Tato Kotetishvili
Tato KOTETISHVILI (1987, Georgia) studied film at the Theatrical Institute in Tbilisi and continued as a cinematographer at the Polish National Film School in Łódź. He lives in Tbilisi and works as a cinematographer and director of feature films, documentaries and commercials. His short film Watermelon won Best Short at the 2017 Krakow International Film Festival, Best Short at the 2017 Batumi International Film Festival, Best Film at the 2017 Brno Short Film Festival and Best Short at the 2017 Tbilisi International Film Festival – his short, Ogasavara, screened at IFFR 2016.
Filmography
Arbuz/Watermelon (2012, short), Ogasavara (2015, short), Holy Electricity (2024)
Tato Kotetishvili at IFFR
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Holy Electricity
A suitcase filled with rusty iron crosses becomes a potential goldmine in this urban fable.
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Flowering and Fading
Flowering and Fading strikes at the subconscious, submerging the senses in an ocean of beauty.
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Holy Electricity
Nika and Nodo, two crusaders in contemporary Tbilisi, smell a business opportunity when giant neon crucifixes appear around town. But selling their
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Ogasavara
Murad and Masha are getting married. But their romantic date dynamite fishing takes a surprising turn. A whimsical tale of love, death and stop-mot