Giorgi Javakhishvili

Giorgi is a Georgian-based film researcher, film director and producer. He is studying the Film Studies master's program at Ilia State University. He’s editor-in-chief of CinExpress Journal and organises screenings at the Georgian Film House. An invited film critic and journalist at the Berlinale, GoEast and Vienna film festivals. Giorgi recently emerged as a director and gained his first funding from Georgian National Film Center. He is preparing his first short fiction film Pale Evening, Gray Day (working title), which is envisioned to be expanded into a feature film Liberté (currently in script development). He worked for Kutaisi International Short Film Festival and Tbilisi International Film Festival. 1st place Winner of the competition ‘’Write about Georgian cinema’’. His co-authored text "Georgian Cinema Avant-Garde: What the Eye Can't See" will be published in a book as part of the Europalia arts festival in Belgium.

Latest Film Reviews

Iron Butterflies (2023)

Review preview for Iron Butterflies

A testament to the power of documentary cinema in uncovering and sharing stories that must not be forgotten.

Giorgi Javakhishvili · 3.5 out of 5

In summer 2014, sunflower fields and coal mines in eastern Ukraine turned into a 12 square kilometer crime scene. A multi-layered investigation into the downing of flight MH17, in which a butterfly-shaped shrapnel was found in the pilot's body, implicated the state responsible for a war crime that remains unpunished.