 There are about 6,500 languages spoken worldwide. When streamers talk about diversity and inclusion, we have to consider that they have only major languages available on their platforms. But what about my grandma who cannot watch streamers as she is from an indigenous community of the country of Georgia. Her only language is Georgian. When I watch TV shows I always think about my parents and how they should love the show I am watching but there is no way they understand it in English. As their language skills are so tight. Most of the Georgian young generation leave the country and they use to speak better in other languages than Georgian, and I am so worried it happens everywhere. Not to mention that Russian is often mistaken for a native language of Georgia… We have our own language and our own culture, which has to survive from this globalization and immigration process. Let’s imagine that streamers start more localization projects and they open their offices in every country, which is 195 worldwide. So, 195 offices are not too much. Let’s take the example of the country of Georgia. The population is 3,7 mln. If streamers translate films into Georgian, they will get Georgian subscribers. Dubbing a feature in local language is easy: you once dub/subtitle it and it exists forever. But for TV shows you will definitely need local stuff. Need to mention the price for dubbing is quite reasonable locally. With the estimations below we can think that if NETFLIX will start dubbing in the country of Georgia it can reach 1 mln. subscribers potentially, which can balance the dubbing costs of the entire NETFLIX content by half of its local annual subscription revenue. For the next year it will give NETFLIX an opportunity to open the local office, which will be a great opportunity for local talents to work there. It gives NETFLIX an opportunity to produce local film/TV content for global outreach.  What we nowadays talk about successful content for streamers, we consider local projects from around the world such as “Squid Game”, “Money Heist”, etc. so opening new offices in every country and creating local content with local languages will be a gate opener of diverse talents.
Localization projects and creating more local content will help the film market and economy to grow, it may become the new era of the entire cinema. I see the future of the film, and it is brighter and more diverse than it is today. Tsiako Abesadze  Tbilisi, Georgia - During September 15-23, by invitation of Women in Film & Television - Caucasus and Natura Film, a world renown American film and television producer from Hollywood - Gale Anne Hurd will be visiting Georgia. Hurd is one of the influential producers in Hollywood. Her filmography consists of films and TV Series such as: The Terminator (1, 2, 3), The Abyss, The Punisher, Aliens, The Walking Dead.
Gale Anne's visit in Georgia is introductory to the country and its culture. In parallel to enjoying visiting different beautiful regions of the country, she will be meeting with the local filmmakers, and will get to know the local film industry. Gale Anne will also participate in various planned activities throughout the country, including:
Gale Anne Hurd is an honorary member and a huge supporter of international organization - Women in Film & Television (WIFT). A local branch of this organization was established in the Caucasus region this year, with the majority of the members being from Georgia. The president of WIFT Caucasus is Georgian director - Nana Ekvtimishvili. Predecessor organization of WIFT, WIF network (Women in Film LA) was founded in Los Angeles, CA back in 1973 as a reaction to male dominance in the film industry. Today, there are around 50 WIFT and WIFT-partner chapters on six continents – all working for the same goal: gender balance in the industry. www.wifti.net www.womeninfilm.org www.wiftcaucasus.org www.facebook.com/wiftcaucasus/  თბილისი, საქართველო - 15-23 სექტემბერს "ქალები კინოსა და ტელევიზიაში - კავკასია"-სა (Women in Film & Television – Caucasus) და ნათურა ფილმის მოწვევით საქართველოს ცნობილი ამერიკელი პროდიუსერი, გეილ ენნ ჰერდი ესტუმრება. გეილ ენნი თანამედროვე ჰოლივუდის ერთ-ერთი ყველაზე გავლენიანი პროდიუსერია. 1980-იანი წლებიდან მოყოლებული, მას ისეთ ფილმებზე აქვს ნამუშევარი, როგორებიცაა: The Terminator, Aliens, Armageddon, The Walking Dead, The Abyss და ა.შ.
გეილ ენნი საქართველოში ქვეყნის გაცნობის მიზნით ჩამოდის. სხვადასხვა რეგიონის მონახულების პარალელურად ის კინოს სფეროში მომუშავე ადამიანებს შეხვდება და ადგილობრივი კინოწარმოების შესახებ ინფორმაციას გაეცნობა. დაგეგმილია სხვდასხვა აქტივობები ქვეყნის მასშტაბით. მათ შორის:
გეილ ენნი არის საერთაშორისო ორგანიზაცია "Women in Film & Television"-ის (WIFT) საპატიო წევრი და აქტიური მხარდამჭერი. მიმდინარე წლის ივლისში დაფუძნდა ეს ორგანიზაცია კავკასიაშიც, რომლის საბჭოს წევრების უმეტესი ნაწილი საქართველოდან არიან, ხოლო პრეზიდენტი არის რეჟისორი ნანა ექვთიმიშვილი. ორგანიზაცია თავდაპირველად ლოს-ანჯელესში ჩამოყალიბდა ჯერ კიდევ 1973 წელს, თუმცა უფრო ლოკალური სახე ჰქონდა. 90-იანი წლებიდან ეს გაერთიანება WIFT-ად ტრანსფორმირდა და საერთაშორისო მასშტაბებზე გავიდა. www.wifti.net www.womeninfilm.org www.wiftcaucasus.org www.facebook.com/wiftcaucasus/
 ცნობილი გერმანელი რეჟისორის ფაიტ ჰელმერის (Veit Helmer) ფილმი „ლიფი“ (The Bra), რომლის უმეტესი ნაწილი საქართველოშია გადაღებული, ტოკიოს საერთაშორისო კინოფესტივალის მთავარ საკონკურსო სექციაშია. გადაღებები რკინიგზის მიდამომოებში საქართველოს რკინიგზის მხარდაჭერით განხორციელდა. ფაიტ ჰელმერმა კიდევ ერთხელ დაამტკიცა, რომ წარმოსახვითი სამყაროს გადმოცემის ოსტატია. ფილმი მოგვითხრობს მემანქანე ნურლანის ამბავს, რომელიც თავის მატარებელში უცნობი ქალის ლამაზ ლურჯ ლიფს იპოვის და მფლობელის საპოვნელად სიყვარულის საძიებელ გზას დაადგება. ფაიტ ჰელმერი კომედიურ ფილმს ოსტატურად მოგვითხრობს თანამედროვე ზღაპრის ჟანრში, რომელიც დიალოგების გარეშეა. ფილმის მთავარ როლშია კუსტურიცას მსახიობი პედრაგ ‘მიკი’ მანოილოვიჩი (Pedrag ‘Miki’ Manojlovic), ფილმში ასევე იხილავთ ცნობილ მსახიობებს: დენი ლავუ (Denis Lavant), პას ვეგა (Paz Vega), ჩულპან ხამათოვა (Chulpan Khamatova), მაია მორგენსტერნი (Maia Morgenstern). საქართველოდან: ია შუღლიაშვილი და დავით დვალიშვილი. ფილმის აღმასრულებელი პროდიუსერია ციაკო აბესაძე, რომლის ქართულ-ლიტვურ-ლუქსემბურგულმა კო-პროდუქციამ “ინგა”-მ (რეჟისორი: დათო აბრამიშვილი) ახლახანს ლიტვის კინოცენტრის დაფინანსება მოიპოვა. Veit Helmer’s upcoming feature THE BRA will be celebrating its international world premiere in the Competition of the Tokyo International Film Festival. The film was mostly shot in Georgia. Production on the railway locations was supported by Georgian Railway. Veit Helmer delivers renewed proof that he is a master of imaginative visual language with THE BRA, his charming comedy about the search for love. The lonely train driver Nurlan is sent off in search of the owner of a fantastically beautiful blue lace bra which got snagged by his train. Nurlan's curiosity is aroused: who might this little piece of material actually belong to? Helmer has directed his film as a modern fairytale that manages without any dialogue. The lead is played by Pedrag ‘Miki’ Manojlovic (known by Kusturica movies). Also starring: Denis Lavant, Paz Vega, Chulpan Khamatova, Maia Morgenstern). From Georgia: Ia Shughliashvili and Davit Dvalishvili. The film is executive produced by Tsiako Abesadze, whose Georgian-Lithuanian- Luxembourgish co-production INGA (director: Dato Abramishvili) was recently awarded a production grant by the Lithuanian Film Center.  Vilnius/Tbilisi, July 17, 2018 — Georgian awarded directors’ Davit Abramishvili and Giorgi Gogichaishvili feature project INGA was awarded a production grant by the Lithuanian Film Center.
The directors’ earlier collaboration, the apocalyptic short 8 Minutes travelled well around the festivals (Gold Medal at Manhattan Shorts, Best Short Film at Innsbruck Film Festival, Best Sci-Fi at Sydney Indie Film Festival, etc) receiving wide critical and audience acclaim. INGA is written by Mariam Bekauri and Zaza Koshkadze. Georgian production companies: Sibler Films and Natura Film. INGA is produced by Tsiako Abesadze, Gega Khmaladze and Magda Datuashvili from Georgia, and is co-produced with Paul Thiltges Distributions’ Paul Thiltges from Luxembourg and FILMAI LT’s Arturas' Dvinelis from Lithuania. Inga was developed at the Mannheim Meeting Place platform at IFF Mannheim-Heidelberg in 2017. Lithuanian state support follows a production grant from the Georgian National Film Center. Production is set to begin later in 2018. source This year our amazing jury of Berlinale will give a Golden Bear to the American actor Willem Dafoe (actor: Spider-Man) for his lifetime achievement. This harmless actor acted in up to 100 films. He was born in Wisconsin, USA. As he says: "my five sisters raised me because my father was a surgeon, my mother was a nurse and they worked together, so I didn't see either of them much". This guy is a very good example how to do your job with excellency. He's a role model for everybody to be a devoted to what you do.  Author: Tsiako Abesadze
It's very difficult to know what you want to do in this life and to find your right place. A German director, writer, producer and composer Tom Tykwer was a lucky person who already knew it from his childhood. He was 11 when he shot his first film. Sometimes to continue your career to right direction is very difficult and we need somebody who will believe in us and shows us our power. That was Rosa von Praunheim (director) who encouraged Tykwer to shoot his first short film "Because" (1990). This was the first step forward for Tykwer to shoot for us already well-known and amazing film "Run Lola Run" (1998), which brought him a huge success. Since 1992 Tom had 6 award-winning films on Berlinale. "The Berlinale has always been my favorite and my home film festival, and has supported me since I began working as a filmmaker. We have a fantastic and broad history with each other. Now I can look forward to two focused and fun weeks of films with the jury"- says Tom Tykwer with regard to his jury presidency. This year Tom will host the world of cinema in his favorite country and brings us a huge motivation to do whatever we like and believe in ourselves. Good Luck Tom!
Author: Tsiako Abesadze
 After Sundance, two major film festivals: Berlin International Film Festival - Berlinale, Cannes International Film Festival and Oscars are coming soon. Today let's talk about Berlinale:
Berlinale counts 68th of its edition this year. It was founded in 1951 in West Berlin, the first film shown on Berlinale was Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca. From May, 2001, amazing Dieter Kosslick is a director of the festival and hosts up to 400 films in seven sections: Competition, Panorama, Forum, Generation, Perspektive Deutsches Kino, Berlinale Shorts, Retrospective. The main prizes of Berlinale are Golden and Silver Bears. Bear is a symbol of Berlin. This year we have a very tough competition. In the section of "Competition" takes place: "7 Days in Entebbe" by José Padilha (director of "Narcos"), "Ága" by Milko Lazarov (director of "Otchuzhdenie"), "Ang Panahon ng Halimaw" by Lav Diaz (director of "The Woman Who Left"), "Museo" (Museum) by Alonso Ruizpalacios (director of "Güeros"), "Unsane" by Steven Soderbergh (director of "Traffic", "The Good German") and etc. Other sections are also in high competition, it's a very hot year for cold Berlin. Berlinale is very famous of its EFM - European Film Market. Thousands of films are brought from various countries and are promoted to sales agents, producers and other distributors. Berlinale has also youth section, where up to 250 young talents are selected from various countries. It is a winter film school campus, which was collaborated to Berlinale from 2003. Author: Tsiako Abesadze Australian actress in Hollywood Cate Blanchett was selected as a head of jury to the 71st Cannes Film Festival, 2018. Cate Blanchett is a two-time Oscar-winning actor who is prominent in a Hollywood campaign against sexual harassment in the workplace after a broke of a famous scandal about Harvey Weinstein. Cate will become the 12th woman to lead the prestigious panel at Cannes this year in May. "We're very pleased to welcome a rare and unique artist with talent and conviction": - said Cannes president Pierre Lescure and delegate general Thierry Fremaux. In 2017 the head of Cannes jury was Pedro Almodovar, and the winner of the festival became the tragicomedy of Henry James "The Square". The film is nominated on Oscars Foreign Film section in 2018.  Author: Tsiako Abesadze
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