Cinema of Georgia
| Cinema of Georgia | |
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Rustaveli Cinema, Tbilisi
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| Number of screens | 24 (2011)[1] |
| • Per capita | 0.6 per 100,000 (2011)[1] |
| Main distributors | Fox (London) 25.0% Buesta Vista Song Pictures 19.0% Warner Bros 13.0%[2] |
| Produced feature films (2011)[3] | |
| Fictional | 12 (85.7%) |
| Animated | - |
| Documentary | 2 (14.3%) |
| Number of admissions (2010)[4] | |
| Total | 144,039 |
| National films | 66,200 (46.0%) |
| Gross box office (2010)[4] | |
| Total | GEL 1.25 million |
| National films | GEL 626,000 (50.1%) |
The cinema of Georgia has been noted for its cinematography in Europe. One of the most acclaimed Italian film directors, Federico Fellini, was an admirer of the Georgian film: <templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />
Georgian film is a completely unique phenomenon, vivid, philosophically inspiring, very wise, childlike. There is everything that can make me cry and I ought to say that it (my crying) is not an easy thing.
Contents
List of Georgian film studios
- Kartuli Pilmi (Gruziya-film)
- Studio “Caucasian FILMODROM"
- Studio “CGC” (Caucasus Global Cinema)
- Studio “Films House”
- Georgian Animation Studios
- Georgian Film Joint-Stock Company
Notable films
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- 1992 - The Sun of the Sleepless
- 1994 - Iavnana
- 1996 - A Chef in Love
- 1999 - Here Comes the Dawn
- 2000 - 27 Missing Kisses
- 2001 - The Migration of the Angel
- 2005 - 13 Tzameti
- 2005 - A trip to Karabakh
- 2005 - Tbilisi, Tbilisi
- 2007 - The Russian Triangle
- 2008 - Mediator
- 2009 - The Other Bank
- 2010 - Chantrapas
- 2010 - Street Days
- 2011 - Born in Georgia
- 2011 - Salt White
- 2011 - The Watchmaker
- 2011 - Keep Smiling
- 2013 - In Bloom
- 2013 - Blind Dates
- 2014 - Corn Island (film)
- 2015 - Moira
Notable filmmakers
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Georgian cinematography’s reputation has been built by known cinema directors and choreographers such as:
- Nikoloz Shengelaia
- Mikheil Chiaureli
- Otar Ioseliani
- Tengiz Abuladze
- Revaz Chkheidze
- Eldar Shengelaia
- Giorgi Shengelaia
- Lana Gogoberidze
- Nana Jorjadze
- Mikheil Kobakhidze
- Goderdzi Chokheli
- Temur Babluani
- Nana Ekvtimishvili
- Sergei Parajanov
- Dodo Abashidze
- Beso Turazashvili
- Rusudan Chkonia
From 2012, the main focus of Georgian cinema will be supporting script writing and European co-productions.[5]
See also
- Cinema of the world
- List of Georgian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Bibliography
- Lauren Ninoshvili, Ph.D.: Singing between the Words: The Poetics of Georgian Polyphony', New York: Columbia University, 2011, ISBN 978-1-124-33459-2
References
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