BIAFF Industry Platform - “Alternative Wave 2020”

“Alternative Wave” will be held under the framework of BIAFF film festival in Batumi during 16-20 September, 2020. The main focus of the “Alternative Wave 2020” is to develop the low budget feature film projects with the support of foreign and local experienced film industry specialists. Selected participants will have the opportunity to develop projects in the following areas – script, presentations, funding strategy, film production strategy, distribution and

marketing strategy.

The selected projects for Alternative Wave 2020 edition.

1. "Beka" - screenwriter and director Vano Burduli.

2. "Hammock" - directed by Levan Tutberidze, author of the script Irakli Solomonashvili.

3. "Tenth Witness" author and director of the script Giga Liklikadze

4. "Awakening" scriptwriter and director Tengiz Asitashvili

5. "Cold Clouds" screenwriter and director Kakha Kikabidze.

6. "Good Boys" screenwriter and director Giorgi Tavartkiladze

7. "Continuous Road", screenwriter and director Giorgi Megrelishvili

8. "Chaos of Silence" screenwriter and director Nina Shaburishvili

9. "BRULE LE SANG" screenwriters Akaki Popkhadze and Floren Hill, director Akaki Popkhadze

Invited experts:

• Nikos Panayotopoulos (Greece).
• Laurent Danilo (France).
• Tamar Tatishvili (Georgia).
• Gulin Ustun (Turkey).
• Gela Babluani (Georgia).

Moderators: Tinatin Kajrishvili, Lasha Khalvashi

Organizers: Tinatin Kajrishvili, Lasha Khalvashi, Zviad Eliziani

BIAFF 2020  “Alternative Wave” supporters – Georgian National Film Center, Ministry of Culture of Ajara