Skirmantas Valiulis was born in 1938. S. Valiulis is an art critic of photography, television and cinema, he lecturers at department of Journalism at Vilnius University (VU) as well as at Vilnius Pedagogical University (VPU) and Lithuanian Academy of Arts (LMA). S.Valiulis is a member of the Lithuanian union of journalists, board of Lithuanian art of photography as well as union of cinematography, commission of experts of LR KM Cinema and Photography. S.Valiulis is a member of LR KM board of culture and art. S. Valiulis is an author of a very diverse publications and articles about cinema, photography and...

This time the guest of the month in “Sociumas” is Skirmantas Valiulis, famous public man, lecturer and cinema’s critic, who shares his ideas about nowadays situation of Lithuanian cinema in our country and Europe as well. Is it really true that Lithuanian cinema is dead and still dying, as mass media is frequently stating? „Sociumas“: Why Lithuanian cinema is dying? S. Valiulis: Everybody says it’s because of finances. But I think that there are more reasons: different existence of the...