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Giorgi Ovashvili - Wikipedia

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Giorgi Ovashvili (Georgian: გიორგი ოვაშვილი; aka George) is a Georgian film director and screenwriter, known for his 2014 film Corn Island.^[1]

Early life and education

Giorgi Ovashvili is a graduate of the film department of the Georgian State University of Cinema and Theatre (1996) and the filmmaking department of the New York Film Academy at Universal Studios in Hollywood (2006).

Career

Ovashvili made his debut as director with two short films, "Wagonnet" (1997) and "Eye Level" (2005).

His first feature film, The Other Bank, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival's Generation section in 2009 and won over 50 international prizes, and was nominated at European Film Awards in the category "European Discovery".

His second feature, Corn Island, won the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival as well as the Grand Prix "Golden Vine" award at Kinoshock in 2014, and in 2015 took a top prize at the Trieste Film Festival^[2] and was shortlisted for the Academy's best foreign-language film in 2015.^[3]

Khibula (2017) was dedicated to the recent history of Georgia. The film was premiered in the main competition of Karlovy Vary IFF in 2017.

As of 2022^[update] Ovashvili is working on The Moon is a Father of Mine.

Production company

After having produced his own works, Ovashvili established his own film production company in 2016, Wagonnet Films, in Tbilisi.

Recognition and awards

In 2015, Ovashvili received a special award named "High Priest of Culture", along with director Zaza Urushadze, for contributing to and promoting Georgian cinema internationally.^[3]

Filmography

Director

Beautiful Helen (2022)
Khibula (2017)
Corn Island (2014)
Gagma napiri (2009), The Other Bank
Eye Level... (2005)
Wagonette (1997)

Screenwriter

Beautiful Helen (2022)
Khibula (2017)
"corn island" (2014)
Gagma napiri (2009) (adaptation), The Other Bank
Eye Level... (2005)
Wagonnet (1996)

Producer

Beautiful Helen (2022)
Khibula (2017)
"corn island" (2014)
Gagma napiri (2009) (producer), "The Other Bank"
Eye Level... (2005) (co-producer) (executive producer)
Wagonnet (1996)

Self - TV

Euro Video Grand Prix (2006) (TV) .... Himself - Jury Member

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References

^ "FNE KVIFF Coproduction Event Case Study: Corn Island". www.filmneweurope.com. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^ "Georgian film Corn Island takes top award at Kinoshock Cinema Festival". Agenda.ge. 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Special awards presented to Oscar-nominated Georgian film directors". Agenda.ge. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.

External links

George Ovashvili at IMDb
The other Bank

v t e IFFI Special Jury Award and Special Mention
Special Jury Award (1969–present)	Lester James Peries (4th) Mrinal Sen (4th) Sobhan Babu (4th) Santwana Bardoloi (29th) Huo Jianqi (31st) Revathi (33rd) Magdy Ahmed Aly (33rd) Subhadro Chowdhury (34th) Gennady Sidorov (35th) Tom Hooper (36th) Abu Sayeed (37th) Golam Rabanny Biplab (38th) Julia Urbini (38th) Malini Fonseka (39th) Giorgi Ovashvili (40th) Kaushik Ganguly (41st) Taika Waititi (41st) Salim Ahamed (42nd) Lucy Mulloy (43rd) Onur Ünlü (44th) Julia Vargas-Weise (46th) Lee Joon-ik (47th) Mahesh Narayanan (48th) Milko Lazarov (49th) Pema Tseden (50th) Kamen Kalev (51st) Renata Carvalho (52nd) Nikhil Mahajan (52nd) Lav Diaz (53rd) Rishab Shetty (54th) Louise Courvoisier (55th)
Special Mention (2015–present)	Goran Radovaovic (46th) Tiffany Hsiung (47th) Chezhiyan (49th) Abhishek Shah (50th) Kripal Kalita (51st) Simon Farriol (52nd) Roman Vasyanov (52nd) Praveen Kandregula (53rd)
Centenary Award (2012–2014)	Mira Nair (43rd) Kamaleshwar Mukherjee (44th) Shrihari Sathe (45th)

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