Status: completed, 2015
Produced by EcoFilms
Commisioned by Agency of Protected Areas
Financed by Deutsche Zusammenbereit, KfW, Caucasus Nature Fund
Director Nika Tsiklauri
Camera: Giorgi Vatsadze, Nika Tsiklauri
Post-production: Paata Kakhadze
Field assistants: Nika Kerdikoshvili, Dato Odishelidze
Assistant Producer: Natia Chomakhidze
Documentary, 60 mins. Status: in production. Premiere scheduled: December 2016. “Jara” is our biggest ongoing project. The movie “Jara” is a one-year journey through the wild nature of Ajara. It tells how bees from the jara hung in the forest see beauty and ruthlessness of nature, people and their intervention, peaceful co-existence or conflict with them;…
Documentary, 52 min. Status: completed, 2014. Available on DVDs. Available on Amazon.com Georgia is one of the last countries in the world where transhumance, a seasonal movements of people with sheep between summer and winter pastures, is still alive. Lowland steppe hosts winter camps but now it’s may already and heat causes diseases, snakes kill…
There is a new project coming soon – large-scale wildlife documentary called “Jara”. It’s a traditional Georgian hive used mainly in western part of the country to attract wild swarms. Film is in pre-production stage, funded by variety of donors, including WWF Georgia and CNF. We are still seeking for additional funding though. Please visit…
We are just couple of steps from premiere (finally!) of “The Roadâ€, 52 min documentary on sheep, transhumance and life of shepherds in Eastern Georgia.
Great news – EcoFilms was selected by Mercy Corps to create a big documentary about shepherds of Kvemo Kartli region. Starting from Kakheti we will follow them on the seasonal migration to the summer pastures, filming their everyday life. Film will be finished by winter, after shepherds will embark on the journey back to the…
