Cinema_of_Georgia

Cinema of Georgia

Cinema of Georgia

Filmmaking in Georgia

This article is about cinema in the country of Georgia. For the film industry in the U.S. state of Georgia, see Film industry in Georgia.

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]

Quick Facts No. of screens, • Per capita ...
Former Rustaveli Cinema, Tbilisi
Rustaveli cinema in Rustavi

Notable films

See also: List of Georgian films

Notable filmmakers

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

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

See also

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. [1]
    "Table 8: Cinema Infrastructure - Capacity". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  2. [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. [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. [4]
    "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. [5]
    "FILMFESTIVAL: NEW GEORGIAN CINEMA at TOFIFEST Film festival in Poland (tofifest.pl)". georgien.blogspot.ca. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  6. [6]
    Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-908215-01-7.
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