Berlinale: Georgia’s Alief Acquires International Rights for Panorama Player ‘Horizons’ (Exclusive)

One of Georgia’s most up-and-coming and international media companies, Alief, has announced the acquisition of rights outside Georgia to Georgian producer-director Tinatin Kajrishvili’s second feature “Horizons,” which will screen in the Berlinale’s Panorama section.The announcement comes as Georgian new wave cinema is attracting attention, largely due to the success of another Alief film, Ana Urushadze’s “Scary Mother,” which impressed at festivals such as Les Arcs and Locarno – where it won best first feature – and is the opening night film at this year’s Berlin Critic’s Week.The world sales deal was struck between Alief and the film’s Georgian production companies, Gemini, Kajrishvili’s company, and Artzim, and also includes festival representation.

The two companies previously worked together on the aforementioned “Scary Mother” while “Horizons,” is their first project with Swedish producers Momento Film.Kajrishvili’s debut feature debut “Brides” also had its world premiere in the Panorama section in 2014, before

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