Cinema of Georgia

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Cinema of Georgia
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Apollo Cinema in Batumi
No. of screens23 (2017)[1]
 • Per capita0.7 per 100,000 (2017)[1]
Main distributorsFox (London) 25.0%
Buesta Vista Song Pictures 19.0%
Warner Bros 13.0%[2]
Produced feature films (2011)[3]
Fictional12 (85.7%)
Animated-
Documentary2 (14.3%)
Number of admissions (2010)[4]
Total144,039
National films66,200 (46.0%)
Gross box office (2010)[4]
TotalGEL 1.25 million
National filmsGEL 626,000 (50.1%)
Former Rustaveli Cinema, Tbilisi
Rustaveli cinema in Rustavi


The cinema of Georgia has been noted for its cinematography in Europe. Italian film director Federico Fellini was an admirer of the Georgian film: "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."[5]

Notable films[]

See also: List of Georgian films

Notable filmmakers[]

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Georgian cinematography’s reputation has been built by known cinema directors such as:

  • Vasil Amashukeli
  • Alexandre Tsutsunava
  • Nikoloz Shengelaia
  • Mikheil Chiaureli
  • Mikhail Kalatozov
  • Revaz Chkheidze
  • Tengiz Abuladze
  • Eldar Shengelaia
  • Giorgi Shengelaia
  • Otar Ioseliani
  • Mikheil Kobakhidze
  • Sergei Parajanov
  • Lana Gogoberidze
  • Goderdzi Chokheli
  • Temur Babluani
  • Dito Tsintsadze
  • Nana Jorjadze
  • Zaza Urushadze
  • Giorgi Ovashvili
  • Levan Koguashvili
  • Nana Ekvtimishvili
  • Rusudan Chkonia
  • Zaza Rusadze

From 2012, the main focus of Georgian cinema is supporting script writing and European co-productions.[6]

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[]

  1. ^ a b "Table 8: Cinema Infrastructure - Capacity". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Table 6: Share of Top 3 distributors (Excel)". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Table 1: Feature Film Production - Genre/Method of Shooting". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Table 11: Exhibition - Admissions & Gross Box Office (GBO)". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  5. ^ "FILMFESTIVAL: NEW GEORGIAN CINEMA at TOFIFEST Film festival in Poland (tofifest.pl)". georgien.blogspot.ca. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  6. ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-908215-01-7.

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