Alexander Kviria Film-maker

Alexander Kviria Filmmaker

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	Alexander Kviria Director, Cameraman, Editor mail@alexanderkviria.com +44 7852 610 235


	Films
2020	"Canning Town Voices" (documentary/60min/UK), supported by Community Links and Clarion Futures – cameraman, editor
2019	"Salty Towels" (fiction/20min/4K/Georgia), produced by Takes Film – director, scriptwriter
2019	"Call me Gabriella" (documentary project in progress)
2014	"The Guest" (fiction/9min/digital/Georgia), part of anthology film "Tbilisi I Love You" – director, scriptwriter
2012	"Steel" (documentary/24min/HDV/Georgia) – director, cameraman, editor
2010	"Gorelovka – Episodes from the life of a disappearing community" (documentary/48min/HDV/Georgia-UK) – director, cameraman, editor > Tbilisi International Film Festival 2010 – selection > GoEast Film Festival 2011 – Federal Foreign Office award > Kish International Film Festival 2011 – competition > London International Documentary Festival (LIDF) 2011 – competition
2009	"The Filthiest Porches – Mamuka Lekiashvili" (documentary/48min/HDV/Georgia) – director, cameraman, editor
2008	"Steven" (documentary/6min/HDV/UK) – director, cameraman, editor > Wood Green International Short Film Festival 2009 - selection > British Shorts Film Festival Berlin 2009 - selection > Moscow Perspektiva Film Festival 2010 - selection
2005	“The Story of a Little Soldier” (fiction/19 min/35mm/Russia) – screenwriter, director, editor > Cortopotere Short Film Festival 2007 – Best Fiction Experimental Film > Festival of Nations (Ebensee) 2007 – diploma > Cottbus Film Festival 2006 – selection > Cork Film Festival 2006 – selection > Moscow CinePhantom Festival 2005 – selection
2002	“Night patrol” (documentary/13 min/35 mm/Russia) – director, editor
2001	“Evgeny the grandson of Vukvutagin” (documentary/10 min/35mm/Russia) – director, editor
2001	“Schoolmates” (documentary/30 min/Beta/Russia) – director, editor
2000	“Colony” (documentary/26 min/Beta/Georgia) – cameraman
2000	“Business trip to Tbilisi” (documentary/26min/Hi8/Georgia) – director, cameraman, editor > Tbilisi Student Film Festival 2001 – Best Documentary
2000	“Cactus flower” (documentary/15min/Beta/Georgia) – director, editor
1999	“Rotterdam /Tbilisi – no comment” (documentary/30min/DV/Georgia-Netherlands) – director, cameraman

	Videos
2019	"Levan Kherkheulidze, Photographer" (2 min)
2008	“Lunchtime” (1 min)
2007	“Bedtime Stories” (3 min)
2007	“Doom” (5 min) > Video Art Festival “Pusto”, Moscow, 2007 > Video Art Screening “Exploding Cinema”, London 2008
2005	“The Story of an Eye” (3 x 30 sec) > Video art exhibition “Outvideo”, Yekaterinburg, 2005

	Jobs
2007 – present	Independent film-maker
2012 – 2013	Imedi TV (Georgia) – general producer
2009	Marseille 2009 Carnival film capture, on an invitation by the City Hall
2009	Educational film for Keyring (UK charity for people with learning difficulties)
2006	“Season of Mists” (Fiction/UK-Russia/Dir. Anna Chernakova) – 1^st AD
2005 – 2006	Georgian Public Broadcasting (TV and radio) – general producer
2003 – 2005	TNT TV channel (Russia) – director, story writer, editor for talk-shows
2001 – 2002	Studio “Dialog” (Russia) – director, editor
2000	“Magonia” (Fiction/Netherlands/Dir. Ineke Smits) – AD
1998 – 1999	TV channel “Georgian Wave” – director, cameraman (short movies)

	Education
2000 – 2003	Russian State Film Institute (VGIK, Moscow), faculty of Film directing
2001	Filmmakers workshop, Erasmus Intensive Program (Lithuania)
1997 – 2000	Tbilisi State Theatre and Film Institute, faculty of Film directing
1989 – 1994	Tbilisi State University, faculty of International Law

Education