Georgia

Head of Jury

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, she holds a degree in literature. Her script for the full-length feature film MONDAY won the best script award from the Georgian Union of Cinematographers in 1991. Nino Kirtadze began her acting career by playing the lead role in a CHEF IN LOVE a film by Nana Djordjadze which was selected at Cannes in 1996 and nominated for an Oscar. During the troubles of the 1990s in the Caucasus, she worked as a war correspondent for AFP and for AP, covering the war in Chechnya and other armed conflicts in the region. Since 1997, Kirtadze has lived in France, where she has worked with Peter Brook, Jean-Pierre Ameris, Philippe Monnier, Claude Goretta and Olivier Langlois. Nino Kirtadze collaborates on a regular basis with different national and international organizations as a consultant, jury, lecturer, and tutor. She is also a member of the French writers' and directors' society and a member of the European film Academy

Nino Kirtadze's films have won international acclaim and numerous prestigious awards at festivals worldwide, including World Cinema Best Director Prize at Sundance for DURAKOVO-VILLAGE OF FOOLS (2008) and European Film Academy Best documentary Prize for PIPELINE NEXT DOOR (2005), also awarded by the Grand Jury Prize and the John Templeton Award at Visions du Reel, Switzerland. Other highlights include Germany's top documentary award, the Adolf Grimme Golden Prize, for "Chechen Lullaby" (2002) and the Golden Fipa, France's top creative documentary award and the Cinema du Reel Louis Marcorelles Prize for TELL MY FRIENDS THAT I'M DEAD (2004). Her film "Something about Georgia" won the Idee Suisse TSR Prize at Visions du Reel 2010.