Alexandre Koberidze
Biography
Alexandre Koberidze (Georgisch: αααα₯α‘αααα α ααααα αα«α; born October 19, 1984; Tbilisi) is a Georgian filmmaker, screenwriter, editor and actor. He is currently studying cinema at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin. "Colophon" (2015) is his first short film and was presented in Oberhausen. His second feature, "Let the Summer Never Come Again" (2017) has been to FID Marseille where it won the Grand Prix of the International Competition. In 2021 Koberidze received for his second feature film "What do we see when we look at the sky?" (2021) an invitation to the competition at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival . [14] In the almost two and a half hour long work, he again devoted himself to the βpoetry of aimlessnessβ, as previously shown in Let the summer never come again . [15] The romance film takes place in the Georgian city of Kutaisi and is about lovers who fall victim to a curse. Although the work did not receive an award from the competition jury, Koberidze was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize.
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m β’ as Otar
Three young Georgians have to clean a castle in Berlin, where a German arms manufacturer's art collection is being set up for an exhibition. Of course, the proletariat isn't welcome at the opening party and they are banished to a servants' room in the attic. Downstairs, however, a splendid buffet attracts them - so why not just ignore the unfair prohibition and cross the line of class society? Didn't the French Revolution start over a piece of cake?
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m β’ as Ljowushka
1928: Lyovuschka, a Soviet worker, is cast in the role of Trotsky for Eisensteinβs latest film, but quickly finds his dreams of an actorβs life shattered when Trotsky falls into Stalinβs disfavor. Exiled from his homeland, he poses as a wealthy baron and finds himself stuck in a glamorous seaside resort in Germany awaiting a barge that will take him to Hollywood. A summer romance kicks off when he meets the eccentric factory owner Octavia Flambow-Jansen - it's just too bad there are vampires around.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m β’ as Sachbearbeiter
The story of the dog from the title, who in a frame narrative explains how he came to be transformed from an unemployed communist filmmaker into a canine with a philosophical bent. Unable to finance his new project, young Berlin-based director Julian tells foreign exchange student Camille that his job in the countryside is research for an upcoming film. When Camille offers to help, he is forced to uphold the lie. The plantation isnβt the proletarian idyll he had hoped for, but fortunately the reincarnation of Francis of Assisi provides spiritual insight and a new aim in life.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m β’ Main Cast Role
The famous director Sandro is shooting invisible films with faith in the purity of his work. Having promised the leading role of his new film to his big love, he has to face the fact that there is nothing to see in his films.