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‘Crossing’ Producing Duo Set Next Project, Launch London Arm of Georgian-Based Company 1991 Prods. (EXCLUSIVE)


Georgian producing duo Nino Chichua and Anna Khazaradze have opened a London office to foster more collaboration between the U.K. and mainland Europe.

is among the co-producers of Levan Akin ’s Berlinale Panorama opener “Crossing,” have set their next feature, a political drama from rising director Uta Beria, as the company launches a new London arm with an eye toward fostering more collaborations between the U.K. and mainland Europe. Launched in 2017, Chichua and Khazaradze’s company — which takes its name from the year that both Georgia achieved independence and the longtime friends were born — was built to foster international collaborations with the growing industry in their native country, which sits at the crossroads between Europe and Asia. Educated abroad, where they also gained experience as line producers, the duo returned to Georgia to find a rich vein of untapped emerging talents who they wanted to help launch on the global stage.

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