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]
Cinema of Georgia | |
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No. of screens | 23 (2017)[1] |
• Per capita | 0.7 per 100,000 (2017)[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%) |
Notable films
editNotable filmmakers
editGeorgian 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
editBibliography
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b "Table 8: Cinema Infrastructure - Capacity". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "Table 6: Share of Top 3 distributors (Excel)". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "FILMFESTIVAL: NEW GEORGIAN CINEMA at TOFIFEST Film festival in Poland (tofifest.pl)". georgien.blogspot.ca. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-908215-01-7.