Zaza Rusadze ( Georgian: ზაზა რუსაძე; born 24 May 1977 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a film-maker, who lives in Tbilisi and Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Georgian artists group Goslab. [1]
Career
From 1989 to 1994, in his teenager years, Rusadze worked as anchorperson on Georgian TV for a youth program. [2]
In 1996 he became a student at College of Film and Television (Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen " Konrad Wolf" HFF), in Potsdam, Germany.
During his studies he worked in the news department of Deutsche Welle and – as an interpreter – on film festivals like Berlinale, Dok Leipzig or the East European Film Festival in Cottbus (Rusadze speaks Georgian, German, Russian and English). [3]
In 2003 Rusadze graduated at HFF as a film director with the documentary film Bandits. [4]
In 2007 Rusadze founded the production company Zazarfilm in Tbilisi. [5]
Zaza Rusadze contributed to films of Nika Machaidze, Ineke Smits, Dito Tsintsadze, Otar Ioseliani or Julia Loktev.
A Fold in My Blanket
From 2006 until 2007 Rusadze participated in the postgraduate program Binger Filmlab in Amsterdam, where he developed A Fold of my Blanket, a script for a forthcoming film. [6]
In March 2010 he was granted the Nipkow scholarship in Berlin, to complete the screen-play for A Fold of my Blanket. In summer 2011 the shooting for his first fiction feature film begun. [7] Rusadze changed the title to A Fold in My Blanket.
February 2013 the film opened the Panorama's main program of 63rd Berlinale. [8] In Summer 2014 it was released on DVD. [9]
Filmography (selection)
as director:
- Oskar oder malen nach Zahlen (1997, documentary film, HFF, 16mm/15min)
- Zu weit und weiter (1999, short-film, HFF, 16mm/13min)
- Bandits (2003, documentary film based on the attempted hijacking of Aeroflot Flight 6833 in 1983)
- Ein Stern für Aneti (2005, fiction)
- Folds and Cracks (2009, short-film)
- Time Forward – A Documentary Series by Zaza Rusadze (2010, mini series for the Georgian TV channel PIK)
- A Fold in My Blanket (2013, fiction)
- with Andreas Reihse: Eurydike (2020, music video for Kreidler)
as scriptwriter:
- Bandits (2003)
- Ein Stern für Aneti (2005)
- Dito Tsintsadze: The Man from the Embassy (2006)
- Nika Machaidze: Anarekli (2009)
- Folds and Cracks (2009)
- A Fold in My Blanket (2013)
as producer (Zazarfilm):
- Folds and Cracks (2009)
- A Fold in My Blanket (2013)
Awards
- 2003 Nominated for Media Prize Babelsberg, for Bandits* 2004 Best International Documentary for Bandits, International Festival of Young Filmmakers, Miskolc, Hungary
- Audience's Special Prize at Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival for Bandits
- 2007 The Man from the Embassy: Silver Astor Award for Best Script and ACCA – Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la Argentina's award Best Film of the Festival at Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2009 Cottbuser Discovery Award for Falten und Risse [10]
- 2020 22nd MuVi Award for the Best German Music Video with Andreas Reihse for Eurydike (Kreidler), International Short Film Festival Oberhausen [11] [12]
References
- ^ Rusadze on the website of Goslab
- ^ biographic data on Zaza Rusadzes Homepage
- ^ biographic data on Zaza Rusadzes Homepage
- ^ Bandits on the website of the production company Credofilm
- ^ Zazarfilm
- ^ Rusadze on the website of Binger Filmlab
- ^ A Fold in My Blanket on Zazarusadze.com
- ^ "On Thursday February 7, the Panorama's main programme will open with an astonishing directorial debut from Georgia: In Chemi Sabnis Naketsi (A Fold in my Blanket), Zaza Rusadze uses a highly imaginative cinematic language to portray the friendship of two men in a culture undergoing change." [1]
- ^ "A FOLD IN MY BLANKET von Zaza Rusadze - im Vertrieb der PRO-FUN MEDIA GMBH".
- ^ Cottbuser Discovery Award for Zaza Rusadze, Lausitzer Rundschau, in German
- ^ MuVi Award 1st Prize for Andreas Reihse & Zaza Rusadze, on site of International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
- ^ review on Georgian news site Agenda, in English
External links
- Zaza Rusadze at IMDb
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Zaza Rusadze ( Georgian: ზაზა რუსაძე; born 24 May 1977 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a film-maker, who lives in Tbilisi and Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Georgian artists group Goslab. [1]
Career
From 1989 to 1994, in his teenager years, Rusadze worked as anchorperson on Georgian TV for a youth program. [2]
In 1996 he became a student at College of Film and Television (Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen " Konrad Wolf" HFF), in Potsdam, Germany.
During his studies he worked in the news department of Deutsche Welle and – as an interpreter – on film festivals like Berlinale, Dok Leipzig or the East European Film Festival in Cottbus (Rusadze speaks Georgian, German, Russian and English). [3]
In 2003 Rusadze graduated at HFF as a film director with the documentary film Bandits. [4]
In 2007 Rusadze founded the production company Zazarfilm in Tbilisi. [5]
Zaza Rusadze contributed to films of Nika Machaidze, Ineke Smits, Dito Tsintsadze, Otar Ioseliani or Julia Loktev.
A Fold in My Blanket
From 2006 until 2007 Rusadze participated in the postgraduate program Binger Filmlab in Amsterdam, where he developed A Fold of my Blanket, a script for a forthcoming film. [6]
In March 2010 he was granted the Nipkow scholarship in Berlin, to complete the screen-play for A Fold of my Blanket. In summer 2011 the shooting for his first fiction feature film begun. [7] Rusadze changed the title to A Fold in My Blanket.
February 2013 the film opened the Panorama's main program of 63rd Berlinale. [8] In Summer 2014 it was released on DVD. [9]
Filmography (selection)
as director:
- Oskar oder malen nach Zahlen (1997, documentary film, HFF, 16mm/15min)
- Zu weit und weiter (1999, short-film, HFF, 16mm/13min)
- Bandits (2003, documentary film based on the attempted hijacking of Aeroflot Flight 6833 in 1983)
- Ein Stern für Aneti (2005, fiction)
- Folds and Cracks (2009, short-film)
- Time Forward – A Documentary Series by Zaza Rusadze (2010, mini series for the Georgian TV channel PIK)
- A Fold in My Blanket (2013, fiction)
- with Andreas Reihse: Eurydike (2020, music video for Kreidler)
as scriptwriter:
- Bandits (2003)
- Ein Stern für Aneti (2005)
- Dito Tsintsadze: The Man from the Embassy (2006)
- Nika Machaidze: Anarekli (2009)
- Folds and Cracks (2009)
- A Fold in My Blanket (2013)
as producer (Zazarfilm):
- Folds and Cracks (2009)
- A Fold in My Blanket (2013)
Awards
- 2003 Nominated for Media Prize Babelsberg, for Bandits* 2004 Best International Documentary for Bandits, International Festival of Young Filmmakers, Miskolc, Hungary
- Audience's Special Prize at Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival for Bandits
- 2007 The Man from the Embassy: Silver Astor Award for Best Script and ACCA – Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la Argentina's award Best Film of the Festival at Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2009 Cottbuser Discovery Award for Falten und Risse [10]
- 2020 22nd MuVi Award for the Best German Music Video with Andreas Reihse for Eurydike (Kreidler), International Short Film Festival Oberhausen [11] [12]
References
- ^ Rusadze on the website of Goslab
- ^ biographic data on Zaza Rusadzes Homepage
- ^ biographic data on Zaza Rusadzes Homepage
- ^ Bandits on the website of the production company Credofilm
- ^ Zazarfilm
- ^ Rusadze on the website of Binger Filmlab
- ^ A Fold in My Blanket on Zazarusadze.com
- ^ "On Thursday February 7, the Panorama's main programme will open with an astonishing directorial debut from Georgia: In Chemi Sabnis Naketsi (A Fold in my Blanket), Zaza Rusadze uses a highly imaginative cinematic language to portray the friendship of two men in a culture undergoing change." [1]
- ^ "A FOLD IN MY BLANKET von Zaza Rusadze - im Vertrieb der PRO-FUN MEDIA GMBH".
- ^ Cottbuser Discovery Award for Zaza Rusadze, Lausitzer Rundschau, in German
- ^ MuVi Award 1st Prize for Andreas Reihse & Zaza Rusadze, on site of International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
- ^ review on Georgian news site Agenda, in English
External links
- Zaza Rusadze at IMDb
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |