Biography:

Rati Tsiteladze is a European Film Academy Award-nominated filmmaker. He is an alumnus of Locarno Academy, TIFF Filmmaker Lab, Berlinale Talents, and Cannes Résidence. Rati’s short films won over 50 awards and were screened at around 300 festivals worldwide, including Hong Kong, Melbourne, and Locarno. His short "Prisoner of Society" won multiple Oscar-qualifying awards and was nominated for the European Film Academy. Rati was awarded the Moulin d’Andé Prize at Cannes Film Festival, and at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), he received the HFPA Film Independent Award from the Golden Globes.