Artchil Khetagouri
CinéDOC-Tbilisi (GE)
Grew up in Tbilisi, Georgia. Studied at the Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam (Netherlands). His graduation film Heritage premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and was the Netherlands selection for the Student Oscar. Back in Tbilisi in 2006 Artchil directed the documentary Akhmeteli 4, awarded the “Prix Regards Neufs” at the Visions du Réel Film festival in Nyon (Switzerland). He also directed Noosfera, selected for the mid-length competition at IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) in 2011, awarded and selected for several international film festivals across Europe. Apart from being a documentary filmmaker, Artchil gave film directing workshops in Aarhus (Denmark), in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and in Tbilisi (Georgia).
Since 2011 various activities for foundations (please see below) and jury work at several Documentary Film Festivals, such as DokFest Munich, Inconvenient Films Festival Vilnius, Astra Film Festival, Watch Docs, Listapad International Film Festival, etc.