October 19th, 2015 – Colors, sounds and heat: Tbilisi is celebrating with cinema for the youths. Georgia’s capital is hosting 500 teenagers from Italy, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Croatia between the ages of 13 and 18 for “Giffoni Georgia 2015.” The festival follows the model of the Giffoni Experience – a Festival of Cinema for Children which takes place every summer at Giffoni Valle Piana, in the province of Salerno – with film screenings and debates. After Georgia and after the third edition of Giffoni Macedonia, the Giffoni Experience will travel to Albania, Brazil and Doha, Qatar. One of the side events in Tbilisi is the “Sukhishvili” master classes, a Mime Theater performance by Amiran Shalikashvili, as well as many workshops on video games, painting, animation and theater. Guests for this edition include Georgian filmmakers Zaza Urushadze, Giorgi Ovashvili, Kakhi Kavsadze, and Nino Kasradze, as well as author Rati Amaghlobeli and philologist Levan Berdzenishvili. The purpose of the project is to promote film culture and freedom of expression among young people. The jury is composed by many young people from the Pankisi Gorge, from Nikozi and Ergneti villages, and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia). The event is supported by the Italian Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Culture of Georgia and the City of Tbilisi. (Red)
