Georgian documentary filmmaker Salome Jashi has won the Berlin Academy of Arts award.
Akademie der Künste, The Berlin Academy of Arts, annually awards prizes and scholarships for exceptional creative achievement and for the support and development of artists in six categories: visual arts, architecture, music, literature, performing arts, and film and media arts.
It is in the category of film and media art that Georgian director was named the winner.
Salomè Jashi is also the chairman of the Georgian Documentary Association Doka DOCA · Documentary Association Georgia and also a board member of filmmakers at Georgian Film Institute.
Salome Jashi is director of such internationally acclaimed films as: Taming the Garden, “The Dazzling Light of Sunset”, and “Bakhmaro”.
The award ceremony will be held on March 18 in Berlin.
By Ana Dumbadze
