tadas blinda. the beginning / tauras kino namai /  
  in progress. shooting 2010 summer. premiere - 2010 november  
   
 

 
 

the bug trainer / 52' / era film / 2008

the animated romance of two puppets - the bug and the queen lioness – is the vehicle to relay starewitch’s story to the viewers. during his search for the queen, the bug uncovers factual information from real experts about the man who made her.

directors donatas ulvydas, linas augutis, marek scrobecki
d.o.p. ramunas greicius
script co-writer jonas banys
composer linas rimsa
producer rasa miskinyte
 
Croatian Premier September 12, 2009 International Split Film Festival
British Screening September 6, 2009 London International Animation Festival
Ukrainian Premier August 30,2009 International Berdiansk Film Festival
Romanian Premier May 6 - 31, 2009 European Film Festival in Bucharest
Israel Premier  May 7 - 16, 2009 11th Docaviv Tel Aviv 
British Premier April 16 - 27, 2009 New Europe Film Festival, Edinburgh 
Bulgarian Premier March 5 - 15, 2009 13th Sofia International Film Festival, Documentary Competition 
Iranian Premier March 6 - 11, 2009 6th International Animation Festival, International Competition
Estonian Premier November 19, 2008 International Animation Film Festival ANIMATION DREAMS
Lithuanian Premier November 15, 2008 International Film Festival SCANORAMA, Vilnius
Asian Festival Premier November 4-6, 2008 6th Taiwan International Documentary Festival
German Screening November 1, 2008 50th Nordic Film Days Lübeck
German Premier October 28, 2008 51th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film International Programme
Russian Premier October 19, 2008 International Film Festival 2MORROW, Moscow opening film for Ladislas Starewitch retrospective
Baltic Premier September 18, 2008 19th Riga International Film Forum "ARSENALS" Baltic Film competition
European Premier July 7, 2008 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Documentary competition
First broadcast May 15, 2008 NHK, Japan

more info www.thebugtrainer.com
 

 
   
   
 

mimosa / 23' / axx / 2007

it was an honor for me to represent lithuania as the producer of this short movie that was filmed in the united states.

director ramune rakauskaite
d.o.p. toby birney
produsers
rimas simonaitis, gintas berzinskas, tadas pocevicius, donatas ulvydas.
 

 
   
   
 

cheese maker / 11' / axx & kinokomanda / 2006

i was the producer for director ramune rakauskaite’s short film entitled “cheese maker”. a handsome yet eccentric man cannot live without cheese and his lovely wife. but there is a reason why he is always surrounded by young and beautiful women… it changes everybody’s life.

director ramun
ė rakauskaitė
d.o.p. toby birney
producer donatas ulvydas

 

 
   
   
 

foje movie 14 / 52' / kinokomanda / 2000

arguably the most popular pop band in lithuania, foje played on stage for 14 years – with tons of video material left to prove it. putting all that material together was not only editing – it was an opportunity to express my personal p.o.v. about the 80’s and 90’s.

director donatas ulvydas
editor jonas juozapaitis

 

 
   
   
 

5 emigrants / 15' / 1998

while on creative sabbatical in the u.s., i met many emigrant from lithuania. filming them for american-lithuanian tv become my first short documentary film which i titled “5 emigrants”. this was also my final project for film school.

director / d.o.p. / editor donatas ulvydas