FNE INTERVIEW: Georgian Producers' Working Group on Production Regulations
TBILISI: FNE speaks with the six-member Georgian producers’ working group on production regulations regarding the serious problems that the Covid-19 crisis has created for the Georgian film industry, production and…
PRODUCTION: Veteran Georgian Director Akaki Shanshiashvili Preps Winter’s Sorrow
TBILISI: Georgian director Akaki Shanshiashvili is currently in preproduction with the feature film Winter's Sorrow, based on the novels of famous Georgian writer Revaz Inanishvili. The film is produced by…
PRODUCTION: Georgian Director Ekaterine Chelidze Preps No More
TBILISI: Georgian director Ekaterine (Keko) Chelidze is currently in pre-production with her first feature fiction film No More. The shooting is planned for the spring of 2021. The project was…
FESTIVALS: BIAFF 2020 Postponed
BATUMI: The 2020 Batumi International Art house Film Festival has been postponed until October due to the deterioration of the pandemic situation in the region. The management of the BAIFF…
FNE INTERVIEW: Mariam Kandelaki, Founder of Georgian Animators Association
TBILISI: Georgia has made an effort to develop animation projects over the past decade, after 20 fallow years, finding some recent success at international festivals. FNE spoke with Mariam Kandelaki,…
FESTIVALS: BIAFF Industry Platform Alternative Wave 2020
TBILISI: The BIAFF's industry platform Alternative Wave will take place during the festival, which runs 16-20 September 2020. The main focus of the 2020 Alternative Wave is to develop low…
FESTIVALS: BIAFF 2020 Announces Lineup
BATUMI: Nine titles have been selected for the International Feature Films Competition of the Batumi International Art house Film Festival, running 13-20 September 2020.
FESTIVALS: CinéDOC-Tbilisi International Documentary FF Announces Lineup
TBILISI: Eight titles have been selected for the International Competition section of the 8th edition of CinéDOC-Tbilisi, the most important documentary film festival in Georgia. The festival will take place…
Annecy Calls for Georgian Animation Film Projects
TBILISI: The Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Film Center Georgian Film-Abkhazeti and “Saqanima” Georgian Animators Association, with the support of the French Institute of Georgia and the Georgian National Film…
FESTIVALS: Application Open for First Edition of Kutaisi International Short FF in Georgia
KUTAISI: Applications are open for the first edition of the Kutaisi International Short Film Festival, which will take place from 3 to 7 November 2020 in partnership with the Georgian…
PRODUCTION: Misho Antadze in Postproduction with Doc about Stalin and Guilt
TBILISI: Georgian director Misho Antadze is currently in postproduction with the documentary Ozymandias. Seventy years after his death, the statues of Stalin still populate the Georgian landscape. Looking and listening…
PRODUCTION: Stanislav Kapralov in Postproduction with Horror Film Shot in Georgia
TBILISI: Ukrainian/ American director Stanislav Kapralov is in postproduction with the horror film Let It Snow, which he shot in the Georgian Gudauri Mountains in the winter of 2019. The…
TorinoFilmLab SeriesLab 2021 to Be Held in Georgia
TBILISI: The first workshop of SeriesLab 2021 training course of TorinoFilmLab will be hosted by Tbilisi in partnership with the Georgian film company Millimeter Film. The call for applications will…
PRODUCTION: Georgian Director Giorgi Chalauri Preps Pit
TBILISI: Georgian director Giorgi Chalauri is currently in preproduction with his first feature film Pit. The filming is planned for the winter of 2020-21. The producer is Giorgi Kobalia. Avto…
GRANTS: Georgia Supports Two International Coproductions
TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center distributed 202,898 EUR / 700,000 GEL for the coproduction of two International feature films to be directed by Dover Kosashvili and Elene Naveriani.
PRODUCTION: Georgian Director Tato Kotetishvili Preps Holy Electricity
TBILISI: Georgian director/cinematographer Tato Kotetishvili is in preproduction with his first feature film Holy Electricity. The filming is planned for the autumn of 2021 in Tbilisi. The producers of the…
PRODUCTION: Georgian Field in Production
TBILISI: Georgian director Lasha Tskvitinidze’s second feature film Field was presented at Karlovy Vary’s Eastern Promises Works in Progress online session on 6 July 2020. The producers are seeking additional…
Georgian Cinemas Start to Reopen
TBILISI: Cinemas in Georgia will reopen in August, after three months of inactivity. Entertainment and cultural facilities in Georgia have been closed since mid-March due to the COVID-19 epidemic. From…
GRANTS: Georgia Announces Short Fiction Film Production Grants
TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center distributed 116,759 EUR / 396,982 GEL for the production of seven short fiction films directed by Irine Jordania, Nino Tsikaridze, Mikheil Kvirikadze, Nika Gabunia,…
FNE Podcast: Festivals in Crisis: Zviad Eliziani Manager Batumi International Film Festival
Zviad Eliziani shares with us the challenges the festival faces due to the COVID-19 pandemic and why he is determined the festival should go ahead as a live event. BIAFF…
