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Lana Gogoberidze

filmmaker

Lana Gogoberidze (born October 13, 1928, Tbilisi) is an outstanding Georgian film director, diplomat, artist, translator and essayist. Her film Day Is Longer Than Night was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. In the same year, she was a member of the jury at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. Her films have received numerous international awards and have also been presented at Venice, Tokyo, San Remo and other festivals.

Her filmography also includes I See the Sun (1964), When Almonds Blossom (1972), Some Interviews on Personal Matters (1978), and Valse on Petschora (1992) produced by Georgian Film. Most of her films are co-written with Georgian writer Zaira Arsenishvili.


Lana Gogoberidze graduated from Tbilisi State University in 1953 and from Moscow State University of Cinematography in 1958. She headed Director's Studio at the Rustaveli Theatre School, Tbilisi, in 1975. She was elected to the Parliament of Georgia from 1992 to 1999. Between 1999-2005 she served as Georgia's Ambassador to the Council of Europe. Between 2006-2009 she represented Georgia in UNESCO.

Her translations include poetry by Walt Whitman, Rabindranath Tagore, Paul Verlaine, Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak and Paul Éluard. Her autobiographical book What I remember and the Way I Remember It was first published in 2003.

Lana Gogoberidze is an honorary member of DOCA Documentary Association Georgia

Filmography
  • 2023  MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, OR THE NIGHT IS NEVER COMPLETE ( დედა და შვილი ან ღამე არა არის არასოდეს ბოლომდე ბნელი ) - Documentary - Georgia - Director, Writer, Editor

  • 2019  GOLDEN THREAD ( ოქროს ძაფი ) 90 min - Drama - Georgia - Director, Writer

  • 1992  WALZ ON THE PETSCHORA ( ვალსი პეჩორაზე ) - 104 min - Drama - Georgia - Director, Co-writer

  • 1986  FULL CIRCLE - 100 min - Soviet Union - Drama - Director, Co-writer

  • 1984  DAY IS LONGER THAN NIGHT ( დღეს ღამე უთენებია ) - 138 min - Soviet Union - Drama - Director, Co-writer

  • 1981  A LETTER TO THE CHILDREN ( წერილები შვილებთან ) - 52 min - Documentary - Director

  • 1978  TURNOVER ( ორომტრიალი ) - 100 min - Soviet Union - Drama - Director

  • 1978  SOME INTERVIEWS ON PERSONAL MATTERS ( რამდენიმე ინტერვიუ პირად საკითხებზე ) - 95 min - Soviet

  • Union - Drama - Director, Co-writer

  • 1975  COMMOTION ( აურზაური სალხინეთში ) - 100 min - Soviet Union - Drama - Director, Co-writer

  • 1975  THE LITTLE INCIDENT - 85 min - Soviet Union - Drama - Director, Co-writer

  • 1972  WHEN ALMONDS BLOSSOMED ( როცა აყვავდა ნუში ) - 75 min - Soviet Union - Drama - Director, Co-writer

  • 1968  LIMITS ( ფერისცვალება ) - 83 min - Soviet Union - Drama - Director, Co-director

  • 1965  I SEE THE SUN ( მე ვხედავ მზეს ) - 82 min - Soviet Union - Drama - Director, Co-writer

  • 1961  UNDER ONE SKY ( ერთი ცის ქვეშ ) - 85 min - Soviet Union - Drama - Director, Writer

  • 1959  TBILISI, 1500 YEARS - Soviet Union - Director

  • 1958  GELATI ( გელათი ) - Soviet Union - Director

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