On the Tuesday, the participants were joined online by renowned American actor, screenwriter and director, Matt Dillon. The sessions were held both physically and online. Out of 30 submitted projects, the following 6 projects were selected for this year’s Telavi residency: Princess Maya, script by Margo Zubashvili Tear Gas, script by Uta Beria Under the Sky, script by Anastasia Chanturaia Cut Out of Context, script by Gigi Janashia Chaos of Silence, script by Nino Shaburishvili and White Shadows, script by Nino Gogua. The opening event was held at Winery Rtoni and was attended by US Ambassador Degnan, who met with the young Georgian screenwriters, international filmmakers, representatives of the Georgian National Film Center, and the family of late screenwriter and novelist Zaira Arsenishvili. The first Annual Screenwriting Residency of Georgia featured a week of intensive workshops for young screenwriters at the Zaira Arsenishvili House Museum in Telavi. It came as a joint effort of the Georgian National Film Center and Goethe Institute to inspire a new generation of filmmakers and as part of the US Embassy’s effort to create well-paying jobs in Georgia, seeking to help the country become an international filmmaking hub through skill building for film production and post-production work. Organized by local production company Terra Incognita Films and supported by the Georgian National Film Center, Goethe Institute and US Embassy, the screenwriting residency program ran on October 10-17. In spite of the crazy conditions, pandemic, scarce budgets, and low support, we fought to make it happen this year and create a much-needed precedent, as the new educational project aims to develop scripts together with Georgian and foreign experts.” “That was why we decided to create an annual screenwriting residency program at the House-Museum of the famous Georgian award-winning screenwriter and novelist Zaira Arsenishvili.
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