Director of Georgia’s Oscar-contender film 'Shindisi' wins best director award at Asian World Film Fest
The 92nd Academy Awards will be held in February 2020, where Dito Tsintsadze’s Shindisi will be presented. Photo: Georgian National Film Centre.
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Dito Tsintsadze, director of Georgia’s Oscar-contender film Shindisi, has won the best director award at the Asian World Film Festival [AWFF] held in Los Angeles, Hollywood, between 6-14 November, the Georgian National Film Centre reported earlier today.
The Asian Film Festival, founded by Asian Film Festival Committee and the American International Chamber of Commerce, is an international non-profit organisation which champions films from over 50 countries across Asia.
All films that participate in the festival will have a unique chance to be guided through the challenging awards season, and showcased to members of the Motion Picture Academy, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and all guilds for enhanced exposure, media attention and awards consideration,” AWFF says.
The 5th annual Asian World Film Festival has selected over 25 films that have qualified for Best International Feature Film competition at one or both of Hollywood's major award events, the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes.
Shindidi is about the 2008 August War between Russia and Georgia.
Shindisi is a village where one of the crucial battles took place between the Russian and Georgian troops on August 11, 2008 and claimed the lives of 17 Georgian soldiers.
The 20-member cast underwent training at the base of the Georgian Defence Ministry for fighting scenes.
Actors Goga Pipinashvili and Dato Bakhtadze play the leading roles in the film.
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The Georgian National Film Center (GNFC) released the first trailer of Shindisi, a film about 17 soldiers who died during the August 2008 Georgia-Russia war.
The oscar-nominated film of Georgian director Dito Tsintsadze, Shindisi, about the 2008 August War, received Grand Prix at the Warsaw Film Festival yesterday, while Dito Tsintsadze was named best director.
The oscar-nominated film of the Georgian director Dito Tsintsadze Shindisi about the 2008 August War will be screened at the Warsaw Film Festival on October 11.
Georgia has selected a film titled ‘Shindisi’ to be presented for the Oscar nomination today. The film, directed by Georgian film director Dimitri Tsintsadze, is about the 2008 August War as it took place in the village of Shindisi, which is located in the vicinity of the Russia-occupied Tskhinvali region, Georgia.
Award-winning drama feature Shindisi, Georgia's former Oscar selection, is screened by embassies of the country abroad to mark 12 years since the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia, with other screenings and exhibitions also dedicated to the anniversary on Saturday.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday commemorated a group of Georgian soldiers who heroically lost their lives during the Russia-Georgia 2008 war in a battle in central Georgia’s Shindisi village.In his comments, Garibashvili said the Shindisi Battle was “one of the most impressive and outstanding battles in modern Georgian history”.