The film features an incredibly low angel’s flight over the dunes of Nida, Trakai castle, the lakes of Aukstaitija (Highlands), the roofs of the Old Town of Vilnius and the fantastically beautiful church steeples. It’s like a mystical gliding just above the treetops, meadows covered by early morning mist, as well as the narrow streets of Vilnius.

The film has combined a real sense of flying, modern technologies and classic poetic documentary. When filming “Flight over Lithuania ” a very sophisticated shooting technique was applied, and probably for the first time in cinema history, a complex new-generation sound system was used, where sound is transmitted not only in a usual Dolby surround, but also from the above and below. To intensify the impression, gusts of wind, vibration of the chairs, and lighting effects were used in the hall.

The film of Lithuanian pavilion in Germany (Hanover) received very high evaluation. At the end of the exhibition, when the TOP 10 (of the best films, photographs, pavilions shown in the exhibition), was announced in MegaScene and Hannoverlive (published in Germany), the Lithuanian film “Flight over Lithuania” was not only in it, but was even positioned as high as No.4. Also on July 1, 2003 evening "Flight over Lithuania" became also the first platinum film in Lithuania. The Minister of Culture of RL R.Zakaitiene awarded Arunas Matelis and Audrius Stonys with the statuette for the first Lithuanian platinum film. This award is granted when more than 10.000 video or DVD copies of a film have been sold.

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