17 Georgian Films Return to Their Homeland
Supported by Ministry of Education and Science and together with the Georgian National Film Center, the process of returning Georgian film heritage from Russian film vault Gosfilmofond.
Currently, 17 Georgian Films are returning to Georgia. One of them is the film which was considered missing in the past years - the first independent film of Mikheil Kalatozishvili "Their Kingdom", which also is debut piece of work of the first Georgian film director, Nutsa Gogoberidze.
These films are screened in 1926-30 years. Because of the oldness, part of their rough materials are in a poor condition, which was the first priority in the process of choosing films. In 1920s approximately 200 films are created, in Russian "Gosfilmofond" 54 films are kept. Every piece is founded in the base of "Sakhkinmretsvi".
The process of returning film heritage in their homeland will continue also in 2020, the priority will be 1920s films.
Currently, following 17 films are returning to Georgia:
- "Their Kingdom (1928) - Film Directors - M. Kalatozishvili, N. Gogoberidze;
- "Khanuma" (1926), "Two Hunters" (1927), "Gurgaon in Guria" (1928) - Film Director - Aleksandre Tsutsunava;
- "Gogi Ratiani" (1927), "Wasp" (1928), "The Communard's Pipe" - Film Director - Kote Marjanishvili;
- "Bela" (1927) - Film Director - Vladimer Barski;
- "Giuli" (1927) - Film Director - Nikoloz Shengelaia;
- "Ibrahim and Goderdzi" (1927), "Cloud Shelter" (1928) - Film Director - Zakaria Berishvili;
- „Young Flying" (1928) - Film Director - Nikoloz Kakhidze;
- "Woman from the Market" (1928) - Film Director - Giorgi Makarovi;
- "Youth Wins" (1928) - Film Director - Mikheil Gelovani;
- "My Grandmother" (1928) - Film Director - Kote Mikaberidze;
- "Saba" (1929) - Film Director - Mikheil Chiaureli;
- „Repentance“ (1986) – Film Director - Tengiz Abuladze.
It is also worth mentioning, that Cannes Film Festival requests screening of the film "Repentance" in the section of Cannes Classics, but because of the poor quality film-copy in Georgia, launching this film was impossible. Returning this film from "Gosfilmofond" will give an opportunity to screen it on Cannes Festival.