FESTIVALS: Neighbors Wins Best Pitch at Tbilisi Industry Days

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…
04-12-2014

FESTIVALS: Tbilisi IFF 2014 Opens with The President

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.
24-11-2014

PRODUCTION: Otar Iosseliani Shoots Winter Song

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.
21-11-2014

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

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…
12-11-2014

FNE TV: Vladimer Katcharava head of 20 Steps Productions

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…
31-10-2014

The President Boosts Georgia as Shooting Location

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…
24-10-2014

FNE at BIAFF 2014: Winners of the 9th Batumi International ArtHouse FF

BATUMI: The 9th Batumi International Art-house Film Festival (BIAFF) held in Batumi 14-21 September 2014 gave its Grand Prix to Lenny Abrahamson for his comedy Frank (UK/Ireland, 2014) that had…
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Batumi Film Festival Kicks Off

BATUMI: The Batumi International Art-house Film Festival (BIAFF) which started on Sunday, it is being held in the Georgian city Batumi from the 14-21 September 2014.
15-09-2014

Georgia Plans 2015 Calls for Funding

TBLISI: The Gerogian National Film Center will announce 2015 production contests in five categories.
07-08-2014

GRANTS: Georgian Animation Grants Announced

TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Fund (GNFC) has announced the winners of the competition for grants national development finance for animated short films. GNFC allotted 10,568EUR/25,000GEL for five out of…
25-07-2014

Artcam Picks up KVIFF Winner

PRAGUE: Czech art house distribution company Artcam has acquired Corn Island, the grand prize winner of the Karlovy Vary film festival (KVIFF).
15-07-2014

FNE speaks to Georgain multiplex operator David Mirtskhulava

Film New Europe met David Mirtskhulava This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Executive Manager of distribution for the only Georgian chain of multiplexes.
10-06-2014

FNE Cannes Producers Workshop 2014: Anna Khazaradze

Film New Europe has teamed up with the upcoming Cannes Marche Du Film and the Producers Workshop to promote Central and Eastern European producers during Cannes.
13-05-2014

Georgian Films at the 67th Film Festival in Cannes 2014

Georgian films are broadly represented at the 67th film festival in Cannes, 2014.
13-05-2014

EFP Producers on the Move 2014: Tinatin Kajrishvili

TBILISI: Georgian New Wave producer Tinatin Kajrishvili comes to European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move networking platform with ten film projects to her credit, including the upcoming One Way…
29-04-2014

FNE TV: Director Georgian National Film Centre: Nana Janelidze

FNE spoke to Nana Janelidze about her first year as director of the Georgian National Film Centre and what she sees as the priority directions for the development of the…
17-03-2014

GNFC Announces Documentary Grants Competition

TBILISI: A total of 31 projects for short and long documentaries have been submitted to the grants contest launched by the Georgian National Film Centre. Approximately 82,800 EUR/200,000 GEL are…
17-03-2014

Speak Out Wins Georgian UN Competition

TBILISI: Speak Out, a documentary produced by NGO Art Film Studio, received the prize of 39,365 EUR/95,000 GEL from the UN Women organisation and the Georgian National Film Centre.
14-03-2014

Georgian Mini EAVE Accepting Applications

TBLISIS: The Georgian National Film Center and EAVE have announced a call for applications for developing Georgian film projects and scripts.
10-03-2014

Georgian animation projects sought

TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center has announced a competition for animated short films. Winning projects will be eligible for support from this development program.
03-03-2014