"One, two, three..." Lithuanian Song Celebration. Documentary film, 35 min, 2007 The song and dance celebrations in the Baltic states are events of immense national importance and scale, they have played an important role in the more distant past as well as in recent history. The short film by Rudolfas Levulis talks about the present context of the Lithuanian song celebration which is much different from the Soviet times when it was a grand national event that operated as the expression and carrier of Lithuanian identity. After Lithuania regained its independence, the attitude towards both national values and the song celebration started to change; the celebration did not function as the flagship of national identity any more. The new goal is to – in a more self-centered way – retain the popularity of the event and interest towards it. Levulis documents this change, presenting rather episodes from behind the stage, editing his film as a visually attractive music video.
filma galite parsisiusti adresu: film download: www.pvz.lt/dainusvente/123.zip
Scenarijus/ Screenplay – Rudolfas Levulis , Bernadeta Levule director: Rudolfas Levulis producer: Juozas Javaitis camera: Nerijus Didvalis, Rudolfas Levulis steady cam: Jurij Charciuk, Nerijus Didvalis sound: Algis Apanavicius, Julius Zubavicius manager: Paulius Mazuras editing: Rudolfas Levulis translation: Kamile Kaniusonyte voice over: Juozas Salkauskas voice over text: Lithuanian Folk Culture Centre production: www.pvz.lt , JBP