Cultural initiatives

1.

Film heritage

Between 2007 and 2011 Independent Film Project was actively engaged in the preservation of the “Golden Fund” of Georgian cinema of the 1920 and ’30s.

Over a dozen film copies have been restored and digitised to date. “Salt of Svaneti” (dir. Mikhail Kalatozov), “Pirosmani” (dir. George Shengelaya), “Keto and Kote” (dir. Vakhtang Tabliashvili, Shalva Gedevanishvili), “My Grandmother” (dir Kote Mikaberidze) among them, and more.

Still shot from the restored “Salt of Svanetia” (1930) documentary

Still shot from the restored “Salt of Svanetia” (1930) documentary 2

Still shot from the restored “Salt of Svanetia” (1930) documentary 3

Still shot from the restored “Salt of Svanetia” (1930) documentary 4

2.

PUBLISHING

The studio has a fully operational publishing department: we restore and republish Georgian incunabula and manuscripts.

In collaboration with The Georgian State Museum of Theatre, Music, Cinema and Choreography we produce and publish nonfiction writing about key figures of Georgian cinema and theatre: Petre Otskheli, Irina Shtenberg, Joseph Sumbatishvili, David Kakabadze, and others.

Still shot from the restored “Salt of Svanetia” (1930) documentary

Still shot from the restored “Salt of Svanetia” (1930) documentary 2

Still shot from the restored “Salt of Svanetia” (1930) documentary 3

Still shot from the restored “Salt of Svanetia” (1930) documentary 4

3.

Education

IFP is strongly committed to powering education in the industry. Our initiatives already include onsite EAVE workshops for emerging Georgian filmmakers, as well as production of educational resources on the web like online encyclopaedia of Georgian cinema, to name a few.

Still shot from the restored “Salt of Svanetia” (1930) documentary