FESTIVALS: Drawing Lots by Zaza Khalvashi Wins 2023 Tbilisi IFF
TBILISI: The late Zaza Khalvashi’s film Drawing Lots won the Prometheus award for best feature film at the 24th edition of the Tbilisi International Film Festival (26 November – 3…
Georgian Film Manager Gaga Chkheidze Receives Goethe Medal 2023
TBILISI: Gaga Chkheidze, the initiator of the Tbilisi International Film Festival and former head of the Georgian National Film Center was awarded with the Goethe Medal 2023, Germany's most important…
FNE Oscar Watch 2024: Georgia Selects Citizen Saint as Oscar Candidate
TBILISI: The Georgian/French/Bulgarian coproduction Citizen Saint directed by Tinatin Kajrishvili has been selected as Georgia’s candidate for the 96th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best…
FESTIVALS: BIAFF 2023 Batumi Film Festival Announces Full Lineup
BATUMI: Ten films have been selected for the Feature Film Competition of the18th Batumi International Art-house Film Festival, which will be held in Batumi 17 - 24 September 2023.
#BIAFF Batumi Film Festival Director Giorgi Gogiberidze Needs Support to Fight Cancer
BATUMI: Batumi International Art house Film Festival's director Giorgi Gogiberidze needs support to fight cancer. A new stage of treatment, which is due to start in September 2023, costs 85,000…
PRODUCTION: Georgian Director Giorgi Javakhishvili Develops Debut Feature while Prepping Short Film Pale Evening, Gray Day
TBILISI: Young Georgian director/writer/producer/film researcher Giorgi Javakhishvili is preparing his first short fiction film Pale Evening, Gray Day (working title), which is envisioned to be expanded into a feature film…
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…
