NATIA
UK-Georgian Co-production Film
Hello, everyone and welcome to Celestial Film Productions crowdfunding campaign page! We are proud to present our dissertation film for our final year in BA Film at the Middlesex University, Natia, which is currently in pre-production. We are a group of young and passionate filmmakers based in London, UK and Tbilisi, Georgia working in this ambitious and challenging upcoming film.
We are extremely excited about this project in particular due to its moving story about a very sensitive subject and the international collaboration of this production. The film takes place in Georgia, where we will be shooting in the end of March 2017. The film will also be in Georgian with English subtitles and we will be submitting Natia to film festivals around the world.
Director's Statement
“There were two main reasons that drove me to make this decision and to get my producer involved in it. The first one comes from the way I see Georgia. I see it like a portrait of another world for its intriguing culture and history, its intimate and distinctive atmosphere and inspiring people. And the story is mostly linked to the actual situation in Georgia and how the country is still trapped in its past. The second reason for filming there, is because of the contacts we have there, and without them everything that is happening wouldn't be possible. My friend George will be both assistant director and Georgian translator. And Ako will be our production manager, who will get us the rest of the crew and equipment we need from there.” - Anna
Visual Style
“The aesthetics I will use will be mainly detailed and intimate shots of key moments with alluring framing compositions. One of the aims I have in mind is make the film in such a way that it conveys all the emotions that the country evokes, not only in image, but also in sound. There will be scenes in which the characters will speak just with their eyes. We will take care of every composition and frame and make it look like a painting, while maintaining a shade of bluish pale and red tones. My main references are Jim Jarmusch, Michael Haneke, François Ozon and David Lynch.” - Anna
Moodboard
The Crew
UK Crew
In our United Kingdom crew we have the producer of the film, Chandra Khan and director, Anna Parcerisas. The talented Ardeshir Abdolrahimi is our director of photography and Jana Selecka is our wonderful sound recordist and sound designer. Claudia Koranteng is our production manager in London, Maria Barsukova is our editor and Dominika Besinska is our colourist.
If you would like to see Ardeshir Abdolrahimi works please check out his website on http://www.ardeshirabdolrahimi.com
Georgian Crew
In our Georgian crew we have Ako Machavariani as production manager and George Cabret as assistant director and Georgian translator. Giorgi Petriashvili as 1st assistant director, Ina Nersesiani as gaffer, Shako Popiashvili as production designer and Kata Gelashvili as make-up and costume designer. Furthermore, we will have our main actors for the roles of Natia, Natela, Mariam, Otto, Nino and 15 extras for our film.
Where is the money going?
The money raised will go towards flights, insurance, accommodations, transportation, catering, equipment, art department, make-up, hair, costume, cast, crew, film submission and contingency as shown in the pie chart below.
What We Need & What You Get
We want everyone to be part of the journey our characters take in our story and we also need your help to make this happen. You will be helping to make our dissertation film a success and support passionate filmmakers to make this film happen.
We need your support and any donations you can give to us will make the outcome of our film even greater. Our donators will get a chance to receive unique perks specially designed for Natia. This is a very special film to us so the perks selected will demonstrate our undying gratitude for the support we will be receiving! And if you can't donate any money, you can help us by simply sharing our page to family, friends and colleagues, this way you will be making a huge difference and we will be extremely grateful in any way you can help us.
We want to raise £2000 so that the money we receive will go into essential parts of production as outlined above. If the goal is not reached, then we will make compromise in certain areas and the money raised will still go into the making of Natia.
Please spread the word and share our page. If you have any further questions about our project, please contact us via email celestialfilmproductions@gmail.com and we will get straight back to you. You can also follow us on our Facebook page @natiafilm and witness the journey we take to make this film happen. Thank you for your time and you will be hearing from us soon!