Levan lomjaria
BIOGRAPHY
Having studied at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University in Tbilisi, Levan Lomjaria enrolled in the 16mm filmmaking programme of the New York Film academy in London. He completed his Master of Arts degree under the mentorship of renowned Hungarian film director Béla Tarr at the Sarajevo Film Academy / film.factory programme. Since 2010, he has been working as a film director and has produced several short films, independent, no-budget experimental films, documentaries and visual installations, which were screened at various international film festivals.
In 2015 to 2023 he worked as the Head of International/Film Export department at the Georgian National Film Center, (as well as manager of the MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe in Georgia), dealing with the promotion/sales and festival representation of the latest Georgian film titles, while organizing Georgian pavilions at the Cannes, Berlin, Annecy, AFM, and Toronto IFF; earning significant experience with international co-productions. As producer, Levan has been working on the feature film “The Antique” (premiering in the Giornate Degli Autori at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, Georgia’s Oscar entry in 2024), directed by Georgian film director Rusudan Glurjidze, as well as the overseeing line production for George Ovashvili's upcoming feature “The Moon Is a Father Of Mine”.
Lomjaria is currently based in New York and, alongside producing the upcoming feature film “Transmission” directed by Jimmy Bontatibus, he is working on his directorial debut feature film project, “No Place Like Home”. Levan is a member of the European Film Academy, DOCA (Association of Documentary Cinema), and the international artistic collective, BISTRIK7.
FILMOGRAPHY / LINKS
"Friends of Mine", Writer/Director 2003 Betacam 10 min;
"ART - 0", Writer/Director DV 2006 16 min;
"Metaphysic of Artaud", Director 2009 DV 31 min;
"Cinephile", Director/Actor 2012 HDV 11 min;
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", Director/Producer 2014 HDV 10 min;
"Le Grand Voyage", Writer/ Director/Producer 2014 HDV 26 min;
"The Waste Land", Writer/Director/Producer/Actor 2015 HDV 31 min;
"Christine", Director 2019 HDV 10 min;
"The Antiques" (dir. Rusudan Glurjidze), Executive producer 2024 HDV 2h 12min;
"The Moon Is a Father Of Mine" (dir. George Ovashvili), Line producer 2024 HDV in post - production.