Admissions in Georgia Show Increase in 2021
TBILISI: Admissions to domestic films increased in Georgia from 2,000 in 2020 to approximately 10,000 in 2021, while total admissions increased from 230,160 in 2020 to approximately 560,000 in 2021.
Georgian National Film Center Launches Educational Film Portal
TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center (GNFC) has launched the educational platform History-Film-History, which aims at facilitating the study of the history of the art form.
PRODUCTION: Soso Dumbadze and Elene Asatiani Prep Doc Tbilisi Civil War
TBILISI: Georgian directors Soso Dumbadze and Elene Asatiani are currently in preproduction with their collaborative long documentary Tbilisi Civil War (working title). The project was selected for the Film Mentoring…
PRODUCTION: Levan Koguashvili Preps Georgian/Swiss Coproduction Guria
TBILISI: The acclaimed Georgian director Levan Koguashvili is currently in preproduction with his feature film Guria, which is among the 15 projects selected for the 18th edition of Cannes’ L’Atelier…
FNE Podcast: Ana Chubinidze: Georgian Illustrator and Animation Filmmaker
TBILISI: FNE correspondent Alexander Gabelia spoke with Ana Chubinidze, award winning Georgian animation filmmaker and illustrator, about her work and the development and challenges of Georgian animated cinema.
GNFC Director Gaga Chkheidze Dismissed by Georgian Ministry of Culture
TBILISI: Georgia's Ministry of Culture has dismissed Gaga Chkheidze from his position of the director of the Georgian National Film Center. Karlo Sikharulidze, the First Deputy Minister of Culture, has…
GRANTS: Georgian National Film Center's Development Grants
TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center has distributed 20,351 EUR / 75,300 GEL for the development of full-length feature films to 5 projects. The features are to be directed by…
FNE Podcast: Alexander Gabelia: Film Critic, Cultural Researcher
FNE spoke with Alexander Gabelia, a Georgian film critic and cultural researcher, about the challenges and problems of Georgian film criticism, as well as the activities and tasks of the…
CinExpress Releases First Electronic Cinema Magazine
TBILISI: The Cinema platform CinExpress, with the financial support of the Georgian National Film Center, has published an electronic cinema magazine, which is already available to a mass audience free…
GRANTS: Georgia's GNFC Announces Grants for Feature Film Projects
TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center has distributed 429,411 EUR / 1,460,000 GEL for the production of full-length feature films to 3 projects. The features are to be directed by…
FNE Podcast: Mariam Kandelaki: Georgian Animators Association
FNE correspondent and film critic Alexander Gabelia spoke with Mariam Kandelaki, Founder of the Georgian Animators Association (Saqanima), and animation film director and producer.
FNE Podcast: Levan Koguashvili, Georgian Film Director
FNE correspondent Alexander Gabelia spoke with Levan Koguashvili, award winning Georgian film director, about the challenges he has faced as a film director during the pandemic, as well about his…
FNE at Tbilisi IFF 2021: Otar’s Death Wins Best Feature Film Award
TBILISI: Otar's Death by Georgian director Soso Bliadze was awarded best feature film at the 22nd edition of the Tbilisi International Film Festival. The festival ran from 5 to 12…
GRANTS: Georgia Announces Grants for Feature Film Scripts
TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center has distributed 13,098 EUR / 46,500 GEL to six projects for the creation of a full-length feature film script. The awarded scriptwriters are Maka…
FNE at Tbilisi IFF 2021: Winter Blues
TBILISI: Georgian writer/director Tamaz (Tazo) Narimanidze’s debut feature Winter Blues, screens in the main competition of the 21st edition of the Tbilisi International Film Festival, which opened in an online…
Salome Jashi's Taming the Garden Opens in German and Swiss Cinemas
TBILISI: Salome Jashi’s documentary film Taming the Garden debuted in cinemas in Germany and Switzerland on 2 December 2021. The film was shortlisted for this year's European Film Awards.
FNE at Tbilisi IFF 2021: What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?
TBILISI: The German/Georgian coproduction What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? by Alexander Koberidze screens in the main competition of the 21st edition of the Tbilisi International…
FNE at Tbilisi IFF 2021: Otar's Death
TBILISI: Georgian director Ioseb Bliadze’s debut feature film Otar’s Death screens in the main competition of the 21st edition of the Tbilisi International Film Festival, which opened in an online…
FNE at Tbilisi IFF 2021: Brighton 4th
TBILISI: Brighton 4th, the third feature film by Levan Koguashvili, screens in the main competition of the 21st edition of the Tbilisi International Film Festival, which opened in an online…
FNE at Tbilisi IFF 2021: Father
TBILISI: Srđan Golubović's social drama Father / Otac / Oče screens in the main competition of the 21st edition of the Tbilisi International Film Festival, which opened in an online…