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{{Short description|Georgian-German filmmaker}}

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'''Zaza Rusadze''' ({{lang-ka|ზაზა რუსაძე}}; born 24. May [[1977]] in [[Tbilisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]) is a film-maker, who lives in Tbilisi and [[Berlin]], [[Germany]].
[[File:Zaza Ruzadze, 2015.jpeg|thumb|right|Rusadze in 2015]]
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'''Zaza Rusadze''' ({{lang-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]].<ref>[http://www.goslab.de/zazindex.htm Rusadze on the website of Goslab]</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
From 1989 to 1994, in his teenager years, Rusadze worked as anchorperson on Georgian TV for a youth program.<ref>[http://www.zazarusadze.com/index04_Bio.htm biographic data on Zaza Rusadzes Homepage]</ref>
From 1989 to 1994, in his teenager years, Rusadze worked as anchorperson on Georgian TV for a youth program.<ref>[http://www.zazarusadze.com/index04_Bio.htm biographic data on Zaza Rusadzes Homepage]</ref>


In 1996 he became a student at College of Film and Television (''Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen "[[Konrad Wolf]]" HFF''), in [[Potsdam]], Germany.
In 1996 he became a student at College of Film and Television (''Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen "[[Konrad Wolf]]" HFF''), in [[Potsdam]], Germany.


During his studies he worked in the news department of [[Deutsche Welle]] and – as an interpreter – on [[film festival]]s like [[Berlinale]], [[Dok Leipzig]] or the East European Film Festival in [[Cottbus]] (Rusadze speaks Georgian, German, Russian and English).<ref>[http://www.zazarusadze.com/index04_Bio.htm biographic data on Zaza Rusadzes Homepage]</ref>
During his studies he worked in the news department of [[Deutsche Welle]] and – as an interpreter – on film festivals like [[Berlinale]], [[Dok Leipzig]] or the East European Film Festival in [[Cottbus]] (Rusadze speaks Georgian, German, Russian and English).<ref>[http://www.zazarusadze.com/index04_Bio.htm biographic data on Zaza Rusadzes Homepage]</ref>


In 2003 Rusadze graduated at HFF as a [[film director]] with the [[documentary film]] ''Bandits''.<ref>[http://www.credofilm.de/filme/banditen.html Bandits on the website of the production company Credofilm]</ref>
In 2003 Rusadze graduated at HFF as a film director with the documentary film ''Bandits''.<ref>[http://www.credofilm.de/filme/banditen.html Bandits on the website of the production company Credofilm]</ref>

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From 2006 until 2007 he participated in the postgraduate program [[Binger Filmlab]] in [[Amsterdam]], where he developed ''A Fold of my Blanket'', a script for a forthcoming film.<ref>[http://www.binger.nl/alumni/6868 Rusadze on the website of Binger Filmlab]</ref>


In 2007 Rusadze founded the [[production company]] ''Zazarfilm'' in Tbilisi.<ref>[http://www.zazarusadze.com/index06_Zazarfilm.htm Zazarfilm]</ref>
In 2007 Rusadze founded the [[production company]] ''Zazarfilm'' in Tbilisi.<ref>[http://www.zazarusadze.com/index06_Zazarfilm.htm Zazarfilm]</ref>

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In March 2010 he was granted the [[Paul Nipkow|Nipkow]] scholarship in Berlin, to complete the screen-play for ''A Fold of my Blanket''; in summer 2011 the shooting for his first fiction feature film begun.<ref>[http://www.zazarusadze.com/02_FILMS/FILM_A_Fold_In_My_Blanket.html A Fold in My Blanket on Zazarusadze.com]</ref>
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Rusadze changed the title to ''A Fold in My Blanket'' and February 2013 the film opened the [[63rd_Berlin_International_Film_Festival#Panorama|Panorama's main program of 63rd Berlinale]].<ref>"On Thursday February 7, the Panorama’s main programme will open with an astonishing directorial debut from Georgia: In Chemi Sabnis Naketsi (A Fold in my Blanket), Zaza Rusadze uses a highly imaginative cinematic language to portray the friendship of two men in a culture undergoing change." [http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_16532.html]</ref>


Zaza Rusadze contributed to films of [[Nika Machaidze]], [[Ineke Smits]], [[Dito Tsintsadze]], [[Otar Ioseliani]] or [[Julia Loktev]].
Zaza Rusadze contributed to films of [[Nika Machaidze]], [[Ineke Smits]], [[Dito Tsintsadze]], [[Otar Ioseliani]] or [[Julia Loktev]].


== A Fold in My Blanket ==
Rusadze is a member of the Georgian artists group [[Goslab]].<ref>[http://www.goslab.de/zazindex.htm Rusadze on the website of Goslab]</ref>

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From 2006 until 2007 Rusadze participated in the postgraduate program [[Binger Filmlab]] in Amsterdam, where he developed ''A Fold of my Blanket'', a script for a forthcoming film.<ref>[http://www.binger.nl/alumni/6868 Rusadze on the website of Binger Filmlab]</ref>

In March 2010 he was granted the [[Paul Nipkow|Nipkow]] scholarship in Berlin, to complete the screen-play for ''A Fold of my Blanket''.
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In summer 2011 the shooting for his first fiction feature film begun.<ref>[http://www.zazarusadze.com/02_FILMS/FILM_A_Fold_In_My_Blanket.html A Fold in My Blanket on Zazarusadze.com]</ref> Rusadze changed the title to ''A Fold in My Blanket''.

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February 2013 the film opened the [[63rd Berlin International Film Festival#Panorama|Panorama's main program of 63rd Berlinale]].<ref>"On Thursday February 7, the Panorama's main programme will open with an astonishing directorial debut from Georgia: In Chemi Sabnis Naketsi (A Fold in my Blanket), Zaza Rusadze uses a highly imaginative cinematic language to portray the friendship of two men in a culture undergoing change." [http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_16532.html]</ref> In Summer 2014 it was released on DVD.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pro-fun.de/php/detail.php?film_id=428|title=A FOLD IN MY BLANKET von Zaza Rusadze - im Vertrieb der PRO-FUN MEDIA GMBH}}</ref>


== Filmography (selection) ==
== Filmography (selection) ==


as director:
as director:
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* ''Oskar oder malen nach Zahlen'' (1997, documentary film, HFF, 16mm/15min)
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* ''Zu weit und weiter'' (1999, short-film, HFF, 16mm/13min)
* ''Bandits'' (2003, documentary film based on the attempted hijacking of [[Aeroflot Flight 6833]] in 1983)
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* ''Ein Stern für Aneti'' (2005, fiction)
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* ''Folds and Cracks'' (2009, short-film)
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* ''Time Forward – A Documentary Series by Zaza Rusadze'' (2010, mini series for the Georgian TV channel ''PIK'')
* ''A Fold in My Blanket'' (2013, fiction)
* ''A Fold in My Blanket'' (2013, fiction)
* with [[Andreas Reihse]]: ''Eurydike'' (2020, music video for [[Kreidler (band)|Kreidler]])
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* ''Time Forward - A Documentary Series by Zaza Rusadze'' (2010, mini series for the Georgian TV chanel ''PIK'')
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* ''Folds and Cracks'' (2009, short-film)
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* ''Ein Stern für Aneti'' (2005, fiction)
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* ''Bandits'' (2003, documentary film)
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* ''Zu weit und weiter'' (1999, short-film, HFF, 16mm/13min)
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* ''Oskar oder malen nach Zahlen'' (1997, documentary film, HFF, 16mm/15min)


as scriptwriter:
as scriptwriter:
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* ''Bandits'' (2003)
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* ''Ein Stern für Aneti'' (2005)
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* Dito Tsintsadze: ''[[The Man from the Embassy]]'' (2006)
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* Nika Machaidze: ''Anarekli'' (2009)
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* ''Folds and Cracks'' (2009)
* ''A Fold in My Blanket'' (2013)
* ''A Fold in My Blanket'' (2013)
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* ''Folds and Cracks'' (2009)
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* Nika Machaidze: ''Anarekli'' (2009)
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* Dito Tsintsadze: ''[[The Man from the Embassy]]'' (2006)
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* ''Ein Stern für Aneti'' (2005)
* ''Bandits'' (2003)

as assistant director:
* Julia Loktev: ''The Loneliest Planet'' (2011) (first assistant director)
* Otar Iosseliani: ''Chantrapas'' (2010) (third assistant director)
* Ineke Smits: ''De vliegenierster van Kazbek'' (2010) (second assistant director)
* Dito Tsintsadze: [[The Man from the Embassy]] (2006)
* Ineke Smits: ''Putin's Mama'' (2003)
* Ineke Smits: ''Magonia'' (2001)

as dialog coach:
* Ineke Smits: ''De vliegenierster van Kazbek'' (2010)
* Dito Tsintsadze: [[The Man from the Embassy]] (2006)
* Ineke Smits: ''Magonia'' (2001)


as producer (Zazarfilm):
as producer (Zazarfilm):
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* ''Folds and Cracks'' (2009)
* ''A Fold in My Blanket'' (2013)
* ''A Fold in My Blanket'' (2013)
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* ''Folds and Cracks'' (2009)


== Awards and scholarships ==
== Awards ==
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* 2003 Nominated for ''Media Prize Babelsberg'', for ''Bandits''* 2004 ''Best International Documentary'' for ''Bandits'', International ''Festival of Young Filmmakers'', [[Miskolc]], Hungary
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* ''Audience's Special Prize'' at [[Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival]] for ''Bandits''
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* 2007 [[The Man from the Embassy]]: ''Silver Astor Award for Best Script'' and ''[[Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la Argentina|ACCA]] – Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la Argentina's'' award ''Best Film of the Festival'' at [[Mar del Plata Film Festival#List of winners|Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata]], Buenos Aires, Argentina
* 2009 ''Cottbuser Discovery Award'' for ''Falten und Risse''<ref>[http://www.lr-online.de/kultur/Zaza-Rusadze-mit-Cottbuser-Discovery-Award-geehrt;art1073,2740214 Cottbuser Discovery Award for Zaza Rusadze, Lausitzer Rundschau, in German]</ref>
* 2009 ''Cottbuser Discovery Award'' for ''Falten und Risse''<ref>[http://www.lr-online.de/kultur/Zaza-Rusadze-mit-Cottbuser-Discovery-Award-geehrt;art1073,2740214 Cottbuser Discovery Award for Zaza Rusadze, Lausitzer Rundschau, in German]</ref>
* 2020 ''22nd MuVi Award for the Best German Music Video'' with Andreas Reihse for ''Eurydike'' (Kreidler), [[International Short Film Festival Oberhausen]]<ref>[https://www.kurzfilmtage.de/en/press/detail/all-award-winners-of-the-66th-festival-edition/ MuVi Award 1st Prize for Andreas Reihse & Zaza Rusadze, on site of International Short Film Festival Oberhausen]</ref><ref>[https://www.agenda.ge/en/news/2020/1578 review on Georgian news site Agenda, in English]</ref>
* 2009 scholarship ''Nipkow Programm Stipendium''
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* 2007 [[The Man from the Embassy]]: ''Silver Astor Award for Best Script'' and ''[[ACCA]] - Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la Argentina's'' award ''Best Film of the Festival'' at [[Mar_del_Plata_Film_Festival#List_of_winners|Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata]], [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentinia]]
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* ''Audience’s Special Prize'' at [[Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival]] for ''Bandits''
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* 2004 ''Best International Documentary'' for ''Bandits'', International ''Festival of Young Filmmakers'', [[Miskolc]], [[Hungary]]
*2003 Nominated for ''Media Prize Babelsberg'', for ''Bandits''


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb Name|2127179}}
* {{IMDb name|2127179}}
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Latest revision as of 17:12, 26 April 2024

Rusadze in 2015

Zaza Rusadze (Georgian: 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.[1]

Career

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From 1989 to 1994, in his teenager years, Rusadze worked as anchorperson on Georgian TV for a youth program.[2]

In 1996 he became a student at College of Film and Television (Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf" HFF), in Potsdam, Germany.

During his studies he worked in the news department of Deutsche Welle and – as an interpreter – on film festivals like Berlinale, Dok Leipzig or the East European Film Festival in Cottbus (Rusadze speaks Georgian, German, Russian and English).[3]

In 2003 Rusadze graduated at HFF as a film director with the documentary film Bandits.[4]

In 2007 Rusadze founded the production company Zazarfilm in Tbilisi.[5]

Zaza Rusadze contributed to films of Nika Machaidze, Ineke Smits, Dito Tsintsadze, Otar Ioseliani or Julia Loktev.

A Fold in My Blanket

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From 2006 until 2007 Rusadze participated in the postgraduate program Binger Filmlab in Amsterdam, where he developed A Fold of my Blanket, a script for a forthcoming film.[6]

In March 2010 he was granted the Nipkow scholarship in Berlin, to complete the screen-play for A Fold of my Blanket. In summer 2011 the shooting for his first fiction feature film begun.[7] Rusadze changed the title to A Fold in My Blanket.

February 2013 the film opened the Panorama's main program of 63rd Berlinale.[8] In Summer 2014 it was released on DVD.[9]

Filmography (selection)

[edit]

as director:

  • Oskar oder malen nach Zahlen (1997, documentary film, HFF, 16mm/15min)
  • Zu weit und weiter (1999, short-film, HFF, 16mm/13min)
  • Bandits (2003, documentary film based on the attempted hijacking of Aeroflot Flight 6833 in 1983)
  • Ein Stern für Aneti (2005, fiction)
  • Folds and Cracks (2009, short-film)
  • Time Forward – A Documentary Series by Zaza Rusadze (2010, mini series for the Georgian TV channel PIK)
  • A Fold in My Blanket (2013, fiction)
  • with Andreas Reihse: Eurydike (2020, music video for Kreidler)

as scriptwriter:

  • Bandits (2003)
  • Ein Stern für Aneti (2005)
  • Dito Tsintsadze: The Man from the Embassy (2006)
  • Nika Machaidze: Anarekli (2009)
  • Folds and Cracks (2009)
  • A Fold in My Blanket (2013)

as producer (Zazarfilm):

  • Folds and Cracks (2009)
  • A Fold in My Blanket (2013)

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ Rusadze on the website of Goslab
  2. ^ biographic data on Zaza Rusadzes Homepage
  3. ^ biographic data on Zaza Rusadzes Homepage
  4. ^ Bandits on the website of the production company Credofilm
  5. ^ Zazarfilm
  6. ^ Rusadze on the website of Binger Filmlab
  7. ^ A Fold in My Blanket on Zazarusadze.com
  8. ^ "On Thursday February 7, the Panorama's main programme will open with an astonishing directorial debut from Georgia: In Chemi Sabnis Naketsi (A Fold in my Blanket), Zaza Rusadze uses a highly imaginative cinematic language to portray the friendship of two men in a culture undergoing change." [1]
  9. ^ "A FOLD IN MY BLANKET von Zaza Rusadze - im Vertrieb der PRO-FUN MEDIA GMBH".
  10. ^ Cottbuser Discovery Award for Zaza Rusadze, Lausitzer Rundschau, in German
  11. ^ MuVi Award 1st Prize for Andreas Reihse & Zaza Rusadze, on site of International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
  12. ^ review on Georgian news site Agenda, in English
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