Georgia Hosts 3rd International Archival Film Festival
TBILISI: The National Archive of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia will host the 3rd edition of the Tbilisi International Archival Film Festival from 17 to 20 September 2024.
GRANTS: Georgian National Film Center Launches Grants for Long Animated Films
TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center has launched a new category of production grants and gave approximately 340,000 EUR / 1 m GEL for the production of a long animated…
Winners of 2024 Mestia International Short and Mountain Film Festival
MESTIA: George Ovashvili’s The Frost and a Little Schoolboy received the award for Best Short Film at the 4th edition of the Mestia International Short and Mountain Film Festival (23…
Georgian It's Not Far Here Wins 2024 Svaneti International Film Festival DALI
MESTIA: Georgian film It's Not Far Here by Timur Chopliani received the award for best film in the International Competition of the 4th Svaneti International Film Festival DALI, where it…
Reinhold Messner, Special Guest at 2024 Mestia International Short and Mountain Film Festival
MESTIA: The 2024 edition of the Mestia International Short and Mountain Film Festival will have the legendary climber and film director Reinhold Messner as its guest of honour from 23…
FESTIVALS: The 4th Svaneti International Film Festival DALI Ready to Kick Off
MESTIA: Seventeen films including four world premieres will screen in the main competition of the Svaneti International Film Festival DALI, which will be held in Mestia, Georgia 15 - 21…
First Georgian Stand by GNFC at Shanghai International Film Festival
TBILISI: Georgia was presented for the first time with a stand at the film market held 16 – 18 June 2024 within the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival (14 –…
PRODUCTION: Ana Urushadze in Postproduction with Sophomore Feature Supporting Role
TBILISI: Georgian writer/director Ana Urushadze is currently in postproduction with her second feature film Supporting Role, which is a Georgian/Estonian/Turkish/Swiss/American coproduction.
FESTIVALS: Drawing Lots by Zaza Khalvashi Wins 2023 Tbilisi IFF
TBILISI: The late Zaza Khalvashi’s film Drawing Lots won the Prometheus award for best feature film at the 24th edition of the Tbilisi International Film Festival (26 November – 3…
Georgian Film Manager Gaga Chkheidze Receives Goethe Medal 2023
TBILISI: Gaga Chkheidze, the initiator of the Tbilisi International Film Festival and former head of the Georgian National Film Center was awarded with the Goethe Medal 2023, Germany's most important…
FNE Oscar Watch 2024: Georgia Selects Citizen Saint as Oscar Candidate
TBILISI: The Georgian/French/Bulgarian coproduction Citizen Saint directed by Tinatin Kajrishvili has been selected as Georgia’s candidate for the 96th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best…
FESTIVALS: BIAFF 2023 Batumi Film Festival Announces Full Lineup
BATUMI: Ten films have been selected for the Feature Film Competition of the18th Batumi International Art-house Film Festival, which will be held in Batumi 17 - 24 September 2023.
#BIAFF Batumi Film Festival Director Giorgi Gogiberidze Needs Support to Fight Cancer
BATUMI: Batumi International Art house Film Festival's director Giorgi Gogiberidze needs support to fight cancer. A new stage of treatment, which is due to start in September 2023, costs 85,000…
PRODUCTION: Georgian Director Giorgi Javakhishvili Develops Debut Feature while Prepping Short Film Pale Evening, Gray Day
TBILISI: Young Georgian director/writer/producer/film researcher Giorgi Javakhishvili is preparing his first short fiction film Pale Evening, Gray Day (working title), which is envisioned to be expanded into a feature film…
FNE at Cannes 2023: Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry by Elene Naveriani Selected for Cannes’s Directors’ Fortnight 2023
TBILISI: The Swiss/Georgian coproduction Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry / Merle merle mûre by Georgian director Elene Naveriani was selected for the 55th edition of Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des cineastes, 17 –…
FESTIVALS: Tbilisi International Film Festival 2022 Announces Winners
TBILISI: A Room of My Own by Georgian director Soso Bliadze was awarded best feature film at the 23rd edition of the Tbilisi International Film Festival, which ran 4 -…
FESTIVALS: Tbilisi International Film Festival 2022 Announces Lineup
TBILISI: Six titles have been selected for the Georgian Feature Films Competition at the 23nd edition of the Tbilisi International Film Festival, which will take place in person 4 –…
Successful Crowdfunding Campaign for Mobile Cinema in Georgia
TBILISI: The Student-Youth Council working in Guria (Georgia) have launched a crowdfunding campaign aiming at raising funds to buy technical equipment for a bus-cinema which will screen films mainly for…
FESTIVALS: Tbilisi International Animation Festival 2022 Announces Winners
TBILISI: Abandoned Village by Georgian director Mariam Kapanadze was awarded the Grand Prix at the 5th edition of the Tbilisi International Animation Festival, which was held in a physical format…
PRODUCTION: Tomáš Klein in Postproduction with Czech/Slovak A Sensitive Person
PRAGUE: Czech director/writer Tomáš Klein is currently in postproduction with his feature film A Sensitive Person / Citlivý člověk, which is based on the eponymous novel by Jáchym Topol. The…
