This year, the prize was awarded to writers Kazys Saja and Rimvydas Stankevičius, opera singer Edgaras Montvidas, composer Žibuoklė Martinaitytė-Rosaschi, and film director Giedrė Žickytė.
It was awarded posthumously to Mantas Kvedaravičius, the Lithuanian documentary filmmaker who was killed in in Ukraine while making the film. The documentary Mariupol 2 has won a European Film Award as best documentary of 2022. Mariupol 2 had its world premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Special Prize for Documentary Film.
Awarded annually since 1989, the National Prize for Culture and Arts honours significant achievements in the field of culture and arts by Lithuanian creators. This year’s winners will receive over 36,000 euros each. They will be presented with the awards on State Restoration Day on February 16, 2023.
