Berlinale Film Festival
Georgian author seeks funding for film adaptation of popular book
Tweet 
Share
Germany-based Georgian author Nino Kharatishvili will seek to have her popular novel transformed into a film at next month’s 66th Berlinale Film Festival.
Kharatishvili's novel The Eighth Life (for Brilka) will feature in the European Film Market and Co-Production Market section at the famous European festival.
This section allowed creators and producers to come together to discuss new film projects.
A cover of the German edition of Nino Kharatishvili's novel The Eighth Life (for Brilka).
Festival organisers said the chosen novels included "exciting new releases, bestsellers and award winners, all with great potential for cinema adaptation".
Kharatishvili’s novel, about a multi-generational family saga that is set in several countries, will be one of 11 to feature in the co-production category. The shortlisted pieces, from the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany and more, were selected from about 130 submissions from more than 25 countries.
Kharatishvili's novel received critical acclaim in Germany following its publication in 2015.
The Georgian writer won the 2015 Anna Seghers Prize, after jurors said she was "among the most powerful and least egocentric young authors".
The 66th Berlinale Film Festival will run from February 11-21.
See the complete list of novels in the co-production section of the festival here.
A new feature film by Georgian director has been selected for seeking international co-production at the leading European festival next month.
A Tbilisi-born Hamburg-based Georgian writer has won one of Germany’s most prestigious literature awards.
Four Georgian cities will host a diverse program of cultural, educational and entertainment activities as the country celebrates German Language Month.
German-based Georgian author Nino Kharatishvili has been honoured with another award for her acclaimed work The Eighth Life (for Brilka), after she was announced as winner of the prominent Bertolt Brecht Prize for Literature.
The Cat and the General, the latest novel by award-winning German-based author Nino Kharatishvili will have its stage premiere at Hamburg’s Thalia Theatre this summer.
German-based author Nino Kharatishvili will meet readers on the opening day of this year’s Potsdam Brandenburg Literature Festival in a reading event involving fellow novelist Maria Cecilia Barbetta.
Some of the country's most celebrated authors will present their works at a major German literary event, which is this year focusing on Georgian literature and culture.