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…
FESTIVALS: Tbilisi International Animation Festival 2022 Is Underway
TBILISI: The 5th edition of the Tbilisi International Animation Festival is taking place in a physical format from 2 to 5 November 2022.
FESTIVALS: Tbilisi International Archive Film Festival Launches First Edition
TBILISI: The first edition of the Tbilisi International Archive Film Festival started at the National Archive of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia on 5 October 2022 with the screening…
FESTIVALS: Kutaisi ISFF 2022 Announces Winners
KUTAISI: I Didn't Make It to Love Her by Spanish-British director Anna Fernandez De Paco was awarded Best Film at the Kutaisi International Short Film Festival (KISFF, 24 - 29…
FESTIVALS: BIAFF and CinéDOC-Tbilisi 2022 Announce Winners
BATUMI: Klondike by Ukrainian director Maryna Er Gorbach was awarded Best Film at the Batumi International Art House Film Festival (BIAFF, 18 - 25 September 2022). Respublika by Georgian Khvicha…
FNE Oscar Watch 2023: Georgia Selects A Long Break as Oscar Candidate
TBILISI: A Long Break / Didi Shesveneba by David Pirtskhalava has been selected as Georgia’s candidate for the 95th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best…
FESTIVALS: CinéDOC-Tbilisi IDFF 2022 Announces Lineup
TBILISI: Ten titles have been selected for the International Competition of the 10th edition of CinéDOC-Tbilisi, the most important documentary film festival in Georgia. The festival will take place 18…
FESTIVALS: BIAFF 2022 Announces Lineup
BATUMI: Ten titles have been selected for the International Feature Films Competition of the Batumi International Art house Film Festival, running 18-25 September 2022.
Two Popular Streaming Websites Shut Down in Georgia
TBILISI: Adjaranet and iMovies, two of the most popular streaming websites in Georgia, which were acting illegally, were shut down on 23 August 2022. Their closing came a week after…
FESTIVALS: Kutaisi ISFF 2022 Announces Lineup
KUTAISI: Fifteen films have been selected for the main competition of short fiction films at the second edition of the Kutaisi International Short Film Festival, which will take place 24…
FESTIVALS: Mestia ISAMFF 2022 Announces Winners
MESTIA: Baptism in the “Jordan” by Georgian director Mikheil Kvirikadze was awarded Best Film at the second edition of the Mestia International Short and Mountain Film Festival, which took place…
Syndicado Picks Up Davit Pirtskhalava’s A Long Break
TBILISI: Toronto-based Syndicado has acquired international sales rights to Georgian feature film A Long Break / Didi Shesveneba by award-winning director Davit Pirtskhalava, ahead of its world premiere at the…
FESTIVALS: Mestia International Short and Mountain Film Festival 2022 Announces Lineup
MESTIA: A total of 16 titles have been selected for the short film competition of the second edition of the Mestia International Short and Mountain Film Festival, which will take…
PRODUCTION: George Sikharulidze in Production with Georgian/French/Romanian/Italian Drama Panopticon
TBILISI: Georgian director/writer George Sikharulidze is currently in production with his debut feature Panopticon, a Georgian/French/Romanian/Italian coproduction exploring teenage sexuality and Christian fundamentalism in post-Soviet Georgia.
FNE at KVIFF 2022: Anna Dziapshipa in Postproduction with Doc Self Portrait Along the Borderline
TBILISI: Georgian director/producer Anna Dziapshipa is currently in postproduction with her documentary, the Georgian Self Portrait Along the Borderline / Avtoportreti Zghvarze. The film participated in the Eastern Promises –…
