Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Tbilisi 8th International Film Festival


This festival held in Georgia started last Monday and will end on December 9th. This are the films they will screen.

Opening Film
FLANDERS - Bruno Dumont, France, 2006
Closing Film
THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY - Ken Loach, Ireland / UK / Germany / Italy / Spain / France, 2006

International Competition
A MAN'S JOB - Aleksi Salmenperä, Finland, 2007
ALL I KNOW ABOUT LOLA - Javier Rebollo, France / Spain, 2006
FATA MORGANA - Simon Gross, Germany, 2006
MAGNUS - Kadri Kousaar , Estonia / UK, 2007
MY FATHER MY LORD - David Volach, Israel , 2007 - Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize
PINGPONG - Matthias Luthardt, Germany, 2006
SIMPLE THINGS - Aleksei Popogrebsky, Russia , 2006 - Winner of the Silver Prometheus
SONHOS DE PEIXE - Kirill Mikhanovsky, Brazil / Russia / USA, 2006
THE RUSSIAN TRIANGLE - Aleko Tsabadze, Georgia, 2007
THE TRAP - Srdan Golubovic, Serbia / Germany / Hungary , 2007
TRICKS - Andrzej Jakimowski, Poland, 2007- Winner of the Golden Prometheus and the Parajanov Award

Forum of European Cinema
CZECH DREAM - Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda, Czech Republic, 2004
EGG - Semih Kaplanoglu, Turkey / Greece, 2007
GALLE ROAD: THE VOLUNTEER DIARIES - Alexander Kamionsky, Sam Klebanov, Vasily Maslennikov, Sweden / Russia , 2006
HEADING SOUTH - Laurent Cantet, France / Canada, 2005
I’M NOT HERE TO BE LOVED - Stéphane Brizé , France, 2005
JUST ABOUT LOVE? - Lola Doillon , France , 2007
KOROLYOV - Yuri V. Kara, Russia, 2007
LIGHTS IN THE DUSK - Aki Kaurismäki, Finland / Germany / France, 2006
MONOTONY - Juris Poskus, Latvia , 2007
NOTES ON A SCANDAL - Richard Eyre, UK, 2006
ONE OF ME - Salome Jashi, UK, 2006
PEDRA.A REPORTER WITHOUT BORDERS - Villi Hermann, Switzerland, 2006
READY AND DONE - Inese Klava, Latvia , 2006
ROMANCE OF ASTREA AND CELADON - Eric Rohmer, France / Italy / Spain, 2007
TEODORS - Laila Pakalnina, Latvia , 2006
THE EMPIRE OF EVIL - Mohammad Farokhmanesh, Germany, 2007
THE LOST MAINLAND - Nana Ekvtimishvili, Germany, 2007
VICTORY - Renger van den Heuvel, The Netherlands, 2007
WAITER - Alex van Warmerdam, Netherlands , 2006

Horizons
BRANDO - Mimi Freedman, Leslie Greif , USA, 2007
I DON’T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE - Ming-liang Tsai, Taiwan / France / Austria, 2006
SEX AND PHILOSOPHY - Mohsen Makhmalbaf, France / Iran / Tajikistan , 2005
STILL LIFE - Zhang Ke Jia, China / Hong Kong, 2006
TAKESHIS’ - Takeshi Kitano, Japan, 2005
TIME - Ki-duk Kim, South Korea, 2006
TUYA'S MARRIAGE - Wang Quanan, China , 2006

Made in Germany
A FRIEND OF MINE - Sebastian Schipper, Germany, 2006
FOUR MINUTES - Chris Kraus, Germany, 2006
LONGING - Valeska Grisebach, Germany, 2006
ONE WHO SET FORTH: WIN WENDERS' EARLY YEARS - Marcel Wehn, Germany, 2007
WILD CHICKS IN LOVE - Vivian Naefe, Germany, 2007
YELLA - Christian Petzold, Germany, 2007

Unifrance: Masters’ Collection
A STORY OF WATER - Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, France , 1958
ALL THE BOYS ARE CALLED PATRICK - Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1959
LOVE EXISTS - Maurice Pialat, France , 1961
OVERTIRED - Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, France, 1957
THE BAKER OF MONCEAU - Eric Rohmer, France , 1963
VERONIQUE AND HER DUNCE - Eric Rohmer, France, 1958

Unifrance: New Collection
ANGEL! DREAM! - Eric Vanz de Godoy, France , 2006
CUT! - Alain Riou, France, 2006
EVEN IN DREAMS - Alice Taylor , France , 2006
HONEY MOON - François Breniaux, France, 2006
IT’S IN THE AIR - Yohann Gloaguen, France, 2005
PEN-PUSHER - Guillaume Martinez, France , 2006
QUIET! - Fanny Franssen, France , 2005
SHADOW OF VEIL - Arnaud Demuynck, France / Belgique, 2006
THE DINNER - Cécile Vernant, France , 2006
THE RED JACKET - Anne Flandrin, France , 2003
THE WHITE WOLF - Pierre-Luc Granjon, France , 2006
TIME OF CHERRY - Jean-Julien Chervier, France , 2005

Transcaucasian Documents
0,047% OF LAND - Gela Kandelaki, Georgia, 2007
AKHMETELI 4 - Archil Khetaguri, Georgia / Romania, 2006
All-IMPORTANT - Liana Jaqeli, Georgia , 2007
AMERICA IN A SINGLE ROOM - Davit Kandelaki, Georgia, 2007
BASIS - Mirsadyg Agazadeh, Azerbaijan, 2007
BLOSSOMING OF ROSE AND POMEGRANATE - Irakli Kochlamazashvili, Georgia / Russia, 2007
ELDAR SHENGELAIA’S EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITION - Nino Axvlediani, Georgia, 2006
EXODUS - Nika Shek, Karine Verdyan , Armenia, 2007
FORGOTTEN PORTRAIT IN INTERIOR - Vakhtang Kuntsev-Gabashvili, Georgia, 2006
FRAGMENTS FROM TAO-KLARJETI HISTORY - Karlo Ghlonti, Levan Ghlonti , georgia, 2006
GEORGIAN MAMELUKES IN EGYPT - Merab Kokochashvili, Georgia, 2007
HOME AND BACK - Levan Ghlonti, Georgia, 2006
ISLAM IN GEORGIA - Buba (Ramaz) Khotivari, Georgia, 2007
PERI GALA - Ilgar Safat, Mikail Mikailov, Azebaijan, 2007
RETURN OF THE POET - Harutyun Khachatryan, Armenia, 2006
RETURNING TO GOBUSTAN - Ilgar Safat, Azerbaijan, 2007
ROBIKO STURUA - Manana Anasashvili, Mikheil Basinov, Georgia, 2007
SHORT MONOLOGUES - Shamil Najafzada, Azerbaijan, 2003
SILENSE - Shorena Tevzadze, georgia, 2007
SUNNY NIGHT COLOURS - Niko Tsuladze, georgia, 2007
WESTERN ARMENIA – LOST MOTHERLAND - Hayk Harutyunyan, Armenia, 2007

Georgian Panorama
16+ - Mariam Katsarava, Georgia, 2006
6 PICTURE OF A UNIVERSE - Bidzina Kanchaveli, Germany / Georgia, 2007
A LEGEND ABOUT WINE - Vladimer Sulakvelidze , Georgia / Germany, 2006
ANGALO - Vladimer Sulakvelidze, Georgia / Russia, 2006
C'EST LA VIE - Rusudan Chkonia, Georgia, 2007
GOLDFINCH - Vladimer Sulakvelidze , Georgia / Russia, 2007
GRANDPA FROM KUTAISI - Zaza Kolelishvili , Georgia, 2007
HOW THE MOON APPEARED - Vladimer Sulakvelidze , Georgia / Russia, 2006
POPPY SEASON - Sandro Jandieri, Georgia, 2006
REVOLUTION - Vano Tvauri, Georgia, 2007
SMALL CITY - Davit Iashvili, Georgia, 2006
SUBORDINATION - Archil Kavtaradze, Georgia, 2007
THAT'S HIM - David Apkhaidze, Georgia, 2006
TRIGGER TIGER - Salome Machaidze, Georgia / Germany, 2006
TWO MUSICIANS - Nikoloz Bezhanishvili, Georgia, 2006
WORDLESS LOVE - Maia Burduli, Georgia, 2007

Special Screening
PIROSMANI - Giorgi Shengelaya, Georgia, 1969
PRATER - Ulrike Ottinger, Austria / Germany , 2007

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
CHINESE ROULETTE - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany / France , 1976
LILI MARLEEN - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany, 1980
THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN - Rainer Werner Fassbinder , West Germany, 1979

Bob Rafelson’ Masterclass
FIVE EASY PIECES - Bob Rafelson, USA, 1970
THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS - Bob Rafelson, USA , 1972
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE - Bob Rafelson, USA / West Germany , 1981

These are the awards that will be given in the closing ceremony.

Golden Prometheus for the best film
Silver Prometheus for the best direction
FIPRESCI prize
Parajanov prize for the outstanding poetic vision

To check all the movies and fest info go here.

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