Dito Tsintsadze ( ka, დიტო ცინცაძე; born 2 March 1957) is a Georgian

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and

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. He has directed thirteen films since 1988. His film '' Lost Killers'' was screened in the

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section at the

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. In 2007 he was a member of the jury at the

29th Moscow International Film Festival The 29th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 June 2007. The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film ''Travelling with Pets'' directed by Vera Storozheva. Jury * Fred Schepisi (Australia – Chairman of the Jury) * A ...

. Starting from the year 1996 he lives and works in Berlin.

Biography

From 1975 to 1981 he studied film directing at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University under

Eldar Shengelaia Eldar Shengelaia ( ka, ელდარ შენგელაია; russian: Эльда́р Никола́евич Шенгела́я; born 26 January 1933) is a Georgian and Soviet film director and screenwriter who directed ten films between 1 ...

and

Otar Iosseliani Otar Iosseliani ( ka, ოთარ იოსელიანი, born 2 February 1934) is a Georgian-born film director. He was born in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi, where he studied at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire and graduated in 1952 ...

. Until 1989 he worked as an assistant director in the

Kartuli Pilmi Georgian Film Studio ( ka, ქართული ფილმი, ''kartuli pilmi''; russian: Грузия-фильм; ''Gruziya-Fil'm'') is one of world's oldest film studios that has produced 800 features, made-for-TV and short films, 600 documen ...

film studio. In 1990 he made his first feature film ''Guests'', then worked for the private film production company Shvidkatsa. In 1993 for the film ''Zgvardze'', which paraphrases the civil war in Georgia he received the Silver Leopard at the

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and the Golden Eagle at the International Black Sea Nations Film Festival in Tbilisi. Between 1993 and 1996 Tsintsadze worked for an Italian film production. In 1996 he got a

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film fellowship to Berlin, then lived with his family in Georgia and Germany. These personal experiences influenced the plot of '' Lost Killers'' (2000), a film about five migrants who spend their lives in a

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. He received a special jury award – the Silver Alexander at the

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and the main prize at the

Cottbus Film Festival Cottbus (; Lower Sorbian: ''Chóśebuz'' ; Polish: Chociebuż) is a university city and the second-largest city in Brandenburg, Germany. Situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree, Cottbus is also a major railway junction with exte ...

. For the film '' Gun-Shy'', a story about a young amorous man who loses his grip on reality leading up to a murder, in 2003 he was awarded at the

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in Spain with the

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and at the

Tbilisi International Film Festival Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million peo ...

with the Golden Prometheus. Since then he lives entirely in Berlin. In 2005 Dito Tsinstadze authored together with the Georgian writer and director

Zaza Rusadze Zaza Rusadze ( ka, ზაზა რუსაძე; born 24 May 1977 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a film-maker, who lives in Tbilisi and Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Georgian artists group Goslab. Career From 1989 to 1994, in his teenage ...

the screenplay for the film ''The Man from the Embassy'' and directed it in Georgia. ''The Man from the Embassy'' portrays the connection of a German embassy official to a local. Lead actor

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was awarded the best male actor with the

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at the

. Dito Tsintsadze and Zaza Rusadze won at the

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the Silver Astor Award for Best Screenplay.

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reviewed ''The Man from the Embassy'' as the best film of the festival. In 2007 he did the TV movie ''Reverse'' in Georgia. In 2008 his feature film ''Mediator'' was selected as the official Georgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film nomination at the 2009 Academy Awards. In 2011 Dito Tsintsadze gave the CineMerit Award at the

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to his former mentor

His film ''

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'' was released theatrically in German cinemas in 2012. The same year Invasion won the Special Grand Prix of the jury of the Montreal World Film Festival. In 2015 Tsintsadze's film '' God of Happiness'' won the grand prize of Biberach Film Festival – the Golden Beaver. In the year 2016 he was a jury member of the

Sofia International Film Festival Sofia International Film Festival (SIFF) ( Bulgarian: ''Международен София Филм Фест, София Филм Фест''), also known as Sofia Film Fest, is an annual film festival in Sofia, capital city of Bulgaria, taking pl ...

. Tsintsadze´s latest movie Shindisi was screened at the 2019

Shanghai International Film Festival The Shanghai International Film Festival (, French: ''Festival international du film de Shanghai''), abbreviated SIFF, is one of the largest film festivals in East Asia. "China's biggest film festival" according to the Hollywood Reporter. Nex ...

. It was selected as the Georgian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the

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. It won the Grand Prix at the 35th

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in 2019, where Tsintsadze also won in the category of Best Director. Tsintsadze is married to actress Marika Giorgobiani. They have one son, Nicolos Tsintsadze. From a previous marriage, he has one daughter, Nutsa Tsintsadze.

Filmography

* ''The Drawn Circle'' (1988) * ''Guests'' (1990) * ''The Return'' (1990) * ''House'' (1991) * ''Zgvarze'' (1993) * '' Lost Killers'' (2000) * ''An Erotic Tale'' (2002) * '' Gun-Shy'' (2003) * ''The Man from the Embassy'' (2006) * ''Reverse'' (TV film) (2006) * ''Mediator'' (2008) * ''

'' (2012) * '' God of Happiness'' (2015) * ''

Shindisi ''Shindisi'' () is a 2019 Georgian drama film directed by Dito Tsintsadze. It was screened at the 2019 Shanghai International Film Festival. It was selected as the Georgian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awar ...

'' (2019)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsintsadze, Dito 1957 births Living people Film people from Tbilisi German film people Georgian emigrants to Germany