| Sidabrinė gervė | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in cinematic and television achievements |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Presented by | Audiovisual works copyright association AVAKA |
| First award | 2008 |
| Website | sidabrinegerve.lt |
Sidabrinė gervė (Silver Crane) are theLithuanian film industry awards for best actors, directors and films. The annual awards were initiated in 2008 byAVAKA (audiovizualinių kūrinių autorių teisių asociacija), the (national) Association for Author Rights of Audiovisual Artists. The award statuette of thecrane was created byAudrius Liaudanskas [lt]. In Lithuanian, as in English, the word "gervė", 'crane', means both a bird and alifting device on whichcameramen ride.
During the ceremony, theGolden Crane (Auksinė gervė) award, for the merits to the national cinema, is also presented. Also, since 2009 an award for the best student work of the year was issued, which was namedSidabrinės gervės kiaušinis ("Silver crane egg") in 2012.
During 2008-2018 the award event was organized by the Lithuanian Film Academy In 2019 the Lithuanian Film Academy retired due bankruptcy. As a result the awards for that year were cancelled. Lithuanian film industry awards "Silver Crane" returned in 2020 and was held by the AVAKA, which, after announcing the competition in 2019, acquired the rights to the Silver Crane Award.[1][2]
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| Edition | Date | Best Film |
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| 1st | 29 May 2008 | The Collectress |
| 2nd | 29 May 2009 | Vortex |
| 3rd | 28 May 2010 | Eastern Drift |
| 4th | 27 May 2011 | Back to Your Arms |
| 5th | 13 May 2012 | The Fortress of Sleeping Butterflies |
| 6th | 11 May 2013 | Aurora |
| 7th | 2 May 2014 | The Gambler |
| 8th | 30 May 2015 | The Summer of Sangailė |
| 9th | 27 May 2016 | Peace to Us in Our Dreams |
| 10th | 13 June 2017 | The Saint |
| 11th | 13 June 2018 | Miracle |
| N/a | 2019 | Cancelled due to bankruptcy[3] |
| 12th | 22 November 2020 | For 2019:Summer Survivors, for 2020:Nova Lituania[4] |
| N/a | 2021 | Cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic |
| 13th | 5 June 2022 | Pilgrims |
| 14th | 4 June 2023 | Remember to Blink |
| 15th | 9 June 2024 | Slow |
| 16th | 8 June 2025 | The Southern Chronicles |