Cinema of Georgia

Cinema of Georgia

Rustaveli Cinema, Tbilisi
No. 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%)

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. ”

List of Georgian film studios

Notable films

In Bloom

Notable filmmakers

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

From 2012, the main focus of Georgian cinema is supporting script writing and European co-productions.[5]

See also

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 "Table 8: Cinema Infrastructure - Capacity". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Table 6: Share of Top 3 distributors (Excel)". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Table 1: Feature Film Production - Genre/Method of Shooting". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Table 11: Exhibition - Admissions & Gross Box Office (GBO)". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  5. ↑ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-908215-01-7.


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