Linas Mikuta

Linas Mikuta was born in 1980, Klaipeda, Lithuania. He was graduated as a Theatre Director at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in 2003. In 2015 he finished his Master studies as Film Director at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. 2005 - 2008 he worked as assistant and associate director at Lithuanian Opera and ballet theatre, Tel-Aviv Opera, Frankfurt Opera. Also he made independent project as director with Vilnius Philharmonia. In 2009 Linas Mikuta started to work with the cinema projects. In the same year he created a screenplay "Blindness" for the scenario contest, organized by "SKALVIJA" cinema centre in Vilnius. This screenplay was awarded as the best scenario of all the participants and took the first place. In 2010 Linas Mikuta directed short film "Failed scenario" which was showed in many festivals in Lithuania and abroad. In 2013 Linas Mikuta presented his debut medium-length documentary "Dzukija's Bull" and short-length documentary "Dinner". Both films participated in much festivals in Lithuania and abroad (including festivals as Leipzig DOK, Yerevan IFF "Golden Apricot", Tartu anthropological film festival "Worldfilm" etc.). In 2013 at European film forum "Scanorama" (Vilnius) film "Dinner" was awarded as best Lithuanian short film. In the same year film "Dzukija's Bull" got prize at Yekaterinburg documentary film festival "Rossia" for the Best Cinematography. In 2015 film "Fellow travelers" was awarded as a "Best Student Film " at Vilnius International Film festival "Kino Pavasaris". In 2016 Linas Mikuta presented film "Dead Ears", which won several prizes at international film festivals (such as Krakow film festival, FIDBA, Sole Luna Doc etc.) and was showed in over 30 festivals. His latest documentary "Roman's childhood was premiered at DOK Leipzig 2020 International Long Documentary competition programme and nominated for FIPRESCI Prize, MDR Film Prize, Prize of the Interreligious Jury, Young Eyes Film Award. AWARDS / NOMINATIONS: "ROMAN'S CHILDHOOD" - Nomination for the "Best Feature Documentary", Stockholm Independent Film Festival, 2021, Stockholm, Sweden "ROMAN'S CHILDHOOD" - Nomination for the FIPRESCI Prize, MDR Film Prize, Prize of the Interreligious Jury, Young Eyes Film Award, DOK Leipzig nomination 2020, Leipzig, Germany "DEAD EARS" - "Best Director", The World Through Silence Deaf Film & Visual Arts Festival, 2019, Moscow, Russia "DEAD EARS" - "Audience award", International Disability Film Festival "Breaking Down Barriers", 2018, Moscow, Russia "DEAD EARS" - "Grand Prix", "Festival dei Dirriti Umani" ("Sole Luna" film festival), International Documentary Film Festival, 2017, Milan, Italy "DEAD EARS" - "Special mention for the Best Photography" "Sole Luna" film festival, International Documentary Film Festival, 2017, Palermo, Italy "DEAD EARS" - "Grand Prix", FIDBA, International Documentary Film Festival, 2016, Buenos Aires, Argentina "DEAD EARS" - "Award for Best Cinematography", International Documentary film festival "Rossia", 2016 Yekaterinburg, Russia "DEAD EARS" - "Annual Award for the Best Film of the Year" Lithuanian Cinemamakers Union, 2016, Vilnius, Lithuania "DEAD EARS" - "Award for Best Cinematography", Krakow International film festival, 2016, Krakow, Poland "DEAD EARS" - "Special festival "Doker" prize", International Documentary film festival "Rossia", 2016, Yekaterinburg, Russia "DZUKIJA'S BULL"- "Diploma for the Best Cinematography" "Kinoletopis", International Film Festival 2016, Kiev, Ukraine "DEAD EARS" - Nomination for the "Best Short Documentary Film Award" at National film industry awards "Silver Crane", 2016, Vilnius, Lithuania "FELLOW TRAVELERS" - "Audience Award", "STOP!" Student film festival, 2016, Kaunas, Lithuania "FELLOW TRAVELERS" - Audience Award for the "Best Short Documentary of the Year" at Lithuanian Audience Awards "KINFO", 2016, Vilnius, Lithuania "FELLOW TRAVELERS" - "Special "VYGA" prize", "Edox" International Documentary Film Festival, 2015, Anykscai, Lithuania "FELLOW TRAVELERS" - "Best Student Film Award",Vilnius International Film festival "Kino Pavasaris", 2015, Vilnius, Lithuania "DINNER" - "Special Diploma of Jury", International Documentary film festival "Rossia", 2014, Yekaterinburg, Russia "DINNER" - Nomination for the Lithuanian Cinematographers award "The Oak" for the "Best Cinematograhy of the Year", 2014, Vilnius, Lithuania "DINNER" - Nomination for the "Best Documentary Film Award" at National film industry awards "Silver Crane", 2014, Vilnius, Lithuania "DZUKIJA'S BULL" - "Documentary Film of the Year Award" "Kinfo" Lithuanian Public Awards, 2014, Vilnius, Lithuania "DINNER"- "Best Lithuanian Short Film Award", European film forum , "Scanorama", 2013, Vilnius, Lithuania "DZUKIJA'S BULL" - "Award for Best Cinematography", International Documentary film festival "Rossia", 2013, Yekaterinburg, Russia