Autobiography of eminent filmmaker Lana Gogoberidze comes to German readers
The filmmaker’s 90th birthday was celebrated in an occasion in Georgia’s capital in December. Photo: Tbilisi International Film Festival.
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An autobiographical work by Lana Gogoberidze, one of the most important filmmakers in Georgian cinema history, is now available to readers in German.
Bringing together efforts by translator David Kakabadze, the Mitteldeutscher Verlag publishing house and the Georgian National Book Centre, the joint project will see I Drank Poison Like Kakhetian Wine release for readers next month.
The book, known in its Georgian version under the title What I Remember and How I Remember It, was originally published in 2003 and details the life and work of the eminent film director whose 90th birthday was marked in Tbilisi in December.
The cover for the German edition of the autobiography of Lana Gogoberidze. Photo: Mitteldeutscher Verlag.
In her autobiography, memories correspond in a very special, personal way with Georgian history and world history of the 20th century” — Mitteldeutscher Verlag.
Spanning over 500 pages and illustrated content, the biography was co-edited by editors from Arsenal, a Berlin-based institute for cinema and video art.
Memories of the celebrated cinema professional are prefaced in the book by Nino Kharatishvili, German-based award-winning author from Georgia.
Gogoberidze graduated from the Moscow State University Faculty of Cinematography and worked at the Soviet-era Georgian Film studio, directing nine features between 1961-1992.
She is particularly recognised for her 1978 film Some Interviews on Personal Matters, the protagonist of which is seen interviewing women about their lives and aspirations. The feature has come to be regarded as one of the first feminist films of the Soviet era.
The feature has been part of film rosters introducing retrospectives of classic Georgian cinema to audiences from Arsenal Cinema to South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival.
Actor Sophiko Chiaureli (right) in the 1978 feature ‘Some Interviews on Personal Matters’. The film was screened at Brussels' BOZAR Centre of Fine Arts among works showcasing cinema of the “New East” last month. Photo: BOZAR.
Gogoberidze comes from a family lineage of film professionals, with her mother Nutsa recognised as the country’s first female director.
Honours received by the author of the biographical book include the Prometheus Prize of the 2015 Tbilisi International Film Festival for her contribution to the country’s cinematic legacy.
She was awarded the 1993 Berlin International Film Festival Prize of the Ecumenical Jury for The Waltz on the Pechora and the 1987 Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Director for Whirlwind.
The director was also nominated for the 1984 Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or for Day Is Longer Than Night and for Venice Film Festival Golden Lion for The Waltz on the Pechora.
In 1984, she was also invited to be part of the international jury of the 34th Berlin Film Festival.
I Drank Poison Like Kakhetian Wine is expected to become available from Mitteldeutscher Verlag on March 12.
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