| 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 | Host(s) | Best Film |
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| 1st Silver Crane Awards | 29 May 2008 | Nelė Savičenko and Vladas Bagdonas | The Collectress |
| 2nd Silver Crane Awards | 29 May 2009 | Ramūnas Cicėnas and Giedrius Savickas | Vortex |
| 3rd Silver Crane Awards | 28 May 2010 | Ramūnas Rudokas and Gražina Balandytė | Eastern Drift |
| 4th Silver Crane Awards | 27 May 2011 | Marijonas Mikutavičius and Žygimantas Stakėnas | Back to Your Arms |
| 5th Silver Crane Awards | 13 May 2012 | Andrius Bialobžeskis, Viktorija Streiča & Kęstutis Jakštas | The Fortress of Sleeping Butterflies |
| 6th Silver Crane Awards | 11 May 2013 | Gabija Jaraminaite and Andrius Žiurauskas | Aurora |
| 7th Silver Crane Awards | 2 May 2014 | Vytautas Rumšas and Vytautas Rumšas jr. | The Gambler |
| 8th Silver Crane Awards | 30 May 2015 | Sandra Daukšaitė-Petrulėnė & Andrius Tapinas | The Summer of Sangailė |
| 9th Silver Crane Awards | 27 May 2016 | Mykolas Vildžiūnas | Peace to Us in Our Dreams |
| 10th Silver Crane Awards | 13 June 2017 | Andrius Rožickas | The Saint |
| 11th Silver Crane Awards | 13 June 2018 | Eglė Daugėlaitė & Giedrius Masalskis | Miracle |
| 2019 | ceremony cancelled | ||
| 12th Silver Crane Awards | Late 2020 | ||
| 16th Silver Crane Awards | 8 June 2025 | The Southern Chronicles | |