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Georgia
Photography, Color on Paper
Size: 23.6 W x 16.5 H x 0.4 D in
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”There are a few things that sum up the unique character of Georgian cinema,” says Merab Kokochashvili, legendary Georgian filmmaker, actor, and Director of the Georgian Cinema Development Centre, ”the tragedy and drama elements, and an absurdly ironic view of life and to ourselves. And, of course, an utterly strong love for Sakartvelo, the Motherland.” Wise, sharp, and endlessly energetic, Batoni Merab, as he is respectfully called, is 82 years old. For 29 years he headed the Georgia Telefilm studios, the country’s most productive creative ground for both documentary and feature filmmaking. Having shot 12 films and participated in the production of dozens more throughout his career, he has now devoted himself to developing the Georgian film industry and training Georgia's next generation of filmmakers. ”Before the Soviet Union collapsed, the Georgian film industry produced up to 100 movies per year. We had more than a hundred cinema theaters. There were ten on Rustaveli avenue alone.” Today, these numbers are but a distant dream, and Georgian film industry is just a fraction of the empire it used to be. But Batoni Merab stays optimistic. As the founder of the Young Directors Union, a non-government organization where his students develop their films, he now works, among other things, on building a film digitizing lab to help preserve and monetize a vast archive of documentary and feature films containing over 100 years of Georgian filmmaking.
Photography:Color on Paper
Artist Produced Limited Edition of:10
Size:23.6 W x 16.5 H x 0.4 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships Rolled in a Tube
Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
Handling:Ships rolled in a tube. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.
Ships From:Georgia.
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Georgia
Andrei Kovalev is a hybrid media visual artist based in Tbilisi, Georgia.
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