29-11-2013

FESTIVALS: Ten Films Compete at Tbilisi IFF 2013

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    Disorder by Archil Kavtaradze Disorder by Archil Kavtaradze

    TBILISI: Georgia reaches to some of the farthest corners of Europe for the international competition at the 14th Tbilisi IFF, running 2-8 December 2013.

    The Georgian entry in the competition is Disorder (Georgian title: Koma), a gripping drama about the psychological and physical coercion placed on a young man imprisoned following an automobile accident, directed by Archil Kavtaradze.

    From the Baltics comes The Gambler, a Lithuanian/Latvian coproduction about a young professional man addicted to gambling, directed by Ignas Jonynas. Neighboring Poland is represented by the feminist drama Women’s Day directed by Maria Sadowska. Other countries in the competition include the Ukraine, Turkey, and Armenia.

    Finland is the subject of a five-film country focus, and the festival also screens 15 films in its Georgian Panorama section. The festival opens with the Georgian film Blind Dates directed by Levan Koguashvili and produced by Kino Iberica and Millimeter Film.

    The complete list of main competition films follows:

    Chameleon

    Rufat Hasanov, Elvin Adigozel, Azerbaijan / France / Russia  

    Disorder

    Archil Kavtaradze, Georgia

    Windmill Production
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    I’m Going to Change My Name

    Maria Saakyan. Armenia / Russia / Denmark / Germany

    Love Me

    Maryna Er Gorbach, Mehmet Bahadır Er, Turkey / Ukraine

    Mayor

    Yuri Bykov, Russia

    Medeas

    Andrea Pallaoro, US / Italy

    September

    Penny Panayotopoulou, Greece / Germany

    The Gambler

    Ignas Jonynas, Lithuania / Latvia

    Studio Uljana Kim (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
    in co-production with:
    Locomotive Productions

    The Particle

    Erdem Tepegöz, Turkey

    Women's Day

    Maria Sadowska, Poland

    Munk Studio