Shall we Check it out? (Gal pažiūrim?)

International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences member Aistė Ptakauskė and Head of Digital Culture, Communication and Media Research Group at Kaunas University of Technology, Prof. Šarūnas Paunksnis discuss the allure and impact of the most‑watched Hindi OTT film in India at the start of 2024, “ Amar Singh Chamkila .”

International Emmy® juror and media powerhouse Aiste Ptakauske joins forces with Michael Hingson, a global diversity and inclusion expert and #1 New York Times bestselling author of “Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, a Guide Dog & the Triumph of Trust”, to dive deep into the International Emmy Award–winning mini-series “Lost Boys and Fairies” and unpack why accurate representation on...

Aiste Ptakauske sits down with a fellow member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Philip Kalin-Hajdu, to discuss "Shaolin Heroes", an adventure reality format that clinched the International Emmy Award, outshining global juggernauts like “Big Brother,” “Love is Blind,” and “Masked Singer.” What is so special about this format and what is its cultural significance?

Member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Aiste Ptakauske explores the critically acclaimed political thriller The Diplomat with Nina and Sean Murray, a husband‑and‑wife team who—very much like the central characters of the show—spent the better part of their careers in the U.S. diplomatic service. They discuss what the show gets right, where it stretches reality, and...

In this episode, Aistė Ptakauskė —member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences —sits down with Lithuanian crime writer Daina Kleponė to dive into the gripping world of the International Emmy-winning German crime thriller Dear Child (Liebes Kind) . Released on Netflix in late 2023, it quickly became the platform’s most-watched non-English series and won the 2024 Internation...

In this episode, Aistė Ptakauskė —member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences —teams up with Žilvaras Zinkevičius, Head of Public Relations and Communications for the Baltic States at GO3, to dive into Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story . This International Emmy-winning documentary series reveals one of the most dramatic and challenging seasons in Formula 1 history. Di...

In this episode, Aistė Ptakauskė —member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences —sits down with concert pianist and piano teacher Eglė Andrejevaitė to explore Jakub Piątek’s documentary Pianoforte . Awarded the International Emmy in 2024 for Best Arts Programming, the film offers a gripping, behind-the-scenes look at the prestigious International Federic Chopin Piano Compet...

In this episode, Aistė Ptakauskė —member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences —explores the International Emmy Award-winning short-form series Point of No Return . Each episode of the series tackles urgent global issues, from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and illegal migrants in the U.S. and the U.K. to the war in Ukraine and Indigenous climate activism. This conversat...