| 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%) |
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| Georgians ქართველები |
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Kartvelian people |
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| Georgia |
| Ancient Kartvelian people |
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| Culture |
| Languages |
| Religion |
| Symbols |
| History of Georgia |
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:
| “ | 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. | ” |
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Notable filmmakers[edit]
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]
List of Georgian film studios[edit]
- Kartuli Pilmi
- Studio “Caucasian FILMODROM"
- Studio “CGC” (Caucasus Global Cinema)
- Studio “Films House”
- Georgian Animation Studios
- Georgian Film Joint-Stock Company
See also[edit]
Bibliography[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. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "Table 6: Share of Top 3 distributors (Excel)". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "Table 1: Feature Film Production - Genre/Method of Shooting". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Table 11: Exhibition - Admissions & Gross Box Office (GBO)". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-908215-01-7.
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