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142 articles available in total starting from 13/02/2013. Last article published on 02/12/2025.

Rachel Hananshvili’s Redeem Me grabs the Best Project award in Svaneti

Rachel Hananshvili’s Redeem Me grabs the Best Project award in Svaneti

The project was selected by an international jury among the seven Georgian projects participating in this year’s industry section of the event  

24/07/2024 | Festivals | Awards | Georgia

Vladimir Katcharava  • Head of industry selection, Svaneti International Film Festival

Interview: Vladimir Katcharava • Head of industry selection, Svaneti International Film Festival

“This year, we focused on selecting projects whose auteurs do not have extensive international experience”

The Georgian industry professional reveals the strategic concepts behind the event and elaborates on the possible domestic contribution to the international cinema landscape  

15/07/2024 | /Georgia

Review: Ever Since I Knew Myself

Review: Ever Since I Knew Myself

Georgian documentarian Maka Gogaladze enters into a dialogue with her mother in an attempt to understand the logic and beliefs behind the forging of the Georgian character  

10/07/2024 | Golden Apricot 2024

George Sikharulidze  • Director of Panopticon

Interview: George Sikharulidze • Director of Panopticon

"I was interested in exploring the clash between a young boy's soul and his exploding sexuality"

The Georgian filmmaker discusses his first film, about an introvert teenager embarking on a journey of self-discovery, opening up both to an ultra-right organisation and his own sexuality  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Review: Panopticon

Review: Panopticon

George Sikharulidze’s debut tells the story of an 18-year-old boy who experiences conflicting emotions as his sexuality awakens against the backdrop of Georgian society  

01/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Veit Helmer • Director of Gondola

Interview: Veit Helmer • Director of Gondola

"As my films have no dialogue, I work with actors from all over the world"

We spoke to the man behind such silent films as Tuvalu, Absurdistan and The Bra about how he got involved in and produces these projects  

24/06/2024 | /Germany/Georgia

Winners of the inaugural Georgian national Eliso Awards revealed

Winners of the inaugural Georgian national Eliso Awards revealed

The prizes went to Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry director Elene Naveriani and actress Eka Chavleishvili as well as Smiling Georgia DoP Lomero Akhvlediani  

18/06/2024 | Festivals | Awards | Georgia

Kornél Mundruczó prepping The Revolution According to Kamo

Kornél Mundruczó prepping The Revolution According to Kamo

Next year, the Hungarian filmmaker will shoot a film about the friendship between Simon Arshaki Ter-Petrosyan and the man who would go on to become Joseph Stalin, staged by Good Chaos and Hype Studio  

04/06/2024 | Production | Funding | UK/France/Germany/Poland/Georgia/Hungary

Review: Life and Death of a Christmas Tree

Review: Life and Death of a Christmas Tree

Georgian workers risk death to harvest fir seeds for affluent Danes to sell as Christmas trees in Arturas Jevdokimovas’s doc snapshot of two sides of capitalist Europe  

27/03/2024 | Vilnius 2024

Mariam Chachia  • Producer, OpyoDoc

Interview: Mariam Chachia • Producer, OpyoDoc

“In a world where the past can be conveniently rewritten, documentaries emerge as a powerful medium"

The Georgian producer explains how documentaries can be the most powerful tool to combat censorship  

14/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

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