Salomé Jashi
filmmaker, producer
Salomé Jashi [Tbilisi, Georgia 1981] studied documentary filmmaking at Royal Holloway, University of London. She’s a co-founder of Sakdoc Film which produces few films but times for quality artistic production.
Salomé Jashi's Taming the Garden [2021] premiered at Sundance Film Festival's World Cinema Documentary Competition and Berlinale Forum and was nominated for the European Film Awards. Her previous film The Dazzling Light of Sunset [2016] was awarded the Main Prize at Visions du Réel’s Regard Neuf Competition as well as at ZagrebDox, Jihlava IDFF, FIC Valdivia and other festivals. Her earlier work Bakhmaro [2011] was nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. All three films were produced in collaboration with Arte's La Lucarne. Her producing work How the Room Felt [2021] premiered at IDFA's main competition.
Salomé was a fellow of Nipkow Scholarship in 2017 and DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program in 2020. She is a member of European Film Academy and co-founder of DOCA Documentary Association Georgia.
selected filmography
2021 TAMING THE GARDEN - 91 min - Switzerland, Germany, Georgia - Director, Co-cinematographer, Co-producer
2021 HOW THE ROOM FELT - 74 min - Georgia - Producer
2018 THE TOWER - 4 min - Director, Cinematographer
2016 THE DAZZLING LIGHT OF SUNSET - 74 min - Georgia, Germany - Director, Cinematographer, Producer
2011 BAKHMARO - 58 min - Georgia, Germany - Director, Cinematographer
2010 THE LEADER IS ALWAYS RIGHT - 43 min - Georgia - Director, Co-cinematographer, Editor
2009 SPEECHLESS - 12 min - Georgia - Director, Editor
2006 THEIR HELICOPTER - 22 min - Georgia, UK - Director, Editor