Lado Kvataniya Tag Archive

Live Action

The Weight of Horrifc Unspoken Trauma Crushes Small Shoulders in Lado Kvataniya’s Campaign Short ‘Haqqim Bor’

Lado Kvataniya unpacks his visceral, haunting metaphor of childhood trauma where children carry the weight of abuse as literal buildings on their backs.

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Awards, Film Festival

The WeAreDN Awards 2025 Winners

Join us in reflecting on the WeAreDN Awards 2025 winning shorts and learn how all the films went from ideation to completion in the our making of interviews.

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Awards, Film Festival

Directors Notes Presents: The WeAreDN Awards 2025

After the resounding success of last year’s launch, Directors Notes is thrilled to present our 2025 edition of the WeAreDN Awards.

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Music Video

Warring Neighbours Engage in an Arduous Territorial Battle in Lado Kvataniya’s Symbolic Manizha Music Video ‘GUN’

Lado Kvataniya walks us through the thematic importance and physical practicalities of the central moveable wall in his anti-conflict focused music video.

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Waltz

Music Video

Past and Present Converge in Lado Kvataniya’s Stirring Ode to Georgian Family with Mgzavrebi Music Video ‘Waltz’

Lado Kvataniya discusses reconnecting with his Georgian roots for his innovative 16mm music video about an invisible connection with a departed loved one.

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Animation

Lado Kvataniya’s ‘Burn’ Is a Caustic Warning Against Our Collective Disillusionment at the Hands of Propaganda.

Lado Kvataniya & Sergey Kolesov detail how they worked together to reflect the pernicious role of modern day propaganda in their caustic animated music video.

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Music Video

Lado Kvataniya’s ‘Revansh’ is a Violent Allegorical Representation of the Gritty Reality of Life in Modern Russia

Lado Kvataniya discusses staging a surreal metaphorical portrait of Russian living using 16mm and hidden cuts for Husky track 'Revansh'.

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Asides, Music Video

Haski & Tmin: Kill Me

Haski & Tmin attempt to woo death in Lado Kvataniya’s rumination on our inability to find peace, understanding & personal fulfilment in life 'Kill Me'.

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Asides, Music Video

Maslo Chernogo Tmina: The Untitled

Lado Kvataniya visits a post-Soviet purgatory where lost souls gather for a mystical ritual-transition in surreal music video 'The Untitled'.

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Asides, Music Video

Noize MC: Honor the Elders

Lado Kvataniya unleashes an onslaught of performance, animation and projection mapping for Noize MC’s commemoration of Russia’s literary heritage.

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Asides, Music Video

Manizha: MAMA

Lado Kvataniya's new short is a music video turned art-manifesto, featuring dark imagery set to Manizha's eerie aural palette.

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Asides, Live Action

Christmas On The Moon

A 12 year old girl becomes embroiled in a violent drug war when she decides to keep a giant teddy bear bound for a mafia boss in 'Christmas On The Moon'.

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