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INFORMATION ABOUT FILMCurrent State of film: In post-productionRunning Time: 97 minutesGenre: DramaLanguage: Georgian, Georgian-SvanishFormat: 2K DigitalExpected delivery date: 31 May 2016
In Co-Production with: Film and Music Entertainment, MP Film Production, Jaja Film Productions Partners attached: Georgian National Film Center, Doha Film Institute, Sundance Institute, Directors Across Borders (DAB) Regional Co-Production Forum, Sofia Meetings, Caucasian Film Service, Film Teep, EAVE
Production of 20 Steps Productions2
Project awards
Project was developed
2013 - Gala Best Script (Georgia)2013 - Directors across borders (DAB) - Best Project2014 - National Film Center - 1st Place in special contest for debutants2014 - Sofia Meetings - Best Project
2013 - Mini EAVE (Georgia)2013 - Film TEEP (Romania)2014 - Cannes Film Festival “La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde” (France) 2015 - Sundance script lab (USA)
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Writer- Director Mariam Khatchvani was born in Ushguli, Svanati and she studied film directing atthe Shota Rustaveli State Film University. She has directed numerous documentaries, including‘Verdzoba’ (2006), ‘Beyond the Window’ (2007) and ‘Lichanishi and Kvirikoba’ (2009).
In 2013, Mariam made her short film Dinola. Funded by the Georgian National Film Centre, it washugely successful and screened at over thirty film festivals including Hong Kong Film Festival, Doha-Tribeca Film Festival, Clermont- Ferrand Film Festival, Friborg Film Festival, Brussels Short FilmFestival, Uppsala Film festival, Cinemas du Monde in Cannes, Sarajevo Film Festival. It was also oneof five nominees for best short film at the European Film Awards in 2014.
After seeing her short, the Sundance Institute invited Mariam and producer-writer VladimerKatcharava to attend their 2015 Screenwriter’s Lab in June where they finished the full lengthscreenplay which is now Dede.
DIRECTORS BIO4
DIRECTORS STATEMENT
The story of Dede is based upon and dedicated to my grandmother’s real life experience. As such, itwas important to me to retain a palpable sense of authenticity and to show a community and a wayof life which has not been seen on film before. I worked with Svans (native peoples from the region),some of whom had no acting experience.They speak the native language, Svanish (a Georgian dialect, spoken by about 15, 000 people in thatarea of Georgia), and live in the harsh, remote but astoundingly beautiful Caucasian mountains.Working with local people in the place I was born has been integral in making the film that I wantedto make. It’s something of a paradise there, and this is the reason why the locals don’t leave thisplace, even though life can be difficult.And this is certainly the case for the character of Dina – she is a woman who finds her life dictatedby the weight of tradition, but who is deeply rooted in her community nonetheless.
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1992. Dina lives in a remote village high in the Georgian mountains where century old traditions rule day to day life. Her grandfather has arranged for her to marry, but when handsome Gegi returns from war, she falls in love with him and they elope. Four years later Dina is estranged from her family but lives happily with her husband and young child. Then Gegi is tragically killed.
In traditional Svaneti culture a widow must marry the first man who asks for her hand, Girshel proposes and she must accept. Gegi’s family claim his child. So Dina must leave her home and little boy behind forever. She cannot forgive – until later that winter when Girshel saves her child’s life. For the third time Dina must fight tradition but this time, together with Girshel, she takes her child back.
SYNOPSIS
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FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CURTAMETRAXES DE BUEU • 2015 Official selection / Second award, Best screenplay, Best cinematography, Best costume design.
Samawa International Film Festival• 2015 Official selection / THE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD
8th INTERNATIONAL SHORTFILM FESTIVAL OF BUEU 2015• 2015 Official selection
24th DaKino International Film Festival • 2015 DaKino 24 Trophy
13th San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival• 2015 Official selection
5th International Short Film Festival “Sesily” (Georgia) • 2014 Best Georgian Short
Didor International Film Festival (Dushanbe) • 2014 International competition/ The Swiss Grand-Prix
Previous work of director - DINOLA (short film)
31st Festival International du Film de Montagne d'Autrans• 2014 International competition
33rd Uppsala International Short Film Festival• 2014 International competition / Nominated for The Uppsala Award in the Memory of Ingmar Bergman
Ajyal Youth Film Festival / DFI• 2014 International competition
Timishort Short Film Festival• 2014 International competition / Best Film-The Timishort Trophy
22nd ARCIPELAGO – International Festival of Short Films• 2014 The Short Planet – International Short Films And New Images Competition .
Little&Short shnit International Short Film Festival •2014- special program MARRY ME
20th Festival International du Film Nancy – Lorraine• 2014 International competition
9th Film Femmes Mediterranee .• 2014 13 EN COURTS / Prix du Jury
35th International Film Festival "Manaki Brothers"• 2014 International competition / Small Camera 300 Award
2014 European Film Academy• 2014 European Short Film Nominee
36th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival• 2014 International competition
28th FIFF , Festival International de Films de Fribourg• 2014 International Competition
38th Hong Kong International Film Festival• 2014 International competition
The 37th Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad • 2014 International competition / Nominated to EFM
12th International Short Film Festival- In The Palace • 2014 Official selection
8th River Film Festival Porta Portello – Padua – Italy• 2014 International competition / Best International Short Film.
11th GOLDEN APRICOT International Film Festival • 2014 International competition - Apricot Stone
Festival " Courts - Moments " a Cadouin, Dordogne, FRANCE • 2014 Official Selections
35the Cinemed , International Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier• 2013 Short Films competition.
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FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CURTAMETRAXES DE BUEU • 2015 Official selection / Second award, Best screenplay, Best cinematography, Best costume design.
Samawa International Film Festival• 2015 Official selection / THE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD
8th INTERNATIONAL SHORTFILM FESTIVAL OF BUEU 2015• 2015 Official selection
24th DaKino International Film Festival • 2015 DaKino 24 Trophy
13th San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival• 2015 Official selection
5th International Short Film Festival “Sesily” (Georgia) • 2014 Best Georgian Short
Didor International Film Festival (Dushanbe) • 2014 International competition/ The Swiss Grand-Prix
31st Festival International du Film de Montagne d'Autrans• 2014 International competition
33rd Uppsala International Short Film Festival• 2014 International competition / Nominated for The Uppsala Award in the Memory of Ingmar Bergman
Ajyal Youth Film Festival / DFI• 2014 International competition
Timishort Short Film Festival• 2014 International competition / Best Film-The Timishort Trophy
22nd ARCIPELAGO – International Festival of Short Films• 2014 The Short Planet – International Short Films And New Images Competition .
Little&Short shnit International Short Film Festival •2014- special program MARRY ME
20th Festival International du Film Nancy – Lorraine• 2014 International competition
9th Film Femmes Mediterranee .• 2014 13 EN COURTS / Prix du Jury
35th International Film Festival "Manaki Brothers"• 2014 International competition / Small Camera 300 Award
2014 European Film Academy• 2014 European Short Film Nominee
36th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival• 2014 International competition
28th FIFF , Festival International de Films de Fribourg• 2014 International Competition
38th Hong Kong International Film Festival• 2014 International competition
The 37th Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad • 2014 International competition / Nominated to EFM
12th International Short Film Festival- In The Palace • 2014 Official selection
8th River Film Festival Porta Portello – Padua – Italy• 2014 International competition / Best International Short Film.
11th GOLDEN APRICOT International Film Festival • 2014 International competition - Apricot Stone
Festival " Courts - Moments " a Cadouin, Dordogne, FRANCE • 2014 Official Selections
35the Cinemed , International Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier• 2013 Short Films competition.
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20 Steps Productions
20 STEPS PRODUCTIONS was founded in 2010 in Tbilisi. The Company’s goal is to contribute to development of the film industry in Georgia. It focuses on development and co-production of independent feature, documen-tary and animation films that will appeal both to domestic and international audiences. Among recent company successes are: PRESIDENT - Venice Film Festival Opening Film – Orizzonti Section (2014 Year); LOST IN KARASTAN - THE MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL – World Competition(2014 Year); DINOLA - European Film Academy - European Short Film Nominee (2014 Year) . Current production includes Mariam Khatchvani`s debut feature film DEDE; Georgian-Russian co-production HOSTAGE dir. Rezo Gigineishvili and two short animations: FISHERMAN AND THE GIRL by Mamuka Tkeshelashvili; LI.LE by Natia Nikolashvili.
Fisherman and the girl- 2016 / li.le - 2016 / Sunset - 2015 / President - 2014 / Lostin Karastan - 2014 / Detonator - 2013 / Dinola - 2013 / Granny - 2013
PRODUCTIONS
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Film & Music Entertainment
Sam Taylor and Mike Downey founded the UK-based independent production house Film and MusicEntertainment as part of an IPO on the Frankfurt DAX. Film & Music Entertainment films have beenscreened at Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Venice, San Sebastian and Toronto Film festivals.Recent productions include Julien’s Temple’s documentary Rio 50 Degrees, which aired on BBC One inMay 2014 to rave reviews and Ben Hopkin’s comedy Lost in Karastan, starring Matthew MacFadyen, aswell as Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s The President, which opened Venice in 2014 and was shown at theChicago Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival.The current slate includes coming-of-age drama I Want To Be Like You directed by KonstantinBojanov and written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Ida, Academy-Award winner 2015), starring BarryKeoghan (Screen International 2015 Star of Tomorrow), romantic comedy Cassy and Jude, based onDorothy Baker’s novel Cassandra at the Wedding, and How to Sell a War, written by acclaimedplaywright Tim Price (The Radicalisation of Bradley Mannning, Teh Internet is Serious Business) anddirected by RTS-nominated director Rudolph Herzog.
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