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Is Russia Preventing Georgia’s Oscar Submission From Seeing the Light of Day?
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scrn loglineA Georgian filmmaker's politically-charged indie film faces a harrowing odyssey of release hurdles, censorship, and legal battles at the hands of powerful Russian interests.beat sheet- Director Rusudan Glurjidze's film 'The Antique' about a young Georgian woman avoiding deportation from Russia was Georgia's official submission for the international Oscar, but faced immediate script changes and funding gaps from its Russian co-producer, along with location and costume issues that clearly came from government interference.
- After getting the film out of Russia just before the 2022 Ukraine invasion, Glurjidze's movie faced a mysterious copyright infringement lawsuit in Italy that forced the cancellation of its planned world premiere at the prestigious Venice Film Festival, leaving it to screen to a nearly-empty audience as the festival was wrapping up.
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Is Russia Preventing Georgia’s Oscar Submission From Seeing the Light of Day?
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Lexy Perez
scrn logline
A Georgian filmmaker's politically-charged indie film faces a harrowing odyssey of release hurdles, censorship, and legal battles at the hands of powerful Russian interests.
beat sheet
- Director Rusudan Glurjidze's film 'The Antique' about a young Georgian woman avoiding deportation from Russia was Georgia's official submission for the international Oscar, but faced immediate script changes and funding gaps from its Russian co-producer, along with location and costume issues that clearly came from government interference.
- After getting the film out of Russia just before the 2022 Ukraine invasion, Glurjidze's movie faced a mysterious copyright infringement lawsuit in Italy that forced the cancellation of its planned world premiere at the prestigious Venice Film Festival, leaving it to screen to a nearly-empty audience as the festival was wrapping up.
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Rusudan Glurjidze, The Antique, The Antique