GIFT Fest 2017
Fall has come, as has the abundant season festivals. One of our favorites is the Mikheil Tumanishvili International Art Festival ‘GIFT,’ represented by the Mikheil Tumanishvili Film Actors Theater, Georgian Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection, Tbilisi City Hall and governmental project ‘Check in Georgia’.
The festival will run until November 12, giving Tbilisi dwellers ample opportunity to attend masterpieces from Germany, Japan, Finland, Russia and Israel. The Georgian theatrical space will host the best works of Sasha Waltz, Cale Nio and company ‘Sankai Juku’.
On October 15, the festival was solemnly opened at the Silk Factory. This is the 20th anniversary of ‘GIFT’ and commenced with Lasha Kuprashvili’s personal photo-exhibition, which the artist dedicated to the jubilee of the festival. On the same day, the screening of the cinema verses of film director Shota Kalandadze also took place, inspired by ‘GIFT’. As per tradition, an award-giving ceremony was held, seeing Ushio Amagatsu, Japanese choreographer, and Keti Dolidze, Georgian film and theater director and Artistic Director of the festival, awarded for ‘Perfection in the Realm of Art’.
Check out the official webpage of the Mikheil Tumanishvili International Art Festival ‘GIFT’: http://giftfestival.ge.
The GIFT FESTIVAL Program 2017
October 25 18:00
“CRAFT SHOW”
Tumanishvili Film Actors Theater
164 Davit Agmashenebeli Ave., Tbilisi
20, 21 October 20:00
Goethe-Institut Georgien
Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany Auswärtiges Amt in association with German Embassy Tbilisi
for Georgian-German Year 2017
Present: “CONTINU”
Sasha Waltz and Guests
Berlin, Germany
Zakaria Paliashvili Georgian National Opera and Ballet State Theatre
25 Shota Rustaveli Ave., Tbilisi
22 October 20:00
“This Century is Ending”
Biblical texts and chants in theatrical recitative of Joseph Brodsky’s Poetry
One-man show by Igor Pekhovich
Alexis Granowsky Theater
Moscow, Russia
Theater on Atoneli
53 Giorgi Atoneli Str., Tbilisi
25 October 20.00
“For Real”
Play by Manana Menabde, Kato Javakhishvili, Nino Sadgobelashvili
Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre
Tbilisi, Georgia
Directed by Manana Menabde
Tumanishvili Film Actors Theater
164 Davit Agmashenebli Ave., Tbilisi
29 October 20:00
“The Kumquat Seed”
Sankai Juku
In association with The Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan,
Devision of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Shota Rustaveli State Academic Drama Theater
17 Shota Rustaveli Ave., Tbilisi
31 October 18.00
“Gift of Death”
Play by Alexand Chigvinidze
Directed by Zurab Khvedelidze
Bolnisi Municipal Theatre
Tumanishvili Film Actors Theater
164 Davit Agmashenebli Ave., Tbilisi
2 November 20:00
“The Tiger”
Play by Murray Schisgal
Directed by Keti Dolidze
Batumi State Drama Theater New Stage
Batumi, Georgia
Theatreon Atoneli
53 Giorgi Atoneli Str., Tbilisi
3, 4 November 20.00
“Anna Karenina”
Based on Leo Tolstoy’s novel
Scenic adaptation by Elena Gremina
Directed by Alexander Galibin
Baltic House Theater-Festival
Kote Marjanishvili State Academic Drama Theater
7 Kote Marjanishvili Str., Tbilisi
4 November 18.00
“The Syndrome”
Play by Slawomir Mrozek
Directed by Andro Enukidze
Batumi State Drama Theater
Batumi, Georgia
Theateron Atoneli
53 Giorgi Atoneli Str., Tbilisi
7, 8 November 20:00
“B POLAR”
After Gogol’s ‘Diary of a Madman’
Ayit Ensemble
Beer Sheva, Israel
Directed by Yoav Michaeli
Tumanishvili Film Actors Theater
164 Davit Agmashenebeli Ave., Tbilisi
10 November 14.00
TALKS AND WORKSHOPS
implemented in association with the Georgian National Tourism Administration
“The Moonshine Dream Story”
Screening of animation Created by Tom Graham-Adriani & Lunching a new animation project “Discover Georgia“ (UK)
Silk Fabric Studio
59 Merab Kostava Str., Tbilisi
10, 11 November 20.00
“Lähtö/Depart”
WHS/Visual theater / Contemporary Circus
Helsinki, Finland
Directed by Kalle Nio
Kote Marjanishvili State Academic Drama Theatre
7 Kote Marjanishvili Str., Tbilisi
12 November 19:35
FESTIVAL CLOSING - PREMIERE
LIVE STREAMING “MARRIAGE K opus 1”
RAMDAM ART CENTER
Director Philippe Vincent
SCÈNES Théâtre-Cinéma
Lyon, France, Silk Factory Studio
59 Merab Kostava Str., Tbilisi
By Maka Lomadze
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