Zero Copy Reel

Together with Ringailė Leščinskienė Happy to be a part of EURODOC wonderful community.

Vakar buvo tikrai pilna džiugių naujienų diena!

Vilnius Film Office | Vilniaus kino biuras paskelbė finansavimo rezultatus – ir net du mūsų kompanijos projektai gavo finansavimą!

Daugiau informacijos >>https://filmvilnius.com/lt/vilniaus-kino-fondas/

🎬 „Žiūrėk, ką sakau“ (SEE WHAT I SAY)
Rež. Artūras Jevdokimovas

🎬 „DNA of the Nation“ (Tautinis DNR)
Mažumos projektas su Ukraina
Rež. Ivan Sautin
Prodiuseriai: Babylon'13, WAYA Production, Ivanna Khitsinska, Ringailė Leščinskienė

Labai džiaugiamės ir didžiuojamės visa kūrybine komanda! 💛

Bet tai dar ne viskas.

Vakar taip pat turėjome projekto pristatymą Krakow International Film Festival – DOC LAB POLAND programoje.

O dokumentinis filmas „Žiūrėk, ką sakau“ (See What I See) šiuo metu pristatomas EURODOC programoje Taline.

Ir dar viena džiugi naujiena atkeliavo iš Rygos – Baltic Sea Docs… bet apie tai – jau kitame poste 😉

Abu filmai labai dėkingi už suteiktą pasitikėjimą ir finansavimą Lietuvos kino centras bei LRT.

Ačiū visiems, kurie palaiko ir tiki mūsų projektais!

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Yesterday was truly a day full of great news!

Vilnius Film Office | Vilniaus kino biuras announced the funding results – and no fewer than two of our company’s projects have received funding!

More information >> https://filmvilnius.com/lt/vilniaus-kino-fondas/

“See What I Say” (Žiūrėk, ką sakau)
Director: Artūras Jevdokimovas

“DNA of the Nation” (Tautinis DNR)
A minority co-production project with Ukraine
Director: Ivan Sautin
Producers: Babylon'13, WAYA Production, Ivanna Khitsinska, Ringailė Leščinskienė

We are very happy and proud of the entire creative team! 💛

But that’s not all.

Yesterday we also had a project presentation at the Krakow International Film Festival – in the DOC LAB POLAND program.

And the documentary “See What I Say” is currently being presented at the EURODOC program in Tallinn.

Another piece of good news has arrived from Riga – Baltic Sea Docs… but more about that in the next post 😉

Both films are very grateful for the trust and financial support of the Lithuanian Film Centre and LRT.

Thank you to everyone who supports and believes in our projects!

Together with Lietuvos kino centras and the Lithuanian cinematography delegation, our producer Ringailė Leščinskienė is participating in the session of the EURODOC 2026 Program in Tallinn, Estonia.

The program brings together producers from Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Canada for an intensive week dedicated to documentary project development, international collaboration, and strategic career growth.

Happy to be part of the EURODOC community 💙

We will be in Cannes from the 12th to the 20th together with the Baltic Film & Creative Tech Cluster.

You can find us at the Lietuvos kino centras (Lithuanian film center) Pavilion. The location of the Lithuanian stand will be the same as last year: Village International – Stand No. 119.

You can also meet us at the Creative Europe MEDIA Desk.
Venue: Creative Europe MEDIA Stand – Pavilion 124 – International Village.

Or just contact us 😉

Happy to share our company producer Ringailė Leščinskienė in an interview for Cineuropa.

She is one of the Emerging Producers 2026, a program organized by the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, supporting and promoting talented European documentary producers.
Representing Lithuania and Zero Copy Reel, she is part of this dynamic network of forward-thinking producers shaping the future of documentary cinema.

Her participation in the program is supported by a scholarship partly granted by the Lietuvos kino centras and Creative Europe MEDIA.

Ringailė Leščinskienė • Producer, Zero Copy Reel 10/03/2026 - The Lithuanian producer sees documentary filmmaking as a way to bring people together and inspire them to actually do something about the issues they care about

Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival 26 – rezultatai po Berlyno

Būdami Berlinalėje sulaukėme labai džiugių naujienų iš Lietuvos – dviem mūsų kompanijos gaminamiems filmams SEE WHAT I SAY (Lietuva-Italija-Ukraina) ir „DNA of the Nation“ (Ukraina-Lietuva) skirtas Lietuvos kino centras finansavimas.

Esame nuoširdžiai dėkingi Lietuvos kino centro ekspertams už pasitikėjimą ir įvertinimą.

European Film Market - EFM kartu su bendragamintojais – POPCult (Italy) ir WAYA Production, Babylon'13 (Ukraine) – pristatėme mūsų bendros gamybos projektus.

Susitikime dalyvavo:
Laimonas Ubavičius (Lietuvos kino centras),
Ringailė Leščinskienė („Zero Copy Reel“),
Andrii Osipov ДержКіно України(Ukrainos valstybinė kino agentūra),
Ivanna Khitsinska („WAYA Production“),
Fabio Abagnato (Emilia-Romagna Film Commission),
Paolo Manera (Piemonte Film Commission),
Giusi Santoro (POPCULT SRL).

Prodiuserė Ringailė Leščinskienė Berlyne dalyvavo programoje Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival Emerging Producers 2026, kur vyko intensyvūs mokymai ir projektų pristatymai kino industrijos atstovams. Taip pat įvyko susitikimas su ESoDoc - European Social Documentary programos alumni bendruomene.

Svarbu paminėti, kad abu filmai – „See What I Say“ ir „DNA of the Nation“– buvo ir yra vystomi šiose mokymo programose, kurios reikšmingai prisideda prie jų kūrybinio ir strateginio augimo.

Ypatinga padėka mūsų partneriams – Pop Cult (Italy) / Waya Production, Ivan Sautkin Babylon’13 (Ukraine)– už bendrą viziją, pasitikėjimą ir stiprią kūrybinę partnerystę.

Dalyvauti Berlinalėje padėjo ir Baltic Film & Creative Tech Cluster – labai dėkinga Romanas Matulis ir visai komandai už palaikymą ir galimybę būti šios svarbios industrijos platformos dalimi.

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Berlinale 2026 – Results from Berlin

While attending Berlinale, we received wonderful news from Lithuania – two films in development by our company, “See What I Say”and “DNA of the Nation”, have been awarded funding from the Lithuanian Film Centre.

We are sincerely grateful to the experts of the Lithuanian Film Centre for their trust and support.

During EFM, together with our co-producers – POPCULT SRL (Italy) and Waya Production, Babylon’13 (Ukraine)– we presented our co-production projects.

Participants included:
Laimonas Ubavičius (Lithuanian Film Centre),
Ringailė Leščinskienė (“Zero Copy Reel”),
Andrii Osipov (Ukrainian State Film Agency),
Ivanna Khitsinska (“Waya Production”),
Fabio Abagnato (Emilia-Romagna Film Commission),
Paolo Manera (Piemonte Film Commission),
Giusi Santoro (POPCULT SRL).

Producer Ringailė Leščinskienė attended Berlinale as part of the Emerging Producers 2026 programme, which included intensive training sessions and presentations to industry professionals. A meeting with the ESoDoc alumni network also took place in Berlin.

Importantly, both films – “See What I Say” and “DNA of the Nation”– have been and continue to be developed within these training programmes, significantly contributing to their creative and strategic growth.

Special thanks to our partners – Guisi Santoro / Pop Cult (Italy) and Ivanna Khitsinska / Waya Production, Ivan Sautkin Babylon’13 (Ukraine)– for the shared vision, trust and strong creative collaboration.

Our participation at Berlinale was also supported by Baltic Tech Cluster – special thanks to Romanas Matulis and the entire team for their support and for making this important industry presence possible.

Hey filmmakers community!

Our producer Ringailė Leščinskienė is already in Berlin with the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival Emerging Producers 2026 program.

She will also be staying with the Baltic Film & Creative Tech Cluster at
European Film Market - EFM & Berlinale Forum / Forum Expanded until February 18.

If you’d like to meet and have a conversation, please let us know — we’d be happy to connect!

See you at the Berlinale!

We open the year with great news!

Our producer Ringailė Leščinskienė and film director Arturas Jevdokimovas have just returned from an inspiring industry event at the Trieste Film Festival - Alpe Adria Cinema –
When East Meets West.

The festival was an extremely productive time filled with valuable industry meetings and exchanges. One of the most important moments for us was the Italy–Baltic Bilateral Meeting, especially meaningful as we are currently working on two projects connecting Italy and Lithuania.

A few years ago, our documentary film “Hermann”, directed by Sarunas Mikulskis and telling the story of a Lithuanian priest, received an Italian-Baltic Co-development Award. We are happy to share that the project is now moving into production.

Our second documentary project, SEE WHAT I SAY, directed by Arturas Jevdokimovas, explores sign languages and the international Deaf bar community in Bologna. The film has just completed its development at the ESoDoc - European Social Documentary program, and we are continuing its development further.

We would like to sincerely thank the Lietuvos kino centras and the Lietuvos Respublikos ambasada Italijoje / Lithuanian Embassy in Italy for their collaboration.

Special thanks go to Alessandro Gropplero and Alessandra Pastore for the outstanding industry program and for creating such an inspiring platform.

Looking forward to a strong and creative year ahead!

Happy to be a part together with film director Ivan Sautkin and Babylon'13.

A Poem for Little People review – Ukraine’s war with Russia seen through eyes of emergency evacuation team Ivan Sautkin films efforts to help residents abandon their frontline homes, as well as a pensioner acting as a spy for the Ukrainian army from the Russian border

🇱🇹 Baltijos poetinės dokumentikos retrospektyva Paryžiuje

Sveikiname Centre Pompidou, Lietuvos ambasada Paryžiuje / Ambassade de Lituanie à Paris bei lietuvių bendruomenę Lietuviai Prancūzijoje (Les Lituaniens en France) su Baltijos poetinės dokumentikos retrospektyva „Poétiques baltes“, vykstančia Paryžiuje.

Džiaugiamės, kad šios programos dalimi yra Arturas Jevdokimovas–
„Zero Copy Reel“ įkūrėjas ir režisierius,
Lietuvos kinematografininkų sąjunga.

📅 Retrospektyva vyksta iki 2026 m. kovo 15 d.
📍 Forum des images ir kitos Paryžiaus kino erdvės