{"id":10949,"date":"2019-01-24T11:01:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T10:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.krakowfilmfestival.pl\/?p=10949\/"},"modified":"2019-01-24T13:39:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T12:39:49","slug":"jonas-mekas-dies-aged-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.krakowfilmfestival.pl\/en\/jonas-mekas-dies-aged-96\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonas Mekas dies aged 96"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jonas Mekas, the Lithuanian-born filmmaker\u00a0called the \u201dgodfather of\u00a0the American avant-garde cinema” has died aged 96. In 2010 he received the Dragon of Dragons Award at the 50th Krakow Film Festival\u00a0in\u00a0recognition of\u00a0his contribution to\u00a0the world cinema.<\/h5>\n

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Jonas Mekas was one of the leading figures of Independent and Avantgarde cinema. As a filmmaker, critic, editor, distributor, archivist and poet, Mekas has contributed heavily to the creation of the modern avant-garde and independent film movements.<\/p>\n

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Mekas\u2019 own output as a filmmaker ranges from narrative films (“Guns of the Trees”, 1961 & “The Brig”, 1963) to “diary films” including “Walden” (1969); “Lost, Lost, Lost”, (1975); “Reminiscences of a Voyage to Lithuania”, (1972); “Zefiro torna”, (1992) “Birth of a Nation” (1997) “As I was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty” (2001) and “A letter from GreenPoint” (2005) and documentary diary films including “Notes on an American Film Director: Martin Scorsese” (2008) and “Lithuania And The Collapse Of The USSR” (2009).<\/p>\n

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A short documentary about Jonas Mekas’ visit in Krakow where he delivered a mini manifesto (author of the film:\u00a0Tom\u00e1\u0161 Hu\u010dko) and raised a toast to Krakow.<\/p>\n

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