Rusudan Glurjidze

Last updated • 2 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Rusudan Glurjidze
Rusudan Glurjidze.jpg
Rusudan in 2016.
Born (1972-07-21) 21 July 1972 (age 52)
Occupation(s) Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter

Rusudan Glurjidze (Georgian :რუსუდან გლურჯიძე, [rusudanɡlurdʒidze] ; born 21 July 1972, Tbilisi) is a Georgian film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Contents

Biography

Rusudan Glurjidze was born on 21 July 1972, in Tbilisi, Georgia.

She graduated in French Language and Literature from the Tbilisi State University and from 1990 to 1996 studied Film Directing and Screenwriting at Giorgi Shengelaia’s class at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University.

After 1996, Glurjidze worked in advertising and at the Georgian Public Broadcaster, making musical and commercial clips. Since 2007, she has been working as a producer and art director of Cinetech Film Production Company, and worked as 1st Assistant Director on Giorgi Shengelaia’s comedy The Train Went On and On (მოდიოდა მატარებელი).

Directed by Rusudan Glurjidze, the feature film The House of Others is a co-production between Georgia, Russia, Spain and Croatia. The story is set in the 1990s, after a civil war, when two families on the winning side are relocated to the hastily vacated houses of the defeated. However, they don’t seem to be able to build a new, peaceful life, as the scars of the war continue to rage within them.

The film is the director’s first feature, and was screened in the East of the West competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, taking home the Grand Prix.

The House of Others also won the Grand Prix at the 12th Eurasia international film Festival 2016, The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) as The Best Asian Film and the Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF) 2016 as Cinema Extraordinaire

The House of Others by Rusudan Glurjidze is Georgia's candidate in the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

Filmography

YearFilmStatus
DirectorScreenwriter
1993 Nocturne YesYes
1996 Oscar YesYes
2016 House of Others YesYes
2024 The Antique YesYes

Sources

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Karlovy Vary International Film Festival</span> Annual film festival in the Czech Republic

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become Central and Eastern Europe's leading film event.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)</span> Main award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Crystal Globe is the main award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, first given in the Czech Republic city of Karlovy Vary in 1948.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cinema of Russia</span>

The cinema of Russia, popularly known as Mollywood, refers to the film industry in Russia, engaged in production of motion pictures in Russian language. The popular term Mollywood is a portmanteau of "Moscow" and "Hollywood".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cinema of Georgia</span>

The cinema of Georgia has been noted for its cinematography in Europe. Italian film director Federico Fellini was an admirer of the Georgian film: "Georgian film is a completely unique phenomenon, vivid, philosophically inspiring, very wise, childlike. There is everything that can make me cry and I ought to say that it is not an easy thing."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eldar Shengelaia</span> Soviet-Georgian film director and politician

Eldar Shengelaia is a Georgian and Soviet film director and screenwriter who directed ten films between 1957 and 1996. From 1990 to 2004, he was a member of the Parliament of Georgia. He has been awarded the titles of the People's Artist of Georgia (1979) and of the Soviet Union (1988). He has been a chairman of the Film-makers' Union of Georgia since 1976. Since 2008, he has been chairman of the State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dito Tsintsadze</span> Georgian film director

Dito Tsintsadze is a Georgian film director and screenwriter. He has directed thirteen films since 1988. His film Lost Killers was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. In 2007 he was a member of the jury at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival. Starting from the year 1996 he lives and works in Berlin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Florin Șerban</span>

Florin Șerban is a Romanian film director whose film If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle won the Jury Grand Prix and the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 2010 Berlin Film festival. The film was also selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it did not make the final shortlist.

<i>La Pivellina</i> 2009 film

La Pivellina is a 2009 Austrian feature film debut directed by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel. The film premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight, where it has been awarded the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European Film.

Giorgi Shengelaia was a Georgian and Soviet film director. He directed 14 films since 1961. His film Pirosmani won the Grand Prize at the Chicago International Film Festival in 1974 and went on to international critical acclaim. His 1985 film The Journey of a Young Composer was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival where he won the Silver Bear for Best Director.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Georgiy Daneliya</span> Georgian-Russian film director

Georgiy Nikolayevich Daneliya, also known as Giya Daneliya, was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter of Georgian origin. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1989 and a laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 1997.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harutyun Khachatryan</span>

Harutyun Khachatryan is an Armenian film director, script writer, director of photography, film producer, General director of the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, Meritorious Artist of the Republic of Armenia and voting Member of European Film Academy since 2006.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Giorgi Ovashvili</span> Georgian film director, producer and screenwriter

Giorgi Ovashvili is a Georgian film director and screenwriter, known for his 2014 film Corn Island.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Veriko Anjaparidze</span> Georgian actress

Veriko (Vera) Ivlianovna Anjaparidze was a Soviet and Georgian stage and film actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nana Ekvtimishvili</span> Georgian writer and director

Nana Ekvtimishvili is a Georgian writer and director.

<i>House of Others</i> 2016 film

House of Others is a 2016 Georgian drama film directed by Rusudan Glurjidze. It was selected as the Georgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.

<i>Pirosmani</i> (film) 1969 Soviet Union film

Pirosmani is a 1969 Georgian biographical art-drama film directed by Giorgi Shengelaia, about Georgian primitivist painter Niko Pirosmani.

The 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 4 to 12 July 2014. The Crystal Globe was won by Corn Island, a Georgian drama film directed by Giorgi Ovashvili. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by Free Fall, a Hungarian comedy film directed by György Pálfi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival</span>

The 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 1 to 9 July 2016. The Crystal Globe was won by It's Not the Time of My Life, a Hungarian drama film directed by Szabolcs Hajdu. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize, was won by Zoology, a Russian drama film directed by Ivan I. Tverdovskiy.

The 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 30 June to 8 July 2017. The Crystal Globe was won by Little Crusader, a Czech historical drama film directed by Václav Kadrnka. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by Men Don’t Cry, a Bosnian drama film directed by Alen Drljević.

<i>The Antique</i> (upcoming film) Film

The Antique is an upcoming drama film directed by Rusudan Glurjidze. Inspired by the 2006 deportation of Georgians from Russia, the film depicts a Georgian woman who moves in with an old man in Saint Petersburg and is pursued by Russian authorities seeking to deport Georgians from the country. A co-production between Georgia, Switzerland, Finland, and Germany, it is Glurjidze's second feature film, following House of Others (2016).

References