“THE WATCHERS”
Two little brothers have to stay alone in their remote hut, to protect it from an obscure threat, while also dealing with their own fears and fantasy.
Director Biography
Director and writer Sandro Souladze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 1988, to Giorge Souladze, a film director and editor, and Dinara Maglakelidze, a film scientist. This fact determined his love and interest in cinema from early childhood.
At 23, Souladze moved back to his native Tbilisi to complete his university education. He applied to Shota Rustaveli Film and Theater Georgia State University and was readily accepted. There he got his master's degree in filmmaking.
Before graduation, he shot three short films – The Violinist, The Black Goo, and Tuta. All three projects traveled around various international film festivals including Filmfestival Cottbus, Tbilisi International Film Festival, CinemAmbiente Torino-Environmental Film festival, International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima in Krakow, Art-House Film Festival of St. Petersburg (Winner), GRAND OFF - WORLD INDEPENDENT SHORT FILM AWARDS, Central Michigan International Film Festival, and many others.
Sandro is a Berlinale Talents alumni and THE WATCHERS, his first independent short was developed there in the framework of Short Form Station. The project got production funding from the Georgian National Film Center and Georgian Public broadcaster. Post-production service was provided by Di Factory in Warsaw, Poland.