Georgian National Film Centre

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Georgia’s Culture Minister, Tea Tsulukiani, in a 13 December interview on pro-government channel TV Imedi. Screengrab from the video.

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Tsulukiani accuses filmmakers of ‘scamming’ Film Centre

by OC Media

•3 min read

Georgia’s Culture Minister, Tea Tsulukiani, has criticised a director for allegedly changing the plot of a documentary funded by the government-run Georgian Film Centre, making the film critical of the ruling party’s founder. The documentary, titled ‘Magic Mountain’, tells the story of a tuberculosis clinic in Abastumani, southern Georgia, and its patients. In 2019, a company associated with the billionaire founder of Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, bought the terri

Protesters holding a banner saying ‘No to censorship! Independence to the film centre!’ on 6 July. Photo: Georgian cinema is under threat/Facebook

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‘Georgian cinema is in danger’: filmmakers take on the culture ministry

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•12 min read

Since mid-June, Georgian filmmakers and their supporters have been protesting a ‘reorganisation’ of the country’s National Film Centre by the Ministry of Culture, warning that it aims to extend full government control over the country’s cinematic output. ‘Censorship’ is the word that Gaga Chkheidze uses to describe the Ministry of Culture’s reforms at the Film Centre. Chkheidze is the founder of the Tbilisi International Film Festival and a former board member of the Georgian Film Developm