Levan Koguashvili’s “Guria” selected as Georgia’s Oscar submission
Georgia has selected director Levan Koguashvili’s feature film Guria as the country’s submission for the International Feature Film category at the Academy Awards, the Ministry of Culture said.
Guria is a tragicomedy about love and friendship set in the impoverished yet gifted and deeply humane region of Guria in western Georgia in the early 1990s.
Despite power shortages, poverty and rampant crime, people continue to fall in love, quarrel, build friendships, sing from time to time and dream. Life goes on and will continue to do so as long as people preserve their humanity.
Guria is a co-production between Georgia, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Norway, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia.
On the Georgian side, the film was supported by the Georgian National Film Center, the Ministry of Culture, Creative Georgia, the Georgian Public Broadcaster and Enterprise Georgia.
Levan Koguashvili was born in 1973. After graduating from high school, he enrolled at the Shota Rustaveli Institute of Theatre and Film, but suspended his studies due to the war in Abkhazia and worked as a journalist for the television company Ibervision for two years.
In 1995, he entered the directing department of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow, studying under the renowned Soviet-Georgian filmmaker Marlen Khutsiev. In 2007, he completed a Master's degree in Film at New York University, one of the world's leading film schools.
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As Ambassador Taliashvili noted on social media, the two parties discussed the ongoing positive momentum in bilateral relations. Particular emphasis was placed on global geopolitical challenges and the paramount importance of safeguarding state sovereignty and ensuring regional stability.
“Tamar Taliashvili highlighted Georgia’s strategic role within the region, along with the nation’s economic achievements and outlook, particularly in the context of the Middle Corridor expansion.
The meeting also addressed the ‘President Trump’s Route for International Peace and Prosperity’ (TRIPP) initiative. The Ambassador underscored Georgia’s strategic relevance and reaffirmed its readiness to stand alongside partners in ensuring the successful implementation of the initiative,” official information released on Tamar Taliashvili’s page reads.
