Festival Archive 2021

MESTIA INTERNATIONAL SHORT AND MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL 29.07-02.08 2026

Festival Archive 2021

Program

15.09.2021 Wednesday

Grand Opening Ceremonny 19:00

Merab Kokochashvili’s Feature Film “Peak”

16.09.2021 Thursday

Short Film Section 12:00

Kakhetian Train 00:45:00 (Georgia)
Coffee Place 00:28:00 (South Korea)
Beautiful Weather 00:11:00 (Turkey/Germany)
Fire extinguisher 00:05:00 (Spain)
Golden Minutes 00:10:00 (Lietuva)

Short Film Section 16:00

Life in three voices 00:35:00 (USA)
Shadow Play 00:15:00 (Hong Kong)
Brushes and Branches 00:10:00 (South Korea)
My Black Heart 00:16:00 (Armenia)
The Machine 00:14:00 (Morocco)
Meow 00:10:00 (Russia)

Mountain Film Section 19:00

K2 and the Invisible Footmen 00:53:00 (Pakistan)
Jurria – Guardians of the Pole 00:35:00 (Spain)

17.09.2021 Friday

Short Film Section 12:00

We’ll never get lost again 00:35:00 (Ukraine)
Coexist 00:12:00 (Iran)
Superprize 00:15:00 (Russia)
Maradonna’s Legs 00:20:00 (Germany)

Short Film Section 16:00

Take the Judel and Run 00:21:00 (Georgia) (Non-Competition)
MoonLight 00:21:00 (South Korea)
Lottery 00:10:00 (Bangladesh)
Parvaz Mahiha 00:14:00 (Iran)
Spring Days 00:18:00 (Morocco)
Long distance 00:20:00 (Israel)

Mountain Film Section 18:30

Everest – The Hard Way 00:52:00 (Slovakia)
Good Lad 00:35:00 (Georgia)

18.09.2021 Saturday

Film Screening 12:00

We wanted to kill all nasty ones 01:30:00 (Germany)

Short Film Section 16:00

Mare Nostrum 00:25:00 (Greece)
Silence of the River 00:14:00 (Peru)
Dispesrion 00:15:00 (Ukraine)
Soul river and Black memories 00:20:00 (Brazil)
Preparation 00:16:00 (Georgia)

Grand Closing Ceremony of the Festival 18:00 Closing with Giorgi Mrevlishvili’s Film „The Remote Valleys of Georgia“

19.09.2021 Sunday

Special Section of Festival’s Partner “Arsenal” 12:00

Atlanta (Georgia)
Curupira – a film by “Arsenal”
Gylfaginning – a film by “Arsenal”

Mountain-themed Children’s Film 14:00

Amelie Rennt 1:37:00 (Germany)

Repeated Screnning of winner Films 17:00

Jury

Uladzimir Karacheuski

General Director of the National Film Studio «Belarusfilm» since 2018 (one of the leading film production companies in the Republic of Belarus). He was the First Deputy Minister of Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus from 2010-2014; later worked as the Head of the Republican Theatre of Belarussian Drama.He is the General Producer of more than 20 films.

Zviad Dolidze

Film historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Doctor of Art Criticism, Dean of the Art Sciences, Media and Management faculty of the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University, Full professor. Executive director of association “Cinerama”, founder and director of the Abasha International Children and Youth Film Festival, executive director of the Tbilisi Children Film Festival “Golden Butterfly”.

Emilis Velyvis

Director, producer. With an educational background in fine arts/oil painting, Emilis Velyvis is a celebrated Lithuanian director and producer. He has studied in the Vilnius Academy of Arts and Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. His full-length film, Zero and its sequels, gained international acclaim immediately after hitting the silver screen in 2006.

Barbara Gasser

A multiple Award-winning journalist, member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association since 2011 and jury member of the Golden Globe Awards. From 2012 to 2016 Ms. Gasser served on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Press Club. Ms. Gasser holds a Masters Degree from the University of Vienna, Austria, where she studied Media Science, Communications and Political Science.

Nana Jorjadze

Director, Screenwriter. Chairman of the 2021 festival’s jury. Member of European Film Academy since 1994, also a member of American Film Academy and Georgian Film Academy. Has been a jury member at numerous prestigious international film festivals.