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Film about Georgia-Russia war to be released soon

Shot from the film Shindisi. Director: Dito Tsintadze.

Agenda.ge, 08 Mar 2019 - 17:45, Tbilisi,Georgia

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 20-member cast underwent training at a base of the Georgian Defence Ministry for fighting scenes. Actors Goga Pipinashvili and Dato Bakhtadze play the leading roles in the film, GNFC reports.

The producer of the project Shindisi is Edmond Minashvili.

The film is directed by world-renowned Georgian director Dito Tsintsadze. A total of 801,384 GEL was allocated from the reserve fund of the Georgian government to shoot the film.

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