Alexandre Koberidze

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Alexandre Koberidze (2021)

Alexandre Koberidze (born October 19, 1984) is a Georgian filmmaker and screenwriter. His credits include the films Let the Summer Never Come Again (2017) and What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? (2021).

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Career

He directed several short films before his first feature, Let the Summer Never Come Again (2017), a docufiction which won the Grand Prix and Prix Premier prizes at the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film and the German Film Critics Association Prize. [1] [2] [3]

His second feature, What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? , won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival. [4] [5]

Personal life and education

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, he studied film and television there from 2001 to 2005. He then moved to Berlin in 2009 where he studied film directing at Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin. [6]

Filmography

As director, writer, and editor

YearFilmTypeCredited as
DirectorWriterEditor
2013Looking Back Is GraceShort filmYesYesYes
2015ColophonShort filmYesYesYes
2017Let the Summer Never Come AgainFeature filmYesYesYes
2017The Perfect SpectatorShort filmYesYesYes
2019Linger on Some Pale Blue DotShort filmYesYesYes
2021 What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? Feature filmYesYesYes

As actor

YearFilmRole
2014A Proletarian Winter's Tale
2017Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois DogCase Worker
2017The Invisible FilmSandro
2021 Bloodsuckers Ljowushka

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References

  1. "Alexandre Koberidze - dafilms.com". dafilms.com. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  2. "Let the summer never come again".
  3. "Alexandre Koberidze's feature wins German film critics prize at Berlinale". Agenda.ge. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  4. "Alexandre Koberidze's What do We See when We Look at the Sky?". 4 May 2021.
  5. "Filmmaker Alexandre Koberidze earns FIPRESCI film critics Berlinale award, critical acclaim".
  6. "Alexandre Koberidze | Viennale".