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A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film Ashes in the Snow

^{Photo: 2016 J. Michael Smith}

^{Film slate!}

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^{Lina comforts a grieving Andrius. Left on the cutting room floor! This scene does not appear in the film.}

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^{Lina draws and documents the deportation and her experience in Siberia. When the NKVD discover her drawings, they burn them. Lina’s drawings quickly become ashes in the snow, hence the title of the film.}

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^{Lina is forced to watch as the NKVD burn her drawings. Challenging to shoot because temperatures rose and the production team had to create fake snow!}

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^{Lina braves winter in the Arctic, fighting not only for her own life but for the lives of her fellow prisoners.}

^{Photo: 2016 J. Michael Smith}

^{The entire film was shot on location in Lithuania and the majority of the production crew was Lithuanian. Lithuanian cities featured in the film include Vilnius, Nida, Palanga, and Kaunas (featured in photo).}

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^{Upon seeing her drawing, Andrius assures Lina that she will be accepted to art school.}

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^{Lina’s mother, Elena, bravely addresses the guards in defense of others.}

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^{Lina makes her way to Andrius, who is digging a grave. This scene was deleted from the final cut of the film.}

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^{Lina and deportees at the weigh station after a day of work in the beet fields.}

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^{The train tracks leading Lina, her family, and the deportees away from Lithuania. Securing and aging actual trains for the film was one of the biggest challenges for the production team.}

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^{An NKVD officer guards the locked train cars filled with Lithuanian deportees.}

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^{Lina, determined to find food and save her family.}

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^{Deportation scene at the train station where many deportees were separated from their luggage.}

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^{The truck that Lina and her family were loaded into during the scene of deportation from their home.}

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^{Off-camera, Bel Powley (Lina) watches a scene via the monitor.}

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^{An extra rests in a train car between takes.}

^{Vytautas Juozenas for SEG Inc.}

^{Extras waiting to shoot a scene near the jurta. They were costumed in heavy clothes, though this was shot in late May on an extremely hot day.}

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^{Guards in the train depot.}

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^{Actors portraying the NKVD prepare to shoot a scene with Commander Komarov and Kretzsky at the train station.}

^{Vytautas Juozenas for SEG Inc.}

^{An NKVD officer shows his mettle and prepares to shoot.}

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^{Files outlining prisoners’ charges on the desk in the train depot.}

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^{Watching via the monitor as cameras roll during Lina’s flashback scene of her summers in Palanga.}

^{Photo: 2016 J. Michael Smith}

^{Ruta Sepetys on set with Martin Wallström (left) as Kretzsky and director Marius Markevicius (center).}

^{Vytautas Juozenas for SEG Inc.}

^{Hands of a deportee. The wardrobe and makeup departments tasked specific staff members with applying dirt and aging throughout the production.}

^{Photo: 2016 J. Michael Smith}

^{Director Marius Markevicius (second from left) plans a shot of Andrius (center, lying) with cinematographer Ramunas Greicius (left).}

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^{Author cameo! Ruta in costume, hair, and makeup before filming a scene as an extra.}

^{Photo: 2016 J. Michael Smith}

^{Ruta Sepetys (center) on set with the extras in the film, some of whom were survivors of Siberia themselves and many of whom had relatives who were deported.}