Valentin Novopolskij

Vortex (2009)

The film is based on the novel by Romualdas Granauskas, winner of the Lithuanian National Cultural and Arts Award, and is the chronicle of a young man’s shifting relationships as he adjusts rather dramatically to the unfamiliarity of freedom. The film will be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gytis Lukšas
CAST:  Giedrius Kiela  •  Jevgenija Verenica  •  Oksana Borbat  •  Jūratė Onaitytė

The film is based on the novel by Romualdas Granauskas, winner of the Lithuanian National Cultural and Arts Award, and is the chronicle of a young man’s shifting relationships as he adjusts rather dramatically to the unfamiliarity of freedom. The film will be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gytis Lukšas
CAST:  Giedrius Kiela  •  Jevgenija Verenica  •  Oksana Borbat  •  Jūratė Onaitytė

Defiance (2008)

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Zwick
CAST:  Daniel Craig  •  Liev Schreiber  •  Jamie Bell  •  Mia Wasikowska

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Zwick
CAST:  Daniel Craig  •  Liev Schreiber  •  Jamie Bell  •  Mia Wasikowska

Owl Mountain (2018)

Radio Free Europe, BBC, and Voice of America can only rarely get through the Iron Curtain and Soviet mufflers to Lithuania, a country torn by a war between the local resistance movement and the Soviet regime that is forced onto Lithuanian people by bayonets of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Audrius Juzėnas
CAST:  Paulina Taujanskaitė  •  Aidas Jurgaitis  •  Arnas Danusas  •  Rūta Šmergelytė

Radio Free Europe, BBC, and Voice of America can only rarely get through the Iron Curtain and Soviet mufflers to Lithuania, a country torn by a war between the local resistance movement and the Soviet regime that is forced onto Lithuanian people by bayonets of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Audrius Juzėnas
CAST:  Paulina Taujanskaitė  •  Aidas Jurgaitis  •  Arnas Danusas  •  Rūta Šmergelytė

Winter Thaw (2016)

In late nineteenth-century Russia, Martin Avdeitch is a humble shoemaker whose life has been characterized by grief. Martin must find the courage to look outside himself and trust in the goodness of God. This BYUtv original holiday special is based on Leo Tolstoy's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adam Thomas Anderegg
CAST:  John Rhys-Davies  •  Karl Johnson  •  Valentin Novopolskij  •  Egle Spokaite

In late nineteenth-century Russia, Martin Avdeitch is a humble shoemaker whose life has been characterized by grief. Martin must find the courage to look outside himself and trust in the goodness of God. This BYUtv original holiday special is based on Leo Tolstoy's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adam Thomas Anderegg
CAST:  John Rhys-Davies  •  Karl Johnson  •  Valentin Novopolskij  •  Egle Spokaite

Sasha Was Here (2019)

It's a feature-length narrative film about a middle-class couple, that wants to adopt the perfect little girl, but they end up being offered a rebellious 12-year-old boy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernestas Jankauskas
CAST:  Gabija Siurbytė  •  Valentin Novopolskij  •  Markas Eimontas  •  Jelena Kirejeva

It's a feature-length narrative film about a middle-class couple, that wants to adopt the perfect little girl, but they end up being offered a rebellious 12-year-old boy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernestas Jankauskas
CAST:  Gabija Siurbytė  •  Valentin Novopolskij  •  Markas Eimontas  •  Jelena Kirejeva

Oleg (2019)

Oleg, a young Latvian butcher, arrives in Brussels in the hope of getting a better salary in a meat factory. His experience turns short after being betrayed by a colleague. Alone in a country where he doesn’t belong, he quickly falls under the yoke of Andrzej, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juris Kursietis
CAST:  Valentin Novopolskij  •  Dawid Ogrodnik  •  Anna Próchniak  •  Adam Szyszkowski

Oleg, a young Latvian butcher, arrives in Brussels in the hope of getting a better salary in a meat factory. His experience turns short after being betrayed by a colleague. Alone in a country where he doesn’t belong, he quickly falls under the yoke of Andrzej, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juris Kursietis
CAST:  Valentin Novopolskij  •  Dawid Ogrodnik  •  Anna Próchniak  •  Adam Szyszkowski

Non-Present Time (2014)

A young man's confusion in present times. The protagonist is looking for answers to questions that are relevant to many of his peers, coming of age in between a nostalgic socialist childhood and ideas pushed by a young democracy, relentlessly rushing forward.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mykolas Vildžiūnas
CAST:  Tadas Gryn  •  Valentin Novopolskij  •  Toma Vaškevičiūtė  •  Nelė Savičenko

A young man's confusion in present times. The protagonist is looking for answers to questions that are relevant to many of his peers, coming of age in between a nostalgic socialist childhood and ideas pushed by a young democracy, relentlessly rushing forward.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mykolas Vildžiūnas
CAST:  Tadas Gryn  •  Valentin Novopolskij  •  Toma Vaškevičiūtė  •  Nelė Savičenko

The Jew (2023)

The USSR, 1946. The main character, Mikhail Krasnitsky, travels to different cities across the country. When he arrives, he commits cold-blooded murders, for reasons that are not yet evident. The Secret Service manages to connect all of these crimes and figure out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dmitry Fiks
CAST:  Artur Smolyaninov  •  Aglaya Tarasova  •  Ivan Dobronravov  •  Yuliya Frants

The USSR, 1946. The main character, Mikhail Krasnitsky, travels to different cities across the country. When he arrives, he commits cold-blooded murders, for reasons that are not yet evident. The Secret Service manages to connect all of these crimes and figure out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dmitry Fiks
CAST:  Artur Smolyaninov  •  Aglaya Tarasova  •  Ivan Dobronravov  •  Yuliya Frants

Dawn of War (2020)

A historical spy-thriller set in 1939 about an Estonian intelligence agent tasked with uncovering the Soviet double agent in their ranks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Margus Paju
CAST:  Priit Võigemast  •  Kaspars Znotiņš  •  Agnese Budovska  •  Elmo Nüganen

A historical spy-thriller set in 1939 about an Estonian intelligence agent tasked with uncovering the Soviet double agent in their ranks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Margus Paju
CAST:  Priit Võigemast  •  Kaspars Znotiņš  •  Agnese Budovska  •  Elmo Nüganen

Forest (2021)

It’s November and “the planets realigned a week ago,” says a police inspector in complete astrological earnestness. A desperate woman has turned to the police asking for help to find her daughter, Anna. She is 21 years old, is getting good grades at the Krasnoyarsk ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Liena Šmukste
CAST:  Andris Keišs  •  Guna Zariņa  •  Valentin Novopolskij

It’s November and “the planets realigned a week ago,” says a police inspector in complete astrological earnestness. A desperate woman has turned to the police asking for help to find her daughter, Anna. She is 21 years old, is getting good grades at the Krasnoyarsk ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Liena Šmukste
CAST:  Andris Keišs  •  Guna Zariņa  •  Valentin Novopolskij

Parade (2023)

Miglė, who married when she was very young, has for 26 years been divorced from her ex-husband who one day calls her and asks for a favour. He has found that it would be a good time to get married again after the death of his mother. But there is a small problem: ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Titas Laucius
CAST:  Rasa Samuolytė  •  Giedrius Savickas  •  Juozas Budraitis  •  Kostas Smoriginas

Miglė, who married when she was very young, has for 26 years been divorced from her ex-husband who one day calls her and asks for a favour. He has found that it would be a good time to get married again after the death of his mother. But there is a small problem: ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Titas Laucius
CAST:  Rasa Samuolytė  •  Giedrius Savickas  •  Juozas Budraitis  •  Kostas Smoriginas

Under the Grey Sky (2024)

Based on true events, a Belarusian journalist is arrested after covertly livestreaming brutal government crackdowns on peaceful demonstrators following rigged elections. Her husband, refusing to leave her, also faces recriminations from a regime determined to break ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mara Tamkovich
CAST:  Aliaksandra Vaitsekhovich  •  Valentin Novopolskij  •  Dzianis Tarasenka  •  Palina Chabatarova

Based on true events, a Belarusian journalist is arrested after covertly livestreaming brutal government crackdowns on peaceful demonstrators following rigged elections. Her husband, refusing to leave her, also faces recriminations from a regime determined to break ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mara Tamkovich
CAST:  Aliaksandra Vaitsekhovich  •  Valentin Novopolskij  •  Dzianis Tarasenka  •  Palina Chabatarova