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A bitter dispute between factions of the Georgian film industry is coming to a head at the Berlinale. Many leading Georgian filmmakers and industry professionals have joined the independent Georgian Film Institute (Gfi), which was launched in opposition to state body, the Georgian National Film Centre (Gnfc), amid accusations of censorship and creative interference.

Both outfits are at EFM and both are insisting on their right to represent Georgian cinema in the festival.

Gfi is pushing two titles in official selection: Forum Special’s Mother And Daughter, Or The Night Is Never Complete from director Lana Gogoberidze, about her mother,...

Directors and producers are putting trust instead in independent organisation The Georgian Film Institute

Leading Georgian filmmakers and industry professionals are banding together to protest about government interference, censorship and intimidation - and will be at the Berlinale in February to state their case.

They have turned their back on state body, The Georgian National Film Centre (Gnfc), and are putting their trust instead in independent organisation, The Georgian Film Institute (Gfi), which will have its first major introduction to the global film industry at the European Film Market in Berlin.

The Institute was set up in 2019 in reaction to...

Veteran Georgian director/writer Lana Gogoberidze is editing documentary feature “Returning to Life.” The film is about her mother, Nutsa Gogoberidze, who was the Republic of Georgia’s first female film director, according to Film New Europe.

Born into a rural teacher’s family in Saingilo, she studied philosophy in Germany, before becaming a film director. But her career ended abruptly in the years of the Stalinist terror. She was arrested and deported, and her films were nearly lost. But 80 years later, they are back on screen. For her daughter, the documentary is an act of returning her mother to life.

“I wanted to make this film from the time when, after many searches, we found my mother’s faded films in the Russian archives. The theme of my film represents the story of a woman who was struck by the cataclysms of an entire century,” Gogoberidze told Fne.

“It is,...

Busan’s Asian Film Market has announced major events including a Korean Producers Forum featuring 10 filmmakers whose hits broke the 10 million admissions landmark at the local box office.

Discussing the present and future of the Korean film production, the forum will include director/producer Kang Woosuk (Silmido), director/producer Kang Je-kyu (Taegukgi), director/producer Lee Joon-ik (King And The Clown), producer Choi Yong-bae (The Host), director/producer Jk Youn (Haeundae), producer Won Dongyeon (Masquerade), producer Kim Minki (Miracle in Cell No. 7), producer Ahn Soohyun (The Thieves), producer Choi Jaewon (The Attorney) and director/producer Kim Hanmin, whose recent Roaring Currents is the all-time top hit with over 16 million admissions.

Set to run Oct 5-8 this year, the market said early sales booth registration is up two-and-a-half times as much as last year, and that they had three times as many early badge registrations.

The market also announced an Asian Star Casting Forum for Global Co-productions with presentations...