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NHK BS hi Channel, at 8 p.m. May 15The Bug Trainer is an international documentary film about Ladislas Starewitch (1882 – 1965), a pioneer of puppet animation and a contemporary of cinematography, one of the most mystique and controversial creators of 20th century. He was named as a true Wizard and an Alchemist of animation, whose wizardry was born in Lithuania in the beginning of 20th c. He got his fame in Russia and flourished in his full power in France. Unique methods of animation, never disclosed to others, - who was he?  Lithuania, Poland, Russia, France - all claim him as “Ours”. It seems that he was a cosmopolitan, whose creative works overpass geographical boarders and are ahead of the time.   This film is an effort to “decode” Starewitch by using the means of his own artistic thinking, utilizing all the contemporary means of pictorial expression and tiding together the biographical facts, archives and factual information told by experts: cinema historians, critics, animators. The story of the man is driven by the animated love story of two puppets THE BUG, who is searching for his stolen beloved QUEEN Lioness. The BUG through his search of his QUEEN gets all the factual information about the man who made the QUEEN, about Ladislas Starewitch from the real Experts. 52'/HD/colour & b/w Era Film Ltd (Lithuania) production, financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, Lithuanian Culture and Sports Support Foundation, EU Media Program, Polish Cinema Institute,  in co-production with broadcasters NHK (Japan) DR TV (Denmark), SVT (Sweden), YLE (Finland), AVRO (The Netherlands), ETV (Estonia), NRK (Norway), TSR (Switzerland)  LRT (Lithuania). Script - Linas Augutis, Donatas Ulvydas, Jonas Banys Directors - Linas Augutis, Donatas Ulvydas,Director of Photography - Ramūnas Greičius Art Director - Jurgita Gerdvilaitė Composer - Linas RimšaProducer - Rasa Miškinytė www.erafilm.lt   More information (in Japanese): http://www.nhk.or.jp/bs/bshi.html

NHK BS hi Channel, at 8 p.m. May 15
The Bug Trainer is an international documentary film about Ladislas Starewitch (1882 – 1965), a pioneer of puppet animation and a contemporary of cinematography, one of the most mystique and controversial creators of 20th century. He was named as a true Wizard and an Alchemist of animation, whose wizardry was born in Lithuania in the beginning of 20th c. He got his fame in Russia and flourished in his full power in France. Unique methods of animation, never disclosed to others, - who was he?  Lithuania, Poland, Russia, France - all claim him as “Ours”. It seems that he was a cosmopolitan, whose creative works overpass geographical boarders and are ahead of the time.