine Briede. Stonys is also a member of the European Documentary Network.