In the Georgian Panorama competition section the prize for Best Georgian film went to The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear directed by Tinatin Gurchiani. The film will get to participate in the Gothenburg International Film Festival, January in 2013.
The awards ceremony was held on 8 December in Cinema Amirani in Tbilisi.
List of Prize Winners
International Competition:
Best Film
Loving (Poland)
Director: Sławomir Fabicki
Production: Odeon Rybarczyk Productions (www.odeon.com.pl)
Best diretor: Giorgy Parajanov for Everybody's Gone
Everybody's Gone / Russia, Georgia, Czech Republic
Production/world sales: Atlantic Film Company (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
The film is produced by Atlantic Films ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) who are also handling international sales. It is coproduced by Georgian Films based in Tbilisi, and Barrandov Studios (www.barrandov.cz).
Special Mention:
Children Of Sarajeevo directed by Aida Begic
Keep Smiling directed by Rusudan Chkonia
Georgia, France, Luxemburg
Production: Nike Studio (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Agat Films and CIE Ex Nihilo
Supported by the Georgian National Film Center, Georgian Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection.
Short Film Competition: Parajanov Prize
Best Short Film
Watermelon directed by Tato Kotetishvili
Special Mention:
Black Mulberry directed by Gabriel Razmadz
Georgian Panorama Competition:
Best Georgian Film
The Machine which makes everything disappear directed by Tinatin Gurchiani
Production: Althea Ltd (www.alethea-events.com)
International sales: International sales: Deckert Distribution
www.deckert-distribution.com