PRODUCTION: My House in Front of the Forest Goes into Postproduction in Georgia
TBILISI: Tamar Shavgulidze’s feature film My House in Front of the Forest has completed shooting in Tsavkisi and now moves into post-production.
PRODUCTION: How to Become Georgian Begins Filming in Georgia
TBILISI: Natia Arabuli-Weger’s How to Become Georgian, a documentary about young foreign musicians who have chosen to live in Georgia, has completed a pre-shoot in Tbilisi and now moves into…
PRODUCTION: The Encounter Begins Filming in Georgia
BATUMI: Tatia Skhirtladze's The Encounter, a Georgian/Austrian/Serbian documentary about the reuniting of the winning Soviet Women’s Chess Team, started pre-shooting on 23 September 2018 in Batumi, Georgia, at this year’s…
PRODUCTION: Dimitri Mamulia Returns to Georgian Cinema with The Criminal Man
TBILISI: The Georgian director Dimitri Mamulia is in postproduction with The Criminal Man, a Georgian/Russian coproduction that he shot in Georgia after a long break.
Eight Projects Presented at BIAFF Industry Platform - Alternative Wave 2018
BATUMI: Eight projects including six from Georgian participated in the Alternative Way 2018, the industry platform of the 13th Batumi International Arthouse Film Festival, which took place from 19 to…
FESTIVALS: Ray and Liz Wins 13th BIAFF
BATUMI: Ray and Liz by the British director Richard Billingham was awarded best film at the 13th Batumi International Arthouse Film Festival, which took place in Batumi from 16 to…
Georgia's Dede Joins EFA Feature Film Selection 2018
TBILISI: Dede by Mariam Khatchvani is among the five titles added by the European Film Academy to the EFA Feature Film Selection 2018.
Indian Productions Flock to Shoot in Georgia
TBILISI: Six out of 16 foreign projects which have registered in the Film in Georgia programme since its launch in 2016 are Indian, and four of them have already been…
PRODUCTION: Otar Shamatava in Postproduction with Georgian/Bulgarian/Ukrainian/German Coproduction
TBILISI: Georgian director Otar Shamatava is in postproduction with Ursus, a Ukrainian/ Georgian/German/ Bulgarian coproduction that he shot in Georgia after a long break.
PRODUCTION: Zaza Urushadze in Postproduction with Georgian/Ukrainian/American Coproduction
TBILISI: The acclaimed Georgian director Zaza Urushadze is currently in postproduction with his new feature film Anton, a coproduction between Georgia, the Ukraine and the USA, expected to premiere in…
Georgia Selects Namme as Oscar Bid
TBILISI: Zaza Khalvashi's Namme has been selected as Georgia’s entry for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ award in the best foreign language film category. This Georgian/Lithuanian coproduction…
FESTIVALS: The 13th BIAFF Announces Lineup
BATUMI: Ten titles have been selected for the Feature Film Competition of the 13th Batumi International Arthouse Film Festival set to take place in Batumi from 16 to 23 September…
CinéDOC-Tbilisi Launches Doc Summer School
GORI: The first documentary film summer school organised by the CinéDOC-Tbilisi International Documentary Film Festival takes place in Gori, Georgia from 18 to 26 August 2018. Twelve filmmakers from Armenia,…
PRODUCTION: Dato Abramishvili and Giorgi Gogichaishvili Prep Georgian/Luxembourg/Lithuanian Coproduction Inga
TBILISI: Directors Dato Abramishvili and Giorgi Gogichaishvili are currently in preproduction with their debut feature Inga, which will be a coproduction between Georgia, Luxembourg and Lithuania set for shooting in…
PRODUCTION: American Series Marisa Romanov Preps Shooting in Georgia
TBILISI: Marisa Romanov, an American series created by Miranda K. Spigener-Sapon and produced by SPT France and Noirtainment for Amazon Prime Video, will be filmed in Georgia and Los Angeles…
GRANTS: Georgia Announces Documentary Production Grants
TBILISI: Ten Georgian long and short documentaries received 150,000 EUR / 420,000 GEL from the Georgian National Film Center (GNFC).
Georgian 3D Animated Film Geno Scores International Sales
TBILISI: The Georgian short animated film Geno has been sold to Japan, Korea, France, Spain and the United States.
FNE at Cannes 2018: Georgian Cinema in Cannes
The Georgian National Film Center will be represented by the Pavilion of Georgia at the Cannes Film Festival eleventh this year (# 103, Village International Riviera).
FNE at 6th CineDOC Tbilisi IDFF: Simon Lereng Wilmont's War Film Wins CineDOC Top Prize
TBILISI: Simon Lereng Wilmont's film The Distant Barking of Dogs won the main award of the international competition of the 6th edition of CinéDOC-Tbilisi, the first international documentary film festival…
GRANTS: Georgia Funds Three Debut Films
TBILISI: Three Georgian debut feature films received 340,00 EUR in grants from the Georgian National Film Center (GNFC). Twenty projects participated in the competition.
