Georgia in Focus at Visions du Réel film festival

Georgia will be at the heart of the prestigious documentary film festival Visions du Réel 2015 Focus.

The guests of the festival will have a possibility to discover contemporary Georgian cinematographic landscape through six projects and 15 films featured in the 2015 Focus, which will be held on April 21, in Nyon, Switzerland.

The aim of the Focus section is to shed light on contemporary film production and stimulate international collaboration with Georgia.

"Georgia has always offered very high-quality film. You only need to think of all the great filmmakers that have come from this country – such as Otar Iosseliani, Michail Ciaureli, Eldar and Giorgi Shengelaia, Tenghiz Abuladze – to be convinced of this," said director of Visions du Reel Luciano Baritone.

"At the moment, this country has many highly talented directors and producers, particularly in the documentary field. For Visions du Réel, the choice to highlight Georgia is a manner of supporting this creative impetus,” Barisone said.

The Focus section of the Visions du Réel is supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the visions sud est fund and the Georgian National Film Center.