Georgia's Tatishvili honoured as French Chevalier

TBILISI: Georgian producers are studying up on the French system of film support, under the tutelage of Eric Garandeau, president of the French Film Center (CNC), who on Saturday presented…
15-07-2013

Georgia Selects EAVE Projects

Five film projects and six individuals without projects have been chosen to participate in a Mini-EAVE training session which will take place in Georgia.
05-07-2013

FESTIVALS: Batumi Announces 2013 Workshops

PRAGUE: The Batumi International Art-house Film Festival (BIAFF) will host two film workshops during the festival, which runs 15-22 September 2013.
24-06-2013

FNE at Cannes FF 2013: Georgia at Cannes Film Market

For the sixth time, on May 15-26, 2013 Georgian pavilion will be open in Cannes (#105, Village International).
15-05-2013

EFP Producers on the Move 2013: Zaza Rusadze

TBILISI: The young Georgian director and producer Zaza Rusadze (born in 1977) has plenty of projects in the pipeline.
14-05-2013

Five Georgian Films Selected for Open Doors 2013

PRAGUE: Georgia will present five projects at the 2013 edition of Open Doors coproduction lab taking place 10-13 August at the Locarno film festival.
03-05-2013

FESTIVALS: Georgian Bloom Wins Record Setting goEast

WISEBADEN: In Bloom, a Georgian/German/French coproduction directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, won the 10,000 EUR Best Film prize at 13th edition of goEast (10-16 April 2013), which attracted…
17-04-2013

Nana Janelidze Appointed Director of Georgian National Film Center

TBILISI: Film director Nana Janelidze was appointed as Director of the Georgian National Film Center on 25 March 2013 by the Georgian Minister of Culture and Monuments Protection based on…
28-03-2013

Tatishvili Departs GNFC

TBILISI: Tamara Tatishvili left her her position as Director of the Georgian National Film Center on 25 February 2013 upon the completion of her three year term.
28-02-2013

FNE at Berlinale 2013: Forum: In Bloom

BERLIN: In Bloom, a debut by Georgian scriptwriter and director Nana Ekvtimishvili and co-directed by German Simon Gross, is another Georgian flower that has bloomed from the carefully nurtured garden…
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FNE at Berlinale 2013: Georgian National Film Center at The 63rd Berlinale

Information Courtesy of Georgian National Film Centre BERLIN: Georgia participates in several sections of the 63rd Film Festival in Berlin. Zaza Rusadze’s feature debut A Fold in My Blanket participates…
10-02-2013

FNE at Berlinale 2013: Panorama: A Fold in My Blanket

BERLIN: Georgian director Zaza Rusadze’s A Fold in My Blanket opened the Panorama section of the Berlinale with one of the new crop of interesting films now coming out of…
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PRODUCTION: Epic Begins Shooting in Tbilisi

TBILISI: Epic, a UK/German/Russian/Georgian coproduction directed by Ben Hopkins, began principal photography in Tbilisi in late January.
31-01-2013

FNE IDF DocBloc: Georgian Documentary at Sundance

The Georgian documentary "The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear" will screen in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the Sundance IFF.
18-01-2013

Georgia’s Fold in My Blanket Heads to Berlin

A Fold in My Blanket, the feature film debut of Georgian film director Zaza Rusadze, will have its world premiere at the 63rd Berlinale (7-17 February 2013) where it will…
07-01-2013

Georgian Film Week in Strasbourg

STRASBOURG: The Georgian National Film Centre (www.gnfc.ge) continues to spearhead the integration of Georgian film into the European arthouse mainstream with its latest venture, a Georgian film in Strasbourg 16-22…
13-12-2012

FNE at Tbilisi IFF 2012: Tbilisi Prize Winners

TBILISI: Polish director Slawomir Fabicki took home the Golden Prometheus, the top award of the international competition, at the 13th Tbilisi International Film Festival (www.tbilisifilmfestival.ge) for his film Loving. Georgian…
10-12-2012

Georgian fest kicks off with Istvan Szabo’s The Door

TBILISI: The 13th edition of the Georgia's Tbilisi International Film Festival (www.tbilisifilmfestival.ge) kicked off last night (3 December 2012) with a screening of Istvan Szabo’s The Door, with the Oscar…
04-12-2012

Georgians in Bratislava

BRATISLAVA: Georgian cinema continues to reach beyond its borders with the first ever Days of Georgian Cinema, wrapping today in Bratislava after four days of screening seven Georgian films in…
26-11-2012

Sarajevo Film Festival opens it doors to Georgian filmmakers

TBILISI: The Sarajevo Film Festival has opened its doors to Georgian filmmakers who are now able to participate in all industry programmes of the biggest annual event in South East…
06-11-2012