Georgia Prepares to Launch Tax Incentives Scheme in 2016
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
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
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
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
TBILISI: Zaza Urushadze’s Tangerines sold 3,880 tickets in Greece in its first week.
PRODUCTION: The Naked Wraps Shooting
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
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
TBILISI: Acclaimed Georgian director/screenwriter Rezo Chkheidze died on 3 May 2015. He was 88 years old.
Obituary: Georgian Actor Kote Tolordava
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
IDF is using its platform to garner financial support for ailing Georgian filmmaker Temo Tsava.
FNE Country Report 2014: Georgia
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
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
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…
