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This is a list of the most notable films produced by the cinema of Georgia, ... 1909 to 1919. Georgian films before 1920; 1920s. Georgian films of the 1920s; 1930s
Cinema of Georgia. The cinema of Georgia has been noted for its cinematography in Europe. Italian film director Federico Fellini was an admirer of the Georgian film: "Georgian film is a completely unique phenomenon, vivid, philosophically inspiring, very wise, childlike. There is everything that can make me cry and I ought to say that it (my ...
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Georgia overtook California in 2016 as the state location with the most feature films produced overall, 17 of the top 100 grossing movies were filmed in Georgia. Films in the state helped reach an economic impact of $9.5 billion in fiscal 2017 and $2.7 billion in direct spending.
The state's first tax incentive, a point of purchase sales and use tax exemption, was introduced in 2002. The state's second and most progressive tax incentive, the Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act, was signed into law in May 2005 and updated in May 2008. The act granted qualified productions a transferable income tax credit of 20% of ...
The Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office states that more than 700 feature films, TV movies, TV series, single episodes, and pilots have been produced in Georgia since 1972.In the fiscal year 2017 film and TV production had an economic impact in Georgia of $9.5 billion. According to the Georgia Department of Economic Development: 1. T...
Atlanta has become a center for film and television production and counts the presence of Techwood Studios, which produces content for the Turner Broadcasting family of stations; since 2008 the Tyler Perry Studios in Southwest Atlanta; and since 2010 the EUE/Screen Gems soundstages in Lakewood Heights, south Atlanta, and to a limited extent, the fa...
There were 348 productions shot in the state in 2009. These industry establishments are probably supported wholly or in part by the production of feature films; television movies, series, pilots and miniseries; commercials, music videos, documentaries and still shoots. In the fall of 2019, Tyler Perry opened Tyler Perry Studios on the site of pre-C...
In 2019 Hollywood production companies, including Disney and Netflix, threatened to leave the state in response to Georgia's controversial heartbeat bill. In May 2019, a number of Hollywood studios and broadcasters including Warnermedia, Viacom, CBS, NBC and Sony issued statements saying they would be reviewing their investments in the state if the...
- There Once Was a Singing Blackbird (1970) Director: Otar Iosseliani. Otar Iosseliani’s charming, wry comedy There Once Was a Singing Blackbird riled the Soviet authorities by lampooning their reverence for an industrious work ethic.
- Pirosmani (1969) Director: Giorgi Shengelaia. Niko Pirosmani, a turn-of-the-century primitivist artist, was perhaps Georgia’s greatest painter. Director Giorgi Shengelaia spent hours as a child gazing at his works in the homes of his parents’ friends, and later made the painter the subject of his idiosyncratic, melancholic masterpiece, Pirosmani.
- Some Interviews on Personal Matters (1978) Director: Lana Gogoberidze. A key feminist film that links the private with the political, director Lana Gogoberidze’s drama Some Interviews on Personal Matters is focused on Sofiko (Sofiko Chiaureli), a dedicated journalist who interviews women about their lives, dreams and labour.
- Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story (1983) Director: Eldar Shengelaia. Satirical comedy Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story is a classic directed by another member of the talented Shengelaia family, Eldar (both Eldar and Giorgi are the offspring of Nikoloz Shengelaia, a founder of Georgian cinema, and actress Nato Vachnadze, one of the first Soviet movie stars.)
One of the notable pictures of avant-garde cinema “My Grandmother” possesses a huge history of Soviet censorship. Mikaberidze directed only 6 films throughout his career and only the above mentioned is known for the big audience however in 2017 National Archives of Georgia hosted a display of his works including photographs, sketches, and documentary material.
This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. Films by directors from Georgia (country) (18 C) Films from Georgia (country) by genre (11 C) Films from Georgia (country) by language (3 C)
