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{{short description|Georgian film director}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1957|3|2}}
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| birth_place = [[Tbilisi]], [[Soviet Union]] (now [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]])
| birth_place = [[Tbilisi]], Georgia
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| occupation = [[Film director]]<br>[[Screenwriter]]
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| yearsactive = 1988-present
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'''Dito Tsintsadze''' ({{lang-ka|დიტო ცინცაძე}}; born 2 March 1957) is a Georgian [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]]. He has directed thirteen films since 1988. His film ''[[Lost Killers]]'' was screened in the [[Un Certain Regard]] section at the [[2000 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://org-www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/artist/id/314646.html|title=Festival de Cannes: Lost Killers |accessdate=18 September 2016|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> In 2007 he was a member of the jury at the [[29th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow2007">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff38/eng/archives/?year=2007|title=29th Moscow International Film Festival (2007) |accessdate=18 September 2016 |work=MIFF}}</ref> Starting from the year 1996 he lives and works in Berlin.
'''Dito Tsintsadze''' ({{lang-ka|დიტო ცინცაძე}}; born 2 March 1957) is a Georgian [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]]. He has directed thirteen films since 1988. His film ''[[Lost Killers]]'' was screened in the [[Un Certain Regard]] section at the [[2000 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://org-www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/artist/id/314646.html|title=Festival de Cannes: Lost Killers |access-date=18 September 2016|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> In 2007 he was a member of the jury at the [[29th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow2007">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff38/eng/archives/?year=2007|title=29th Moscow International Film Festival (2007) |access-date=18 September 2016 |work=MIFF}}</ref> Starting from the year 1996 he lives and works in Berlin.


==Biography==
==Biography==
From 1975 to 1981 he studied film directing at the [[Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University]] under [[Eldar Shengelaia]] and [[Otar Iosseliani]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kinokultura.com/specials/12/rusadze-emigration.shtml|title=Georgian Film in Emigration|accessdate=18 September 2016|publisher=KinoKultura|author=Zaza Rusadze}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.movie-college.de/aktuell/filmfestivals/ffm/ffm_2003_hsf_dito_tsintsadze.htm|title=Dito Tsintsadze|accessdate=18 September 2016|publisher=movie-college.de|author=Kathrin Metzner|language=German}}</ref> Until 1989 he worked as an assistant director in the [[Kartuli Pilmi]] film studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peoples.ru/art/cinema/director/dito_tsintsadze/|title=Биография Дито Цинцадзе|accessdate=18 September 2016|publisher=peoples.ru|language=Russian}}</ref> In 1990 he made his first feature film ''Guests'', then worked for the private film production company Shvidkatsa. In 1993 for the film ''Zgvardze'', which paraphrases the civil war in Georgia he received the Silver Leopard at the [[Locarno Film Festival]]<ref name="locarno1993">{{cite web|url=http://archive.pardo.ch/details.do?methodcall=premiDetails&oc=290214|title=1993 Silver Leopard |accessdate=18 September 2016 |work=Locarno Film Festival}}</ref> and the Golden Eagle at the International Black Sea Nations Film Festival in Tbilisi.
From 1975 to 1981 he studied film directing at the [[Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University]] under [[Eldar Shengelaia]] and [[Otar Iosseliani]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kinokultura.com/specials/12/rusadze-emigration.shtml|title=Georgian Film in Emigration|access-date=18 September 2016|publisher=KinoKultura|author=Zaza Rusadze}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.movie-college.de/aktuell/filmfestivals/ffm/ffm_2003_hsf_dito_tsintsadze.htm|title=Dito Tsintsadze|access-date=18 September 2016|publisher=movie-college.de|author=Kathrin Metzner|language=German|archive-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013132927/https://www.movie-college.de/aktuell/filmfestivals/ffm/ffm_2003_hsf_dito_tsintsadze.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Until 1989 he worked as an assistant director in the [[Kartuli Pilmi]] film studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peoples.ru/art/cinema/director/dito_tsintsadze/|title=Биография Дито Цинцадзе|access-date=18 September 2016|publisher=peoples.ru|language=Russian}}</ref> In 1990 he made his first feature film ''Guests'', then worked for the private film production company Shvidkatsa. In 1993 for the film ''Zgvardze'', which paraphrases the civil war in Georgia he received the Silver Leopard at the [[Locarno Film Festival]]<ref name="locarno1993">{{cite web|url=http://archive.pardo.ch/details.do?methodcall=premiDetails&oc=290214|title=1993 Silver Leopard |access-date=18 September 2016 |work=Locarno Film Festival}}</ref> and the Golden Eagle at the International Black Sea Nations Film Festival in Tbilisi.


Between 1993 and 1996 Tsintsadze worked for an Italian film production. In 1996 he got a [[Paul Nipkow|Nipkow]] film fellowship to Berlin,<ref name="nipkow">{{cite web|url=http://nipkow.de/uploads/database/Tsintsadze_Dito.pdf|title=Nipkow Fellowships – Mr Tsintsadze, Dito |accessdate=18 September 2016 |work=Nipkow}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/tzoumerkas-csaszi-among-new-nipkow-intake/5089093.article|title=Tzoumerkas, Csaszi among new Nipkow intake|publisher=Screen Daily|accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref> then lived with his family in Georgia and Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newtimes.ru/stati/others/2f52069a90f3abb2a229b8c26b507b3e-ya-ne-polutuk-chtobi-obhodut-ostrie-ygli.html|title=Я не политик, чтобы обходить острые углы»|publisher=The New Times|accessdate=18 September 2016|language=Russian}}</ref> These personal experiences influenced the plot of '' [[Lost Killers]]'' (2000), a film about five migrants who spend their lives in a [[red-light district]] of [[Mannheim]]. He received a special jury award – the Silver Alexander at the [[Thessaloniki Film Festival]] <ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2000/biz/global/the-fests-last-takes-first-in-thessaloniki-1117789536/|title=Angelopoulos feted for 30 years of filmmaking|accessdate=18 September 2016|publisher=Variety|author=Deborah Young}}</ref><ref name="Thessaloniki2000">{{cite web|url=https://www.filmfestival.gr/2000/awards/awards_uk.html|title=41st International Thessaloniki Film Festival (2000)|accessdate=18 September 2016 |work=TIFF}}</ref> and the main prize at the [[:de:Filmfestival Cottbus|Cottbus Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/lost-killers-wins-main-award-at-cottbus/404150.article|title=Lost Killers wins main award at Cottbus|accessdate=18 September 2016|publisher=Screen Daily|author=Karsten Kastelan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/379415/Lost-Killers-fanden-Heimat-in-Cottbus|title="Lost Killers" fanden Heimat in Cottbus|accessdate=18 September 2016|publisher=Der Standard|language=German}}</ref> For the film ''[[Gun-Shy (2003 film)|Gun-Shy]]'', a story about a young amorous man who loses his grip on reality leading up to a murder, in 2003 he was awarded at the [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]] in Spain with the [[Golden Shell]]<ref name="ssiff2003">{{cite web |url=https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/in/pagina.php?ap=3&id=827|title=Awards and Jury Members › DITO TSINTSADZE|accessdate=18 September 2016|work=San Sebastián International Film Festival}}</ref> and at the [[:de:Tbilisi International Film Festival|Tbilisi International Film Festival]] with the Golden Prometheus.<ref name="tiff2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.tbilisifilmfestival.ge/index.php?lang=2&page=menu&l_menu=30|title=Tbilisi International Film Festival – Archive → Winners |accessdate=18 September 2016 |work=Tbilisi International Film Festival}}</ref>
Between 1993 and 1996 Tsintsadze worked for an Italian film production. In 1996 he got a [[Paul Nipkow|Nipkow]] film fellowship to Berlin,<ref name="nipkow">{{cite web|url=http://nipkow.de/uploads/database/Tsintsadze_Dito.pdf|title=Nipkow Fellowships – Mr Tsintsadze, Dito|access-date=18 September 2016|work=Nipkow|archive-date=31 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331125916/http://nipkow.de/uploads/database/Tsintsadze_Dito.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/tzoumerkas-csaszi-among-new-nipkow-intake/5089093.article|title=Tzoumerkas, Csaszi among new Nipkow intake|publisher=Screen Daily|access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref> then lived with his family in Georgia and Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newtimes.ru/stati/others/2f52069a90f3abb2a229b8c26b507b3e-ya-ne-polutuk-chtobi-obhodut-ostrie-ygli.html|title=Я не политик, чтобы обходить острые углы»|publisher=The New Times|access-date=18 September 2016|language=Russian|archive-date=18 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918233358/http://newtimes.ru/stati/others/2f52069a90f3abb2a229b8c26b507b3e-ya-ne-polutuk-chtobi-obhodut-ostrie-ygli.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> These personal experiences influenced the plot of '' [[Lost Killers]]'' (2000), a film about five migrants who spend their lives in a [[red-light district]] of [[Mannheim]]. He received a special jury award – the Silver Alexander at the [[Thessaloniki Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2000/biz/global/the-fests-last-takes-first-in-thessaloniki-1117789536/|title=Angelopoulos feted for 30 years of filmmaking|access-date=18 September 2016|publisher=Variety|author=Deborah Young}}</ref><ref name="Thessaloniki2000">{{cite web|url=https://www.filmfestival.gr/2000/awards/awards_uk.html|title=41st International Thessaloniki Film Festival (2000)|access-date=18 September 2016|work=TIFF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312075737/http://www.filmfestival.gr/2000/awards/awards_uk.html|archive-date=12 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the main prize at the [[:de:Filmfestival Cottbus|Cottbus Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/lost-killers-wins-main-award-at-cottbus/404150.article|title=Lost Killers wins main award at Cottbus|access-date=18 September 2016|publisher=Screen Daily|author=Karsten Kastelan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/379415/Lost-Killers-fanden-Heimat-in-Cottbus|title="Lost Killers" fanden Heimat in Cottbus|access-date=18 September 2016|publisher=Der Standard|language=German}}</ref> For the film ''[[Gun-Shy (2003 film)|Gun-Shy]]'', a story about a young amorous man who loses his grip on reality leading up to a murder, in 2003 he was awarded at the [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]] in Spain with the [[Golden Shell]]<ref name="ssiff2003">{{cite web|url=https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/in/pagina.php?ap=3&id=827|title=Awards and Jury Members › DITO TSINTSADZE|access-date=18 September 2016|work=San Sebastián International Film Festival|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918092901/https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/in/pagina.php?ap=3&id=827|archive-date=18 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and at the [[:de:Tbilisi International Film Festival|Tbilisi International Film Festival]] with the Golden Prometheus.<ref name="tiff2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.tbilisifilmfestival.ge/index.php?lang=2&page=menu&l_menu=30|title=Tbilisi International Film Festival – Archive → Winners|access-date=18 September 2016|work=Tbilisi International Film Festival|archive-date=23 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223042943/http://www.tbilisifilmfestival.ge/index.php?lang=2&page=menu&l_menu=30|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Since then he lives entirely in Berlin. In 2005 Dito Tsinstadze authored together with the Georgian writer and director [[Zaza Rusadze]] the screenplay for the film ''The Man from the Embassy'' and directed it in Georgia. ''The Man from the Embassy'' portrays the connection of a German embassy official to a local. Lead actor [[Burghart Klaußner]] was awarded the best male actor with the [[Golden Leopard]] at the [[Locarno Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4788429.stm|title=Migrant film wins Locarno prize|accessdate=18 September 2016|publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/festival-von-locarno-hohe-ehren-fuer-den-deutschen-film-a-431469.html|title=Hohe Ehren für den deutschen Film|accessdate=18 September 2016|publisher=Spiegel Online|language=German}}</ref> Dito Tsintsadze and Zaza Rusadze won at the [[Mar del Plata International Film Festival]] the Silver Astor Award for Best Screenplay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/awards/ficcio-wins-golden-astor-1117961349/|title=‘Ficcio’ wins Golden Astor|accessdate=18 September 2016|publisher=Variety|author=Charles Newbery}}</ref><ref name="mpiff2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.mardelplatafilmfest.com/es/edicion/22?hl=es|title=22º Festival 8 al 18 de marzo de 2007 |accessdate=17 September 2016|work=Mar del Plata International Film Festival|language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.german-films.de/news/news-releases/datum/2007/03/21/great-success-for-german-films-in-mar-del-plata/|title=Great success for German films in Mar del Plata |accessdate=18 September 2016|publisher=german-films.de}}</ref>[[Argentine Film Critics Association]] reviewed ''The Man from the Embassy'' as the best film of the festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bankkaufmann.com/a-60898-ZDF-ARTE-Koproduktion-beim-Filmfestival-Mar-del-Plata-ausgezeichnet--.html-Der-Mann-von-der-Botschaftund147-Bester-Film-des-Festivals|title=ZDF/ARTE-Koproduktion beim Filmfestival Mar del Plata ausgezeichnet / "Der Mann von der Botschaft“ "Bester Film des Festivals"|accessdate=18 September 2016|publisher=Bankkaufmann.com|language=German}}</ref> In 2007 he did the TV movie ''Reverse'' in Georgia. In 2008 his feature film ''Mediator'' was selected as the official Georgian entry for the [[List of submissions to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film nomination]] at the [[81st Academy Awards|2009 Academy Awards]].
Since then he lives entirely in Berlin. In 2005 Dito Tsinstadze authored together with the Georgian writer and director [[Zaza Rusadze]] the screenplay for the film ''The Man from the Embassy'' and directed it in Georgia. ''The Man from the Embassy'' portrays the connection of a German embassy official to a local. Lead actor [[Burghart Klaußner]] was awarded the best male actor with the [[Golden Leopard]] at the [[Locarno Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4788429.stm|title=Migrant film wins Locarno prize|access-date=18 September 2016|publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/festival-von-locarno-hohe-ehren-fuer-den-deutschen-film-a-431469.html|title=Hohe Ehren für den deutschen Film|access-date=18 September 2016|publisher=Spiegel Online|language=German}}</ref> Dito Tsintsadze and Zaza Rusadze won at the [[Mar del Plata International Film Festival]] the Silver Astor Award for Best Screenplay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/awards/ficcio-wins-golden-astor-1117961349/|title='Ficcio' wins Golden Astor|access-date=18 September 2016|publisher=Variety|author=Charles Newbery}}</ref><ref name="mpiff2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.mardelplatafilmfest.com/es/edicion/22?hl=es|title=22º Festival 8 al 18 de marzo de 2007 |access-date=17 September 2016|work=Mar del Plata International Film Festival|language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.german-films.de/news/news-releases/datum/2007/03/21/great-success-for-german-films-in-mar-del-plata/|title=Great success for German films in Mar del Plata|access-date=18 September 2016|publisher=german-films.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020092117/http://www.german-films.de/news/news-releases/datum/2007/03/21/great-success-for-german-films-in-mar-del-plata/|archive-date=20 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>[[Argentine Film Critics Association]] reviewed ''The Man from the Embassy'' as the best film of the festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bankkaufmann.com/a-60898-ZDF-ARTE-Koproduktion-beim-Filmfestival-Mar-del-Plata-ausgezeichnet--.html-Der-Mann-von-der-Botschaftund147-Bester-Film-des-Festivals|title=ZDF/ARTE-Koproduktion beim Filmfestival Mar del Plata ausgezeichnet / "Der Mann von der Botschaft" "Bester Film des Festivals"|access-date=18 September 2016|publisher=Bankkaufmann.com|language=German}}</ref> In 2007 he did the TV movie ''Reverse'' in Georgia. In 2008 his feature film ''Mediator'' was selected as the official Georgian entry for the [[List of submissions to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film nomination]] at the [[81st Academy Awards|2009 Academy Awards]].
<ref name="oscars2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2008/08.10.17.html |title=67 Countries Vying for 2008 Foreign Language Film Oscar® |accessdate=17 September 2016 |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120907052949/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2008/08.10.17.html |archivedate=7 September 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>
<ref name="oscars2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2008/08.10.17.html |title=67 Countries Vying for 2008 Foreign Language Film Oscar® |access-date=17 September 2016 |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907052949/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2008/08.10.17.html |archive-date=7 September 2012 }}</ref>


In 2011 Dito Tsintsadze gave the [[:de:CineMerit Award|CineMerit Award]] at the [[Filmfest München|Munich International Film Festival]] to his former mentor [[Otar Iosseliani]].<ref name="CineMerit Award">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-malkovich-otar-iosseliani-receive-192754|title=John Malkovich, Otar Iosseliani to Receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at Munich Film Festival|publisher=Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="CineMerit Award2">{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-johnmalkovich-idUSTRE74Q73F20110527|title=Lifetime achievement honor for John Malkovich at Munich|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref>
In 2011 Dito Tsintsadze gave the [[:de:CineMerit Award|CineMerit Award]] at the [[Filmfest München|Munich International Film Festival]] to his former mentor [[Otar Iosseliani]].<ref name="CineMerit Award">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-malkovich-otar-iosseliani-receive-192754|title=John Malkovich, Otar Iosseliani to Receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at Munich Film Festival|publisher=Hollywood Reporter|access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="CineMerit Award2">{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-johnmalkovich-idUSTRE74Q73F20110527|title=Lifetime achievement honor for John Malkovich at Munich|publisher=Reuters|access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref>


[[File:Invasion Österreichpremiere 2013 Anna F. Dito Tsintsadze.jpg|Dito Tsintsadze at the premiere of Invasion in Vienna, Austria|thumb]]
[[File:Invasion Österreichpremiere 2013 Anna F. Dito Tsintsadze.jpg|Dito Tsintsadze with singer [[Anna F.]] at the premiere of ''[[Invasion (2012 film)|Invasion]]'' in Vienna, Austria in 2013|thumb]]


His film ''[[Invasion (2012 film)|Invasion]]'' was released theatrically in German cinemas in 2012.<ref name="neuevisionen">{{cite web |url=http://www.neuevisionen.de/einzelfilm.php?id=1007|title=Neue Visionen Filmverleih – Invasion – Psycho-Drama Deutschland / Österreich 2012 |accessdate=18 September 2016|work=Neue Visionen Filmverleih|language=German}}</ref> The same year Invasion won the Special Grand Prix of the jury of the [[Montreal World Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oe1.orf.at/artikel/332725|title=Thriller-Komödie "Invasion"|accessdate=18 September 2016|publisher=oe1.ORF.at|language=German}}</ref>
His film ''[[Invasion (2012 film)|Invasion]]'' was released theatrically in German cinemas in 2012.<ref name="neuevisionen">{{cite web|url=http://www.neuevisionen.de/einzelfilm.php?id=1007|title=Neue Visionen Filmverleih – Invasion – Psycho-Drama Deutschland / Österreich 2012|access-date=18 September 2016|work=Neue Visionen Filmverleih|language=German|archive-date=18 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918083657/http://www.neuevisionen.de/einzelfilm.php?id=1007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The same year Invasion won the Special Grand Prix of the jury of the [[Montreal World Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oe1.orf.at/artikel/332725|title=Thriller-Komödie "Invasion"|access-date=18 September 2016|publisher=oe1.ORF.at|language=German}}</ref>


In 2015 Tsintsadze's film ''[[God of Happiness (film)|God of Happiness]]'' won the grand prize of [[:de:Biberacher Filmfestspiele|Biberach Film Festival]] – the Golden Beaver.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://agenda.ge/news/46054/eng|title=Georgian film ‘God of Happiness’ wins top award at German festival|accessdate=18 September 2016|publisher=Agenda.ge}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swr.de/landesschau-aktuell/bw/friedrichshafen/filmfest-biberach/-/id=1542/did=16417710/nid=1542/elenyt/|title=Goldener Biber für Tragikomödie|accessdate=18 September 2016|publisher=SWR Fernsehen|language=German}}</ref>
In 2015 Tsintsadze's film ''[[God of Happiness (film)|God of Happiness]]'' won the grand prize of Biberach Film Festival – the Golden Beaver.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://agenda.ge/news/46054/eng|title=Georgian film 'God of Happiness' wins top award at German festival|access-date=18 September 2016|publisher=Agenda.ge}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swr.de/landesschau-aktuell/bw/friedrichshafen/filmfest-biberach/-/id=1542/did=16417710/nid=1542/elenyt/|title=Goldener Biber für Tragikomödie|access-date=18 September 2016|publisher=SWR Fernsehen|language=German|archive-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011222946/http://www.swr.de/landesschau-aktuell/bw/friedrichshafen/filmfest-biberach/-/id=1542/did=16417710/nid=1542/elenyt/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the year 2016 he was a jury member of the [[Sofia International Film Festival]].<ref name="siff2016">{{cite web |url=http://siff.bg/en/jury|title=Sofia International Film Festival Jury 2016|access-date=17 September 2016 |work=[[Sofia International Film Festival]]}}</ref><ref name="siff2016_duma">{{cite web |url=http://siff.bg/en/jury|title=Дито Цинцадзе оглавява журито на 20-ия "София филм фест"|access-date=19 September 2016|publisher=Дума|language=Bulgarian}}</ref> Tsintsadze´s latest movie Shindisi was screened at the 2019 [[Shanghai International Film Festival]]. It was selected as the Georgian entry for the [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Best International Feature Film]] at the [[92nd Academy Awards]]. It won the Grand Prix at the 35th [[Warsaw International Film Festival]] in 2019, where Tsintsadze also won in the category of Best Director.


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Tsintsadze is married to actress Marika Giorgobiani. They have one son, Nicolos Tsintsadze.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kinotavr.ru/download/2013/kinotavr-2013-pitching-catalog-ru.pdf|title=Pitching 24 Kinotavr|access-date=19 September 2016|work=[[Kinotavr]]|language=Russian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929023534/http://kinotavr.ru/download/2013/kinotavr-2013-pitching-catalog-ru.pdf|archive-date=29 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> From a previous marriage, he has one daughter, Nutsa Tsintsadze, and from a previous relationship, a daughter, Marika Antadze.
In the year 2016 he was a jury member of the [[Sofia International Film Festival]].<ref name="siff2016">{{cite web |url=http://siff.bg/en/jury|title=Sofia International Film Festival Jury 2016|accessdate=17 September 2016 |work=[[Sofia International Film Festival]]}}</ref><ref name="siff2016_duma">{{cite web |url=http://siff.bg/en/jury|title=Дито Цинцадзе оглавява журито на 20-ия "София филм фест"|accessdate=19 September 2016|publisher=Дума|language=Bulgarian}}</ref>

==Personal life==
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Tsintsadze is married to actress Marika Giorgobiani. They have one son, Nicolos Tsintsadze.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kinotavr.ru/download/2013/kinotavr-2013-pitching-catalog-ru.pdf|title=Pitching 24 Kinotavr|accessdate=19 September 2016|work=[[Kinotavr]]|language=Russian}}</ref> Tsintsadze speaks Georgian, English, German and Russian.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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* ''The Drawn Circle'' (1988)
* ''The Drawn Circle'' (1988)
* ''Guests'' (1990)
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* ''[[Invasion (2012 film)|Invasion]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Invasion (2012 film)|Invasion]]'' (2012)
* ''[[God of Happiness (film)|God of Happiness]]'' (2015)
* ''[[God of Happiness (film)|God of Happiness]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Shindisi]]'' (2019)
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 13:31, 2 November 2024

Dito Tsintsadze
Dito Tsintsadze in 2017
Born
Dmitri Tsintsadze

(1957-03-02) 2 March 1957 (age 67)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1988-present

Dito Tsintsadze (Georgian: დიტო ცინცაძე; born 2 March 1957) is a Georgian film director and screenwriter. He has directed thirteen films since 1988. His film Lost Killers was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.[1] In 2007 he was a member of the jury at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival.[2] Starting from the year 1996 he lives and works in Berlin.

Biography

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From 1975 to 1981 he studied film directing at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University under Eldar Shengelaia and Otar Iosseliani.[3][4] Until 1989 he worked as an assistant director in the Kartuli Pilmi film studio.[5] In 1990 he made his first feature film Guests, then worked for the private film production company Shvidkatsa. In 1993 for the film Zgvardze, which paraphrases the civil war in Georgia he received the Silver Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival[6] and the Golden Eagle at the International Black Sea Nations Film Festival in Tbilisi.

Between 1993 and 1996 Tsintsadze worked for an Italian film production. In 1996 he got a Nipkow film fellowship to Berlin,[7][8] then lived with his family in Georgia and Germany.[9] These personal experiences influenced the plot of Lost Killers (2000), a film about five migrants who spend their lives in a red-light district of Mannheim. He received a special jury award – the Silver Alexander at the Thessaloniki Film Festival[10][11] and the main prize at the Cottbus Film Festival.[12][13] For the film Gun-Shy, a story about a young amorous man who loses his grip on reality leading up to a murder, in 2003 he was awarded at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in Spain with the Golden Shell[14] and at the Tbilisi International Film Festival with the Golden Prometheus.[15]

Since then he lives entirely in Berlin. In 2005 Dito Tsinstadze authored together with the Georgian writer and director Zaza Rusadze the screenplay for the film The Man from the Embassy and directed it in Georgia. The Man from the Embassy portrays the connection of a German embassy official to a local. Lead actor Burghart Klaußner was awarded the best male actor with the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival.[16][17] Dito Tsintsadze and Zaza Rusadze won at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival the Silver Astor Award for Best Screenplay.[18][19][20]Argentine Film Critics Association reviewed The Man from the Embassy as the best film of the festival.[21] In 2007 he did the TV movie Reverse in Georgia. In 2008 his feature film Mediator was selected as the official Georgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film nomination at the 2009 Academy Awards. [22]

In 2011 Dito Tsintsadze gave the CineMerit Award at the Munich International Film Festival to his former mentor Otar Iosseliani.[23][24]

Dito Tsintsadze with singer Anna F. at the premiere of Invasion in Vienna, Austria in 2013

His film Invasion was released theatrically in German cinemas in 2012.[25] The same year Invasion won the Special Grand Prix of the jury of the Montreal World Film Festival.[26]

In 2015 Tsintsadze's film God of Happiness won the grand prize of Biberach Film Festival – the Golden Beaver.[27][28] In the year 2016 he was a jury member of the Sofia International Film Festival.[29][30] Tsintsadze´s latest movie Shindisi was screened at the 2019 Shanghai International Film Festival. It was selected as the Georgian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. It won the Grand Prix at the 35th Warsaw International Film Festival in 2019, where Tsintsadze also won in the category of Best Director.

Tsintsadze is married to actress Marika Giorgobiani. They have one son, Nicolos Tsintsadze.[31] From a previous marriage, he has one daughter, Nutsa Tsintsadze, and from a previous relationship, a daughter, Marika Antadze.

Filmography

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  • The Drawn Circle (1988)
  • Guests (1990)
  • The Return (1990)
  • House (1991)
  • Zgvarze (1993)
  • Lost Killers (2000)
  • An Erotic Tale (2002)
  • Gun-Shy (2003)
  • The Man from the Embassy (2006)
  • Reverse (TV film) (2006)
  • Mediator (2008)
  • Invasion (2012)
  • God of Happiness (2015)
  • Shindisi (2019)

References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Lost Killers". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. ^ "29th Moscow International Film Festival (2007)". MIFF. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. ^ Zaza Rusadze. "Georgian Film in Emigration". KinoKultura. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  4. ^ Kathrin Metzner. "Dito Tsintsadze" (in German). movie-college.de. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Биография Дито Цинцадзе" (in Russian). peoples.ru. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  6. ^ "1993 Silver Leopard". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Nipkow Fellowships – Mr Tsintsadze, Dito" (PDF). Nipkow. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Tzoumerkas, Csaszi among new Nipkow intake". Screen Daily. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Я не политик, чтобы обходить острые углы»" (in Russian). The New Times. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  10. ^ Deborah Young. "Angelopoulos feted for 30 years of filmmaking". Variety. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  11. ^ "41st International Thessaloniki Film Festival (2000)". TIFF. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  12. ^ Karsten Kastelan. "Lost Killers wins main award at Cottbus". Screen Daily. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  13. ^ ""Lost Killers" fanden Heimat in Cottbus" (in German). Der Standard. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  14. ^ "Awards and Jury Members › DITO TSINTSADZE". San Sebastián International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  15. ^ "Tbilisi International Film Festival – Archive → Winners". Tbilisi International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  16. ^ "Migrant film wins Locarno prize". BBC News. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  17. ^ "Hohe Ehren für den deutschen Film" (in German). Spiegel Online. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  18. ^ Charles Newbery. "'Ficcio' wins Golden Astor". Variety. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  19. ^ "22º Festival 8 al 18 de marzo de 2007". Mar del Plata International Film Festival (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  20. ^ "Great success for German films in Mar del Plata". german-films.de. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  21. ^ "ZDF/ARTE-Koproduktion beim Filmfestival Mar del Plata ausgezeichnet / "Der Mann von der Botschaft" "Bester Film des Festivals"" (in German). Bankkaufmann.com. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  22. ^ "67 Countries Vying for 2008 Foreign Language Film Oscar®". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  23. ^ "John Malkovich, Otar Iosseliani to Receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at Munich Film Festival". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  24. ^ "Lifetime achievement honor for John Malkovich at Munich". Reuters. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  25. ^ "Neue Visionen Filmverleih – Invasion – Psycho-Drama Deutschland / Österreich 2012". Neue Visionen Filmverleih (in German). Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  26. ^ "Thriller-Komödie "Invasion"" (in German). oe1.ORF.at. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  27. ^ "Georgian film 'God of Happiness' wins top award at German festival". Agenda.ge. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  28. ^ "Goldener Biber für Tragikomödie" (in German). SWR Fernsehen. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  29. ^ "Sofia International Film Festival Jury 2016". Sofia International Film Festival. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  30. ^ "Дито Цинцадзе оглавява журито на 20-ия "София филм фест"" (in Bulgarian). Дума. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  31. ^ "Pitching 24 Kinotavr" (PDF). Kinotavr (in Russian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
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