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Tato Kotetishvili’s Holy Electricity headed the winners at the second edition of Georgia’s Eliso film awards.

Holy Electricity received the best film prize, from a seven-person jury that included Agnieszka Holland and Carlos Reygadas.

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The film follows two cousins who discover abandoned crosses in a Tbilisi scrapyard, turning them into neon art which they sell across the Georgian capital. It debuted at Locarno film festival last summer, going on to play Thessaloniki, Tallinn, Goteborg and Rotterdam among others.

Kotetishvili also won the best cinematography award for the film, while he was nominated for best director.

Elene Naveriani’s Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry, starring Eka Chavleishvili as a woman navigating the prospect of growing older on her own, headed the winners at the inaugural Eliso awards, the new national film awards ceremony for Georgia.

Naveriani won best director, with Chavleishvili taking the best actress prize.

Ani Mogeladze received a special mention for her performance in the film; as did Nina Eradze for her role in Liza Go On.

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry premiered in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes 2023.

Lomero Akhvlediani won the best cinematography prize for work on Luka Beradze’s documentary Smiling Georgia. The film also received...

Georgia’s Nato Vachnadze Foundation is launching an annual film awards ceremony to celebrate the country’s filmmaking output.

Founded by Natalia Jugheli, a London-based Georgian actress, the Nato Vachnadze Foundation is named after early Georgian film icon Nato Vachnadze. Jugheli is Vachnadze’s great-granddaughter.

The inaugural Eliso awards will take place on June 14 - the 120th anniversary of Vachnadze’s birth - at the Nato Vachnadze House Museum in Gurjaani, Georgia. The awards have been backed by corporate sponsors including the Tbc Bank, drinks brand Sarajishvili and petrol firm Gulf, plus the Gurjaani municipality.

The Eliso awards aims to...

Georgia’s Nato Vachnadze Foundation is launching an annual film awards ceremony to celebrate the country’s filmmaking output.

Funded by Natalia Jugheli, a London-based Georgian actress and filmmaker who is Vachnadze’s great-granddaughter, the Nato Vachnadze Foundation is named after early Georgian film icon Nato Vachnadze.

The inaugural Eliso awards will take place on June 14 - the 120th anniversary of Vachnadze’s birth - at the Nato Vachnadze House Museum in Gurjaani, Georgia, a site owned by the family. The awards have been backed by corporate sponsors including the Tbc Bank, drinks brand Sarajishvili and petrol firm Gulf, plus the Gurjaani municipality.