...On Photography
Conversations with contemporary imagemakers, critics, gallery directors and theoreticans.
Giorgi Mrevlishvili earned his MFA in Film from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (USA) in 2013. He received MsocSc (2004) and B.J. (2006) degree in International Journalism from Tbilisi State University (Georgia). In 2010 he became a finalist for the Berlin Today Award at Berlinale Film Festival with the project “Reflection.” The film has been selected for the Vision Du Reel’s “Focus: Georgia” programme in Nyon, Switzerland, in 2015. Mrevlishvili’s film “Zurabi” (2006) made with Ateliers Varan was awarded as the best Georgian documentary of 2007 at the Niamori Film Festival. Mrevlishvili has directed numerous documentaries, short fiction and experimental films through 2004-2020. His recent film “Twelve Lessons” (2019) received a special mention for documentary film at Tbilisi International Film Festival in 2019. He is interested in exploring experimental processes in documentary films and finished writing a book “The Process” reflecting on his observations on experimental practices in documentaries.