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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…

PRODUCTION: George Ovashvili Develops Khibula

Iulia Blaga Georgia 2015-02-02

TBILISI: Acclaimed director, producer and screenwriter George Ovashvili plans to shoot his next project, Khibula, at the end of 2015. He is now in the financing stage.

FESTIVALS: Corn Island Wins Best Film Award at the Trieste Film Festival

FNE Staff Georgia 2015-01-26

TRIESTE: George Ovashvili's meditative drama Corn Island was awarded Best Film in the feature film competition of the 26th Trieste Film Festival, while the Danish/Polish coproduction Something Better to Come…

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: IDF Supporting Georgian Filmmaker

FNE Staff Georgia 2014-12-19

IDF is using its platform to garner financial support for ailing Georgian filmmaker Temo Tsava.

FNE Country Report 2014: Georgia

FNE Staff Georgia 2014-12-18

Georgian cinema is on the rise with films selected in Berlin, Cannes and Venice in 2014, and an Estonian/Georgian coproduction, Tangerines (produced by Estonia’s Allfilm and Georgia’s Cinema24) nominated for…

FESTIVALS: I am Beso Wins National Competition at Tbilisi IFF 2014

FNE Staff Georgia 2014-12-08

TBILISI: The 15th Tbilisi IFF handed out its Golden Prometheus for Best Film to Ukrainian director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy for Tribe at its closing ceremony on 6 December 2014.

FESTIVALS: Neighbors Wins Best Pitch at Tbilisi Industry Days

Cathy Meils Georgia 2014-12-04

TBILISI: The Tbilisi IFF’s first Tbilisi Industry Days opened on Wednesday, 3 December 2014, with pitches of 15 feature length film projects from Georgian filmmakers, and the top prize going…

FESTIVALS: Tbilisi IFF 2014 Opens with The President

FNE Staff Georgia 2014-11-24

TBILISI: The 15th Tbilisi International Film Festival will open on 1 December 2014 with The President shot in Georgia by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who will present the film.

PRODUCTION: Otar Iosseliani Shoots Winter Song

Iulia Blaga Georgia 2014-11-21

TBILISI: Winter Song/Chant d'hiver, the new feature of the acclaimed Otar Iosseliani, is moving to France for filming in December following shooting in Georgia 16 - 24 October 2014.

FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2014: Ablabuda Film to Bow with The Button

Cathy Meils Georgia 2014-11-12

COTTBUS: Georgian production company Ablabuda Film, which was launched in 2013, is in preparation with its first film The Button (working title) directed by Alexander Kviria to be shot in…

Vladimir Katacharava head of 20 Steps Productions

FNE TV: Vladimer Katcharava head of 20 Steps Productions

FNE Staff Georgia 2014-10-31

FNE spoke to Georgian producer Vladimer Katcharava who heads the Tbilisi based production outfit 20 Steps about shooting films in Georgia and his work as a coproducer on Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s…

The President Boosts Georgia as Shooting Location

Iulia Blaga Georgia 2014-10-24

TBILISI: Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s new film The President, which was shot in Georgia with Georgian actors, was praised for its gritty and realistic action and location work and has given a…