A Georgian-directed war-time drama that was shortlisted for an Oscar earlier this year will be screened in Portugal for one month.
The premiere of the Estonian-Georgian co-productionTangerines [Mandarinebi], directed by local man Zaza Urushadze was held at the prestigious cinema in Lisbon UCI El Corte Inglés yesterday.
The event was organised through cooperation of the Georgian Embassy to Portugal and the FILMS4YOU company.
The event was attended by invited guests as well as the representatives of diplomatic corps and cultural figures.
FILMS4YOU acquired the rights to screenTangerines in the cities of Lisbon and Porto for one month.
In the near future Tangerines will also be released in cinemas in France, Turkey, Latin America, United Kingdom, Italy and Australia.
The movie was nominated for an Oscar in the best foreign language film category in this year’s Academy Awards.
The film centres around an older Estonian man who cares for two wounded soldiers from opposite sides of the 1990-era war in Georgia.
Since its release the film has won awards at the Warsaw, Mannheim-Heidelberg, Palm Springs and Seattle film festivals and many other international film festivals.