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Obituary: Writer Rezo Cheishvili

FNE Staff Georgia 2015-09-15

TBILISI: Acclaimed Georgian writer and screenwriter Revaz (Rezo) Cheishvili passed away at 82. He wrote the script of Eldar Shengelaia's famous Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story (1983, Kartuli Pilmi), an…

Georgia and Lithuania Announce Their Oscar Bids

FNE Staff Georgia 2015-09-14

TBILISI/VILNIUS: Levan Tutberidze's Moira and Alanté Kavaïté’s The Summer of Sangaile have been selected by Georgia and Lithuania to compete in the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language film.

Batumi International Arthouse Film Festival Announces Line Up

FNE Staff Georgia 2015-09-09

BATUMI: A total of 49 films are competing in the four sections of the 10th Batumi Arthouse Film Festival, one of the major film events in the Black Sea and…

PRODUCTION: Georgian Refugee Boat Enguri in Postproduction

Iulia Blaga Georgia 2015-08-17

TBILISI: Vakhtang Varazi’s 72-minute documentary Refugee Boat Enguri is in postproduction with the premiere set for spring 2016.

PRODUCTION: Georgian French Doc Listen to Silence Ready for Postproduction

Iulia Blaga Georgia 2015-08-07

TBILISI: Mariam Chachia’s documentary Listen to Silence, a Georgian/French documentary focusing on a deaf-mute children’s school of Tbilisi, will go into postproduction in January 2016, after wrapping shooting in June…

Georgia Announces Call for International Coproduction Grants

Iulia Blaga Georgia 2015-08-06

TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center (GNFC), has opened a grant call for international feature coproductions in the frame of the European Convention on Cinematographic Production.

David Vashadze, Head of Exports and Distribution at the Georgian National Film Center

Georgia Prepares to Launch Tax Incentives Scheme in 2016

Iulia Blaga Georgia 2015-07-24

TBILISI: Georgia will launch a tax rebate scheme in January 2016 with a 20 percent rebate of the qualifying expenses and an additional 2 percent for Georgian elements. Discussions about…

PRODUCTION: Georgian French Documentary The Things in Production

Iulia Blaga Georgia 2015-07-21

TBILISI: Nino Gogua is currently in production with The Things, a documentary about the relationship between the Georgian refugees of the Russian-Georgian conflict in 2008 and the things they took…

PRODUCTION: Georgian German Coproduction The Dazzling Light Of Sunset in Postproduction

Iulia Blaga Georgia 2015-07-17

TBILISI: Salomé Jashi is in postproduction with The Station, a 90-minute documentary about the sole journalist of Jikha TV, a two-man broadcasting station in a small Georgian town.

FNE KVIFF Coproduction Event Case Study: Corn Island

FNE Staff Georgia 2015-06-30

KARLOVY VARY: George Ovashvili's astonishing psychological drama is one of the three case studies presented at the FNE Coproduction Event on Wednesday 8 July in Karlovy Vary.

Successful Opening for Georgian/Estonian Coproduction in Greece

Iulia Blaga Georgia 2015-06-11

TBILISI: Zaza Urushadze’s Tangerines sold 3,880 tickets in Greece in its first week.

PRODUCTION: The Naked Wraps Shooting

Iulia Blaga Georgia 2015-06-09

TBILISI: Georgian director Nino Basilia’s debut feature, The Naked, which has just wrapped a 27 day shoot, is a social drama about a mother desperately trying to get to the…

Georgia’s 20 Steps and UK F&ME Team up on Three-Pic Deal

FNE Staff Georgia 2015-05-19

TBILISI: Tbilisi-based 20 Steps Productions and Caucasian Film Service are partnering with UK production house Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) to shoot three films in 2015-2016.

OBITUARY: Georgian Director Rezo Chkheidze

Iulia Blaga Georgia 2015-05-04

TBILISI: Acclaimed Georgian director/screenwriter Rezo Chkheidze died on 3 May 2015. He was 88 years old.

Obituary: Georgian Actor Kote Tolordava

FNE Staff Georgia 2015-04-13

TBILISI: Georgian actor Kote Tolordava (36) was found dead in a hotel in Moscow on 11 April 2015.

Obituary: Georgian Actor and Filmmaker Otar Koberidze

Iulia Blaga Georgia 2015-03-12

TBILISI: Famous Georgian actor, director and screenwriter Otar Koberidze passed away at the age of 90. Born in 1924, Otar Koberidze graduated from the Rustaveli State Theatre Institute, known today…

Georgia Joins Creative Europe Programme

Iulia Blaga Georgia 2015-03-02

TBILISI: Georgian Minister of Culture and Monument Protection Mikheil Giorgadze and the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Tibor Navracsics have signed an Agreement on Georgian participation in…

PRODUCTION: Mariam Khatchvani Preps Dede

Iulia Blaga Georgia 2015-02-27

TBILISI: Mariam Khatchvani is in preparation with Dede and she plans to start shooting in mid-September 2015. Vladimer Katcharava is producing.

Georgia to Open Documentary Grants Contest

FNE Staff Georgia 2015-02-23

TBILISI: Georgian National Film Centre will allot approximately 121,000 EUR / 300,000 GEL for long and short documentaries in 2015.

FNE at Berlinale 2015: Georgian Film in Berlin

FNE Staff Georgia 2015-02-08

My Happy Family, a new project by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross produced by Georgia’s Polare Film is among 36 feature film projects from 28 countries selected for the 12th…