Ana Urushadze’s ’Scary Mother’ premieres in Tbilisi
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Emerging film director Ana Urushadze’s Scary Mother premiers in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi today after wide international recognition.
Urushadze's award-winning feature is among the 10 debut works of the principal section of this year's Tbilisi International Film Festival.
The work marks the directorial debut of the young filmmaker, with Mindia Esadze contributing as director of photography. Photo from Scary Mother/Facebook
The film follows a Georgian housewife who decides to read her first complete work of writing to her family, only to be confronted with controversial reception.
Played by Nata Murvanidze, the principal character is supported by a cast of Georgian actors in the Georgia-Estonia co-production.
"Scary Mother" - official trailer from Artizm on Vimeo.
Scary Mother has also been picked as Georgia's bid for the Best Foreign Language Film award at the next Academy Awards.
Running between December 4-10, the festival will reveal the owners of the main prizes – Golden and Silver Prometheus tonight.
Filmmakers and actors from Georgia have claimed three of the prizes at this year’s Asia Pacific Screen Awards, with Ana Urushadze, Nata Murvanidze and Mariam Khatchvani honoured in Brisbane, Australia earlier today.
Fresh on the heels of last week's prize at the Asian World Film Festival in the United States, filmmaker Ana Urushadze was honoured for her work Scary Mother at the first edition of the Pingyao International Film Festival in China's ancient city on Saturday.
Emerging film director Ana Urushadze has claimed another international prize for her first feature Scary Mother after she was named best new director at the Asian World Film Festival this week.
Three Georgian films are part of this year’s selection for the Sao Paulo International Film Festival, as Mariam Khatchvani’s Dede, George Ovashvili’s Khibula and Ana Urushadze’s Scary Mother were all picked for screening at the event.
The winners of this year’s Tbilisi International Film Festival have been revealed tonight with Jens Assur's drama Ravens winning the Golden Prometheus for the best film and Milad Alami’s The Charmer winning the Silver Prometheus for best directing.
Georgian film director Ana Urushadze’s Scary Mother has been named among the ten of the best arthouse films of 2017. Having received various international awards, Urushadze’s film premiered in Georgian capital of Tbilisi in December.
Young film director Ana Urushadze’s award-winning drama Scary Mother has been selected in a preliminary list of works to be considered for this year’s European Film Awards, a prize recognising “the greatest achievements” in European cinema.