Residents of Vilnius, guests of the city and tourists in the free app "Once in Vilnius" shares moments of life in Vilnius and experiences in this city throughout the year. All photo or video entries uploaded to the app claim to be included in the movie "Once Upon a Time in Vilnius", intended to commemorate and give meaning to the 700th anniversary of the city of Vilnius.
As Živilė Diavara, the developer of the app "Once in Vilnius" and the producer of the film "Once in Vilnius" says, the uniqueness of the project is that the film is created by both people and prominent professionals in the field of art.
"In the app, people share the current events of the city - moments of events, events, pickets, processions, impressions of personal holidays, romantic city landscapes, incredible and surprising events in Vilnius, antics of the city's four-legged friends, everyday life of various city districts or simply views from the windows of their homes. We encourage people's creativity and self-realization, and we continue to look forward to the most diverse and colorful views of Vilnius. "Once in Vilnius" has become the unique "Instagram" of the city of Vilnius, and a professional team of developers will make sure that the content created by people and broadcast in the app is integrated into the film," says Ž. Diavara.
Photos and videos of people - in the movie about Vilnius
The professional team of directors has already started to select authors from all the materials uploaded by users to the app, whose captured images will be included in the film "Once Upon a Time in Vilnius" and the big cinema screens.
The creative team announces the first names that will be included in the official list of co-authors and will appear in the credits of the film: opinion maker Karolina Meschino, street art blogger Kristina Kurilaitė, Alexander Nevzorov, Gediminas Šukutis, Fausta Pereckaitė, Deimantė Grincevičiūtė, Deimantė Kuprelienė, Dovilė Luomonienė, Veronika Liachovič , Nastja Asipkina, particularly active project participant Angelina Falčik, who attracted the attention of professionals making the film with her impressive shots.
Bthere will be more co-authors
According to Z. There will be more Diavaras, people who will become co-authors of "Once in Vilnius".
"The filmmaking process is currently in full swing. The team constantly reviews the images people upload to the app and selects content to use in editing the documentary series. Don't stop broadcasting Vilnius Adventures - if you don't see yourself among the authors whose recordings have been selected for the film today, your recordings still claim to be in the film. The record currently belongs to a film with 51 co-authors - maybe it will happen that "Once Upon a Time in Vilnius" will surpass this record," says the producer.
"Once Upon a Time in Vilnius" is a 7-part film about the capital of Lithuania
The documentary film "Once Upon a Time in Vilnius" will consist of 7 parts - series. Each of them, in order to reveal the different faces of Vilnius, its diverse identity and the colorful character of the city, will be shown through the eyes of a different hero - a resident of Vilnius.
The professional team of filmmakers includes directors Lina Lužytė and Elvina Nevardauskaitė, editors Ričardas Matačius and Kostas Radlinskas, video operators Andrius Seliuta and Linas Žiura, film composer Viktoras Diavara. The music is also composed by Simas Slabačiauskas, Adas Gecevičius, Kamilė Gudmonaitė, a member of the band "Kamanių šilelis". More film composers will be announced soon.
"Kartą Vilnius" premiere on December 4. will be held at the Loftas art factory. All film co-writers whose entries will be selected for the motion picture will be invited to the premiere. Later, viewers will be able to watch the film on online cinema platforms.
You can also become a co-author of the film "Once Upon a Time in Vilnius". The free app "Once in Vilnius" can be downloaded to your smartphone from Google Play (https://bit.ly/googleplay_OnceInVilnius) and the App Store (https://apple.co/3N6DtP6) of electronic stores.
