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LMGI COMPASS
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Winter 2024
LMGI members explore the Baltic States
This past August, LMGI members Klaus Darrelmann, Markus Bensch,
Emma Jane Richards and President John Rakich toured Lithuania,
Estonia and Latvia. LMGI member Jonas Spokas, head of the
production service company Baltic Locations, organized the trip with
the Director of the Vilnius Film Office, Jurate Pazikaite. Kristofer
Piir/LMGI also joined the group as an informal host for the Estonia
portion of the trip.
Says Pazikaite, "We have been
developing the idea of inviting
world-renowned professionals
who have worked on the
biggest cinema projects of
the last decade to the Baltic
countries for some time.
Organizing a tour through 12
cities allowed us to show the
wide range of locations in the
Baltic states with cinematic
locations that reflect many
eras, and also offer corporate
tax relief. The professionalism
of those working in the field of
cinema here are increasingly
being recognized and
appreciated abroad."
"The Baltics have a lot to offer,
and I think we've seen this
during the trip," adds Spokas.
"It has been an intense but
very productive 10 days. As
an LM mostly working in
Vilnius, Lithuania, I was also
very interested to see Latvia
and Estonia. I think the three
countries are different and
Markus Bensch/LMGI, Concert Hall Great Amber, Liepaja, Latvia
FAM
TOUR
EJ Richards/LMGI, Estonian National Museum
