December 2015
WHEN THE EARTH SEEMS TO BE LIGHT wins Prometheus Award for Best Documentary in the National Competition of Tbilisi International Film Festival.
December 2015
WHEN THE EARTH SEEMS TO BE LIGHT screens in the National Competition at Tbilisi International Film Festival and is nominated for Best Georgian Documentary.
November 2015
WHEN THE EARTH SEEMS TO BE LIGHT wins IDFA 2015 Award for Best First Appearance at International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam.
November 2015
WHEN THE EARTH SEEMS TO BE LIGHT world premiers at IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in the First Appearance Comeptition.
November 2014
A FOLD IN MY BLANKET screens in Germany at the 24th Festival of East European Cinema Cottbus.
August 2014
Out on DVD in Germany
German Pro-Fun Media releases A FOLD IN MY BLANKET on DVD on August 29, 2014.
July 2014
A FOLD IN MY BLANKET screens in Serbia
at European Film Festival Palic, „Cinema in Focus“ program - New Wave of Georgian Cinema.
22.07.14 | 17:00 | Eurocinema Subotica
June 2014
Georgian Cinema Release
A FOLD IN MY BLANKET has been released in Georgian Cinemas on July 12, 2014.
May 2014
Zaza Rusadze joins EFA
Zaza Rusadze has become an official voting member of the European Film Academy.
April 2014
GNFC funds WHEN EARTH SEEMS TO BE LIGHT...
WHEN EARTH SEEMS TO BE LIGHT - a documentary feature by Salome Machaidze, Tamuna Karumidze and David Meskhi, co-produced by Zazarfilm, receives the production support of 53.183 GEL from the Georgian National Film Center.
December 2013
Best Pitch Award at Sakdoc Film's Pitch.Doc 2013
WHEN EARTH SEEMS TO BE LIGHT - a documentary by Salome Machaidze, Tamuna Karumidze and David Meskhi, co-produced by Zazarfilm, Zaza Rusadze wins Best Pitch Award of Pitch.Doc 2013 at 14th Tbilisi International Film Festival.
December 2013
A FOLD IN MY BLANKET screens at the 18th International Film Festival of Kerala, India in the World Cinema section.
07.12.13 | 11:30 | Remya
10.12.13 | 09:15 | Remya
November 2013
A FOLD IN MY BLANKET screens in Macedonia, in the Official Selection of Skopje CinEdays Festival of European Film.
22.11.13 | 20:00 | Pocket Cinema YCC
November 2013
A FOLD IN MY BLANKET screens at Quersicht Festival de films lesbiens et gays de Berne.
10.11.13 | 15:30 | Kellerkino
12.11.13 | 18:00 | Kino Kunstmuseum
October 2013
Brazilian Festival Premiere at 37th Mostra São Paulo International Film Festival
A FOLD IN MY BLANKET screens at São Paulo International Film Festival in International Feature Film Competition.
25.10. | 20:40 | Cinemateca | Sala Petrobras
29.10. | 14:00 | Reserva Cultural 1
October 2013
Ukrainian Festival Premiere at 43rd Molodist Kiev International Film Festival
A FOLD IN MY BLANKET screens as Ukrainian Festival Premiere at 43rd Molodist Kiev International Film Festival in the section Films Across Borders.
25.10. | 21:40 | Zhovten Сinema | Anshlag Hall | 26 Konstiantinovska St
October 2013
Indian Festival Premiere at 15th Mumbai Film Festival
A FOLD IN MY BLANKET screens at 15th Mumbai Film Festival.
18.10. | 15:00 | Metro | 2nd Show
20.10. | 12:30 | Cinemax | Versova
September 2013
Best Feature Film goes to A FOLD IN MY BLANKET at 17th Queer Lisboa International Film Festival
The award for Best Feature Film of Queer Lisboa 17 went to A Fold in My Blanket (Georgia, 2013), directed by Zaza Rusadze. According to the Jury, the film was awarded "For constructing a choreography about memory, about the intimacy related to the political history of a country."
September 2013
Portuguese Festival Premiere at 17th Queer Lisboa International Film Festival
A FOLD IN MY BLANKET screens at 17th Queer Lisboa International Film Festiva:
22.09. | 19:30 | Cinema São Jorge | Sala Manoel de OliveiraInternational Competition
September 2013
Georgian Festival Premiere at BIAFF 2013
A FOLD IN MY BLANKET screens at 13th Batumi International Arthouse Film Festival:
19.09. | 18:00 | Cinema Apollo (International Feature Film Competition)
20.09. | 22:00 | Open Air Cinema in Batumi Boulevard
August 2013
Swiss Premiere at 66th Locarno Film Festival - 11.08. | 14:00 | L'altra Sala -
A FOLD IN MY BLANKET will screen in the Open Doors section of the 66th Locarno International Film Festival (August 7 - 17, 2013). Open Doors Screenings is a non-competitive section and presents each year a selection of films particularly representative of the cinematographic and cultural landscape of the region on which Open Doors focuses on.
August 2013
Screening at Fünf Seen Film Festival in Germany
A FOLD IN MY BLANKET screens in competition program at "Five Lakes Film Festival" in Germany.
02.08. | 21:00 | Breitwand Schloß Seefeld
03.08. | 22:30 | Kino Breitwand Starnberg
July 2013
Zazarfilm set to start shooting an exciting documentary
WHEN EARTH SEEMS TO BE LIGHT - a documentary feature by Salome Machaidze, David Meskhi and Tamuna Karumidze goes into Pre-Production. With financial support of Adjara Regional Film Promotion Program, Jörg Langkau Films Cologne and co-produced by Artarea/Tv2.0 the production aims to start shooting in August 2013.
June 2013
Armenian Festival Premiere at GAIFF Golden Apricot
A FOLD IN MY BLANKET will screen at Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival in the Directors Across Borders section on July 11th at 15:00 in Moscow Cinema.
April 2013
EFP - Producers on the Move
Zaza Rusadze and his production company Zazarfilm has been selected by the Georgian National Film Center to be part of European Film Promotion's 14th edition of the PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE initiative which takes place at the Cannes International Film Festival 2013.
March 2013
Asian Premiere at HKIFF
A FOLD IN MY BLANKET to screen at 37th Hong Kong International Film Festival in the Young Cinema Competition.
February 2013
A FOLD IN MY BLANKET - the opening film of the Panorama
On Thursday February 7 2013, the Panorama's main programme will open with A FOLD IN MY BLANKET.
January 2013
Zazarfilm signs up with Media Luna New Films
Media Luna New Films will handle the world sales for A FOLD IN MY BLANKET. Contact in Berlin @ the European Film Market, Martin-Gropius-Bau (Booth #33).
December 2012
A FOLD IN MY BLANKET to screen at Berlin International Film Festival
Zaza Rusadze's feature debut A FOLD IN MY BLANKET will world-premiere in the Official Programme's Panorama section of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival (February 7 - 17, 2013).
July 2012
Post Production
Zaza Rusadze's feature debut A FOLD IN MY BLANKET is currently in Post-Production and planned to be released in 2013.
October 2011
That's a wrap!
Zaza Rusadze has completed the shooting of his feature debut A FOLD IN MY BLANKET.
Septemer 2011
Zazarfilm begins shooting
Zaza Rusadze's feature debut A FOLD IN MY BLANKET starts shooting in Georgia on September 12, 2011.
June 2011
Zazarfilm set to start shooting in September 2011
Currently in pre-production, Zaza Rusadze's feature debut A FOLD IN MY BLANKET will shoot in Georgia, with the start scheduled for September 2011.
January 2011
GNFC funds Zaza Rusadze's feature debut
Georgian National Film Center selects A FOLD IN MY BLANKET for production support of 500.000 GEL (213.000 €) The production aims to start in September 2011.
December 2010
Sundance Institute Development Grant
The Sundance Documentary Fund selects Zaza Rusadze to receive a development grant for his documentary film project A BEAR OVER OUR HEADS. The film allows a timely re-examination of the effects of nationalistic tendencies of the war between Georgian and Abkhazian people.
December 2010
Best Pitch Award at Pitch.Doc 2010
A BEAR OVER OR HEADS wins Best Pitch Award at the second edition of the Pitch.Doc - documentary film pitching session in frames of 11th Tbilisi International Film festival held in Georgia, Tbilisi December 8-10, 2010.
November 2010
TIME FORWARD - a Documentary Series by Zaza Rusadze
Zaza Rusadze has begun the production of 6 part documentary series TIME FORWARD for Georgian TV Channel Canal PIK. The compilation documentary series utilizes the archive footage allocated in the picture libraries in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan and reviews in retrospective the cultural identity change of the Caucasian Region in past few decades.
July 2010
Zaza Rusadze worked as 1st AD on THE LONELIEST PLANET
Zaza Rusadze has wokred as 1st Asiistant Director on the feature film by Julia Loktev THE LONELIEST PLANET. The film starring Gael García Bernal, Hanni Furstenberg and Bidzina Gudjabidze was entirely shot in the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia and produced by the Parts and Labor (USA) and Flying Moon (Germany).
May 2010
FFA funds ICE PRINCESS
German Federal Film Board FFA selects a feature film proposal by Zaza Rusadze ICE PRINCESS for the script development. The film tells a story of a fictional Georgian World Figure Skating Champion. Having reached the climax of her heady success she is about to breakdown: - "What I do, I do because I can and because I must!". The script is based on a radio play by Frauke Schmidt.
March 2010
Zaza Rusadze receives Nipokow Programm Scholarship
Zaza Rusadze has been selected for the Nipkow Programm Scholarship to further develop the screenplay for his feature film project A FOLD IN MY BLANKET.
December 2009
CineMart 2010 selects Zaza Rusadze's debut film project
International Film Festival Rotterdam's co-production market CineMart has chosen A FOLD IN MY BLANKET by Zaza Rusadze for the selection of its 27th edition that takes place January 31 – February 3, 2010.
November 2009
Cottbus Discovery Award for Zaza Rusadze
Zaza Rusadze received the Cottbus Discovery Award at the 19th Cottbus Festival of East European Cinema. This prize was awarded for being a promising newcomer in Eastern European cinema.
February 2009
Folds and Cracks - completed
In collaboration with Sanguko Films Zazarfilm has completed its first production, a short film by Zaza Rusadze FOLDS AND CRACKS.
May 2007
Hubert Bals Fund grants the financial support
Hubert Bals Fund of the International Film Festival Rotterdam has granted the financial support towards Script & Project development for Zaza Rusadze's debut film A FOLD IN MY BLANKET.
March 2007
Zazarfilm founded
Zaza Rusadze founded the Film Production and Distribution Company Zazarfilm based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Zazarfilm aims to develop, produce and distribute Georgian author driven documentary and feature films.
January 2007
Binger Filmlab Graduation
Zaza Rusadze has graduated from Binger Filmlab - Postgraduate Film Program of the Amsterdam School of Arts where he has been developing a screenplay for his feature film debut A FOLD IN MY BLANKET.