Time in Tbilisi: March 28, 2024 22:23
The Georgian National Film Center (GNFC) released the first trailer of Shindisi, a film about 17 soldiers who died during the August 2008 Georgia-Russia war.
The 20-member cast underwent training at a base of the Georgian Defence Ministry for fighting scenes. Actors Goga Pipinashvili and Dato Bakhtadze play the leading roles in the film, GNFC reports.
The producer of the project Shindisi is Edmond Minashvili.
The film is directed by world-renowned Georgian director Dito Tsintsadze. A total of 801,384 GEL was allocated from the reserve fund of the Georgian government to shoot the film.
Three films being shot by Georgian filmmakers or co-produced by studios from the country have received production grants from Eurimages, a major cultural support fund of the Council of Europe.
Georgia is today commemorating a group of heroes of the Russia-Georgia war who heroically sacrificed their lives in a ‘David and Goliath’ type battle that took place in Shindisi Village in central Georgia.
Photographs from the frontlines of the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia are on display in Tbilisi through today to mark an anniversary of the five-day conflict and pay homage to the memory of its victims.
A Georgian feature film collected the principal award of the 37th Biberach Film Festival in Germany today after garnering praise for its plot and actors’ performance.
One of the mountain peaks in Dusheti Municipality has been renamed after Georgian fighter pilot Zurab Iarajuli.
Georgia is hosting a number of officials from Hollywood film producing companies HBO and Universal Pictures. They have come to Georgia to learn more about the country’s unique filming environment.
Ten streets in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi will be named after famous Georgian film actors and directors. These will be the streets, which either did not have any name or needed to be renamed to avoid duplication.
Georgian director Dito Tsintsadze’s latest work Inhale-Exhale has won the Shanghai International Film Festival. Debuting in the competition at the major regional festival, the film is Tsintsadze’s first work in two decades shot solely in Georgia, and follows a story by acclaimed Georgian author Nestan (Nene) Kvikinadze.
One of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies, NBCUniversal, has come to Georgia to study the country’s filming capacity and opportunities. Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze welcomed the company’s employees today.
A part of Fast and Furious 9, an upcoming Hollywood action film, will be shot in Georgia. The first film was released in 2001 and began the initial trilogy of films. The trilogy was followed by other parts with two final films planned to be released in 2020 and 2021. Maximum 31,4 mln lari ($10,979,020/€9,788,345) will be spent on the filming in Georgia. Georgian movie studio Enkeny Films will shoot the movie.
Georgia has selected a film titled ‘Shindisi’ to be presented for the Oscar nomination today. The film, directed by Georgian film director Dimitri Tsintsadze, is about the 2008 August War as it took place in the village of Shindisi, which is located in the vicinity of the Russia-occupied Tskhinvali region, Georgia.
Producers of Georgia's Academy Awards-nominated feature Shindisi have released the trailer for the film that follows an episode from the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia.
The oscar-nominated film of the Georgian director Dito Tsintsadze Shindisi about the 2008 August War will be screened at the Warsaw Film Festival on October 11.
Dito Tsintsadze, director of Georgia’s Oscar-contender film Shindisi, has won the best director award at the Asian World Film Festival [AWFF] held in Los Angeles, Hollywood, between 6-14 November, the Georgian National Film Centre reported earlier today.
Georgia is commemorating today a group of soldiers who lost their lives during the Russia-Georgia 2008 war in a battle in Shindisi village in central Georgia.On the day 12 years ago a 21-member detachment of Georgian soldiers came face-to-face with Russian soldiers in the village of Shindisi. The Russians greatly outnumbered the Georgian soldiers and ordered them to surrender, but they refused.The uneven battle continued for 45 minutes.