Welcome to the world of ZERO COPY REEL, where storytelling transcends boundaries and creativity knows no limits.

Zero Copy Reel is a dynamic film and television production company that specializes in creative documentaries and international co-productions, working across borders to develop distinctive, high-quality projects with strong authorial vision and global relevance. Zero Copy Reel is also a member of the Baltic Film & Creative Tech Cluster, which is a leading creative industries cluster in the Baltics.

FILMOGRAPHY

Find oud more about our films in distribution,production, and the ones in development in our Filmography section. 

Hermann
04:00
Hermann
Theme The Holocaust, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Rwanda, Srebrenica, Ukraine…Today, it has become critically important to find antidotes to social division...
DNA of the Nation
3:36
DNA of the Nation
About the project An ironic documentary anthropological investigation into Ukrainian identity and their national ideals. Despite the weightiness of the...

ZERO COPY REEL is an award-winning film / TV production company based in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Zero copy at POFF 2023
A. Jevdokimovas and R.  Leščinskienė

ZERO COPY REEL has a mission to create and deliver the real film. We strive to produce Lithuanian films that will be attractive for the international film industry. 

All Zero Copy Reel films are produced as international co-productions. Since 2022, Zero Copy Reel has maintained a close collaboration with the renowned Ukrainian documentary filmmaking collective Babylon’13. Furthermore the company works with a broad network of international partners, including WaYa Production (Ukraine), POPCULT (Italy), GotFat Production (Denmark), DR Sales (Denmark), Reason8 (United Kingdom), Community & Production “CUC” (Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema), Line Production (Georgia), Funky Production House (Georgia), Media 1+1 Group (Ukraine), Imedi Broadcast (Georgia).

Beyond its current slate, Zero Copy Reel is actively exploring innovative ventures in XR (Extended Reality), further expanding its creative horizons and engagement with audiences.

The company was founded in Lithuania in 2019 by producer and director Arturas Jevdokimovas and producer Ringailė Leščinskienė. Based in the vibrant capital of Vilnius, the company is driven by a strong commitment to storytelling and a clear artistic focus on exploring the complexities of the human experience. 

Over the past several years, Zero Copy Reel has established itself as an active player in the international film industry, having produced two documentaries and a television mini-series, with six additional films currently in various stages of development and production.

The founders own portfolio includes several films that have garnered attention at prestigious international festivals. The global film premieres took place at CPH:DOX (Human Rights Nomination), Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Best Baltic Film Competition), Munich International Film Festival, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Vilnius International Film Festival, OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival (Jury Grand Prize, Audience Grand Prize), FilmFestival Cottbus (EcoEast Competition), Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival (Documentary Competition), Lubuskie Film Summer (Best Documentary Competition), Inconvenient Films Human Rights Film Festival, Documentarist Istanbul Film Festival, IFF Art Film Košice among others. Films were also presented at EFM Berlinale, Sarajevo film festival, Beldocs film festival (Best Pitch award) Nordisk Panorama, IDFA, Cannes Docs, WEMW (Baltic-Italian Coproduction Award), Baltic Sea Docs, Meeting Point Vilnius, Beldocs IDFF (Pitch the Doc Award), Venice Film Festival, IDFFArtDocFest Riga, Valencia Photo Festival, IFF Baltic film festival Baltijos banga.

  • We collaborated with Zero Copy Reel as production partners and visionary filmmakers in Lithuania. We've made great artwork together and I look forward to making more of it!
    Ivan Sautkin
    Film director, cinematographer

PRODUCTION TEAM

Together we make documentary real!