Emilis Vėlyvis
{{short description|Lithuanian film director, writer, producer (born 1979)}}
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| birth_place = Vilnius, Lithuania
| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|producer|screenwriter|artist}}
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| alma_mater = Vilnius Academy of Arts
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Emilis Vėlyvis (born 30 May 1979) is a famous{{cite web | url=https://www.delfi.lt/temos/emilis-velyvis|title=Emilis Vėlyvis| accessdate=November 30, 2022}} Lithuanian film director, screenwriter, and artist. He graduated with a master's degree from the Vilnius Academy of Arts in 2002 {{cite web | url=https://www.mestiaff.ge/judge/432/emilis-velyvis-2 | title=Mestia international film festival | access-date=19 November 2022}} and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}} He is the director and a writer of The Generation of Evil (2022), Redirected (2014), Zero 3 (2017), Zero 2 (2010) and Zero. Lilac Lithuania (2006).
The works of Emilis Velyvis are characterized by a sharp approach, shocking images and behavior, black humor.
Career
Emilis Velyvis won the admission to Vilnius Academy of Arts in 1996 where the fierce competition numbered three candidates for each vacancy. In an interview with Lietuvos rytas in 2022 Velyvis said he had ″degraded″ to cinematography from fine arts: ″I am the best director among fine arts painters″.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lrytas.lt/stilius/atvirai/2022/11/19/news/emilis-velyvis-dailininko-teptuka-iskeite-i-trileriu-kurima-degradavau--25097737|title=Emilis Vėlyvis dailininko teptuką iškeitė į trilerių kūrimą: "Degradavau..."|website=www.lrytas.lt}}
Emilis Velyvis moved to Stuttgart, Germany in 2003 to participate in a variety of projects. There, Velyvis made his first short film, Lithuanians in the EU. Around that time he continued working on the script for his full-length film Zero. Lilac Lithuania. The film gained international acclaim immediately after hitting the silver screen in 2006. This was followed by Zero 2, Zero 3, and other short and full-length films.
Critical acclaim
Vėlyvis' film Redirected had become the most-ever watched movie in Lithuania as of 2015, according to newspaper Kauno Diena.{{Cite web|url=http://kauno.diena.lt/naujienos/laisvalaikis-ir-kultura/zvaigzdes-ir-pramogos/ziurimiausiu-visu-laiku-filmu-lietuvoje-tapo-redirected-660552|title=Žiūrimiausiu visų laikų filmu Lietuvoje tapo "Redirected"|website=Kauno diena}}
The production The Generation of Evil is a detective inspired by American director David Fincher.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv3.lt/naujiena/video/sokiruoti-megstantis-emilis-velyvis-pristato-detektyva-suaugau-ir-uzsiauginau-raumenis-n1193835|title=Šokiruoti mėgstantis Emilis Vėlyvis pristato detektyvą: suaugau ir užsiauginau raumenis|website=tv3.lt}} The film depicts work of law enforcement without "sugary coating", describes a film review.{{Cite web|url=https://www.delfi.lt/a/91396121|title=Režisierius Emilis Vėlyvis pakvietė pareigūnus į specialų filmo "Piktųjų karta" seansą|website=DELFI}}
The Generation of Evil is a high-caliber, unpredictable, tense and the most mature film by Vėlyvis. Director Emilis Vėlyvis proved that not only Scandinavians have the talent to create such strong detective cinema, wrote Delfi.lt in a review in 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.delfi.lt/veidai/kinas/filmo-piktuju-karta-recenzija-auksto-kalibro-nenuspejamas-itemptas-ir-pats-brandziausias-emilio-velyvio-filmas.d?id=91471481|title=Filmo "Piktųjų karta" recenzija: aukšto kalibro, nenuspėjamas, įtemptas ir pats brandžiausias Emilio Vėlyvio filmas|website=www.delfi.lt}}
The Generation of Evil earned the Audience of the {{interlanguage link|Reims Polar|fr}} {{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/reims-polar-2022-1235230031/|title=Reims Polar Film Festival Unveils Prizes, Pays Tribute to Walter Hill, Martin Campbell, Vincent Lindon|first1=Elsa|last1=Keslassy|date=April 12, 2022}} award in 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/424030/|title=The Generation of Evil is awarded by the audience of the Reims Polar|website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema}}
Filmography
- Zero. Lilac Lithuania (2006)
- Zero 2 (2010)
- Redirected (2014)
- Zero 3 (2017)
- The Generation of Evil (2022)
Selected awards and nominations
- 2010 – Winner – Best screen play - Silver Crane Award for Zero 2{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}
- 2014 – Winner – Best editing - Silver Crane Award for Redirected{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}
- 2017 – Winner – Best editing - Silver Crane Award for Zero 3{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}
- 2022 – Winner – Audience Award – {{interlanguage link|Reims Polar|fr}} for The Generation of Evil
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2543774}}
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