Georgia Aims at Eligibility for Creative Europe Plan

European Commission officials have announced that countries bordering the union, including Georgia, could fully participate in the Creative Europe arts and culture funding program as soon as January if they…
19-07-2013

Georgian Projects Headed for Development Coaching

Five promising projects have been chosen by the Georgian National Film Center for development assistance in the form of training at the Microschool International, a three-day program run by the…
18-07-2013

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