An international jury headed by the Georgian director Lana Ghoghoberidze will award five prizes, including the Grand Prix.
Seven titles have been selected for the International Documentary Films Competition, where the jury is chaired by the Georgian film director Vakhtang Kuntsev-Gabashvili. The festival is also organising a competition for short films.
“The pandemic situation is still quite challenging in Georgia, which makes the festival organisation challenging too. Due to the unclear plans of the government regarding the COVID-19 regulations, the festival management is unsure if it can be possible to have the festival in a physical shape during the planned dates. However, we are doing our best to hold screenings in cinemas and not online, so we decided to require proof of vaccination or PCR test results. The festival will have just a few international guests this year, but the programme is very interesting, as always. It will be a great cinema week for film lovers”, festival manager Zviad Eliziani told FNE.
The Batumi International Art house Film Festival is organised by the Batumi Art-house ARGANI with the support of the Batumi City Hall, the Georgian Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection, the Georgian National Film Center, the Ministry of Culture of Ajara, the Batumi Puppet Theatre, the Goethe Institute Georgia, the Embassy of Italy, and the French Institute.
FEATURE FILMS COMPETITION:
Bandar Band (Iran)
Directed by Manijet Heckmat
Commitment Hasan (Turkey)
Directed by Semih Kaplanoglu
Evolution (Germany, Hungary)
Directed by Kornel Mundruczo
Produced by Match Factory Productions
Coproduced by Proton Cinema, with the collaboration of ZDF-ARTE and the Proton Theater
Supported by the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, the German Federal Filmfund and the National Film Institute – Hungary, the Hungarian tax credit
Otar’s Death (Georgia, Germany, Lithuania)
Directed by Soso Bliadze
Produced by MAISIS PERI
Coproduced by Studio Artizm, M-Films
Supported by the Georgian National Film Center
Rhino / Nosorih (Ukraine, Poland, Germany)
Directed by Oleg Sentsov
Produced by Arthouse Traffic
Coproduced by Krai Kinema, Apple Film Production, Ma.Ja.De
Supported by the State Film Agency of Ukraine, the Polish Film Institute, Eurimages, the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Fund
Ulbolsyn (Kazakhstan, France)
Directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Voiceless (France)
Directed by Pascal Rabat
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? (Georgia, Germany)
Directed by Alexander Koberidze
Produced by DFFB
Coproduced by Sakdoc Film
Supported by MBB, RBB, the Georgian National Film Center
You Will Not See the Winter (Canada)
Directed by Abdolreza kahani
Documentary Competition:
1970 (Poland)
Directed by Tomasz Wolski
Produced by Kijora Film
Atlantide (Italy, France, U.S, Qatar)
Directed by Yuri Ancarani
Gift (Russia)
Directed by Valentin Sidorenko
Notturno (Italy, France, Germany)
Directed by Gianfranco Rosi
Saul & Ruby's Holocaust Survivor Band (USA)
Directed by Tod Lending
Foundation Pit (Russia)
Directed by Andrey Gryazev
Balcony Movie (Poland)
Directed by Pawel Lozinski
Produced by Lozinski Production
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