The cinema of Georgia has been noted for its cinematography in Europe. One of the most acclaimed Italian film directors, 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 crying) is not an easy thing. | ” |
Georgian cinematography’s reputation has been built by known cinema directors and choreographers such as:
- Nikoloz Shengelaia
- Mikheil Chiaureli
- Otar Ioseliani
- Siko Dolidze
- Kote Mikaberidze
- Tengiz Abuladze
- Revaz Chkheidze
- Eldar Shengelaia
- Giorgi Shengelaia
- Rezo Esadze
- Merab Kokochashvili
- Nana Mchedlidze
- Lana Gogoberidze
- Nana Jorjadze
- Mikheil Kobakhidze
- Goderdzi Chokheli
- Temur Babluani
From 2012, the main focus of Georgian cinema will be supporting script writing and European co-productions.
Famous quotes containing the words cinema and/or georgia:
“Photography is truth. The cinema is truth twenty-four times per second.”
—Jean-Luc Godard (b. 1930)
“Being a Georgia author is a rather specious dignity, on the same order as, for the pig, being a Talmadge ham.”
—Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)