CinéDoc Tbilisi Winners

In Batumi the CinéDoc Tbilisi performed their International Documentary Film Festival with a competition for Georgian long documentary films as well as short. Below you will find the jury motivations:

BEST FILM FEATURE LENGTH COMPETITION: THE NORTHEASTERN WINDS – DIRECTED BY NIKOLOZ BEZHANISHVILI
The filmmaker has, with his patient observation, managed to truly capture the end of an era. With great sensitivity and care, this film conveys the deeply human desire to feel connected, and the difficulty of letting go. Documentary film at its best has the ability to put us into the shoes of someone who thinks completely differently from us, and to understand and emphasize with them. And this is exactly what this film does. The prize of the best Georgian feature documentary goes to…. The Northeastern Winds.
SPECIAL JURY MENTION FEATURE LENGTH COMPETITION: SMILING GEORGIA – DIRECTED BY LUKA BERADZE 

This film throws us in the middle of some very absurd and funny situations, without ever portraying the protagonists in an undignified light. The filmmaker has found a local story to paint a universally recognizable picture of empty promises of those desiring power and fame, at the expense of those who are more disadvantaged. The special mention goes to…. Smiling Georgia
 
 
BEST FILM SHORT FILM COMPETITION: DREAM LAND – DIRECTED BY MARADIA TSAAVA
We were impressed by the quality of the short films’ selection, the diversity of themes, cinematic approach and the number of talented female directors that are emerging.
We’d like to recognize the quality of the Chai Khana production that is able to combine social issues and cinematic language with films that have a strong impact potential on the society.

Our award goes to a film that sets a personal and very intimate perspective that leads us to get to know a global issue. The youth generation is portrayed through the eyes of a young woman struggling to find her place in society.
The award goes to DREAM LAND by Maradia Tssava

SPECIAL JURY MENTION: TICK TOCK – DIRECTED BY NINIKO LEKISHVILI 
The special jury mention for original forms of storytelling and self-expression will go to Niniko Lekishvili for the film “Tick Tock”.
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Tue Steen Müller
Tue Steen Müller

Müller, Tue Steen
Documentary Consultant and Critic, DENMARK

Worked with documentary films for more than 20 years at the Danish Film Board, as press officer, festival representative and film consultant/commissioner. Co-founder of Balticum Film and TV Festival, Filmkontakt Nord, Documentary of the EU and EDN (European Documentary Network).
Awards: 2004 the Danish Roos Prize for his contribution to the Danish and European documentary culture. 2006 an award for promoting Portuguese documentaries. 2014 he received the EDN Award “for an outstanding contribution to the development of the European documentary culture”. 2016 The Cross of the Knight of the Order for Merits to Lithuania. 2019 a Big Stamp at the 15th edition of ZagrebDox. 2021 receipt of the highest state decoration, Order of the Three Stars, Fourth Class, for the significant contribution to the development and promotion of Latvian documentary cinema outside Latvia. In 2022 he received an honorary award at DocsBarcelona’s 25th edition having served as organizer and programmer since the start of the festival.
From 1996 until 2005 he was the first director of EDN (European Documentary Network). From 2006 a freelance consultant and teacher in workshops like Ex Oriente, DocsBarcelona, Archidoc, Documentary Campus, Storydoc, Baltic Sea Forum, Black Sea DocStories, Caucadoc, CinéDOC Tbilisi, Docudays Kiev, Dealing With the Past Sarajevo FF as well as programme consultant for the festivals Magnificent7 in Belgrade, DOCSBarcelona, Verzio Budapest, Message2Man in St. Petersburg and DOKLeipzig. Teaches at the Zelig Documentary School in Bolzano Italy.

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