Dea Kulumbegashvili

Directing

Dea Kulumbegashvili

Born

1986-01-01 (40)

Place of birth

Oryol, Orlovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]

Known for

Directing

Credits

13 titles

Dea Kulumbegashvili is a Georgian film director and writer. She studied film directing at Columbia University School of the Arts and media studies at The New School in New York. Dea’s filmmaking has been informed by her experience of growing up in a place with such a mix of ethnicities and nationalities. Dea was born in Oriol, Russia and raised in a small town called Lagodekhi at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia, a former Soviet Union republic. In 2016, she became the first Georgian director to have a film accepted in Cannes — her stunning minimalist short Invisible Spaces. In 2020, her feature debut BEGINNING became the first Georgian film to win the Golden Shell for best film …

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

April poster
6.8

Nina, an OB-GYN, faces accusations after a newborn's death. Her life undergoes scrutiny during investigation. She persists in her medical duties, determined to provide care others hesitate to offer, despite the risks.

April

2025

April poster
6.8

Nina, an OB-GYN, faces accusations after a newborn's death. Her life undergoes scrutiny during investigation. She persists in her medical duties, determined to provide care others hesitate to offer, despite the risks.

April

2025

Pria poster
6.2

Caught between the traditions of his upbringing in rural Indonesia and his idealization of Western freedom, a teenager struggles with the expectations of imminent manhood.

Pria

2017

Léthé poster
6.0

By the river of oblivion, a lonely horsemen passes through a village where children play with hidden desires, adults are indulged in a celebration and violence and love are instinctive parts of life.

Léthé

2016

Léthé poster
6.0

By the river of oblivion, a lonely horsemen passes through a village where children play with hidden desires, adults are indulged in a celebration and violence and love are instinctive parts of life.

Léthé

2016

Beginning poster
5.8

In a sleepy provincial town, a Jehovah’s Witness community is under attack from an extremist group. In the midst of this conflict is Yana, the wife of the community leader, whose familiar world is slowly crumbling around her. Meanwhile, a detective intrudes on her home with devastating consequences.

Beginning

2020

Beginning poster
5.8

In a sleepy provincial town, a Jehovah’s Witness community is under attack from an extremist group. In the midst of this conflict is Yana, the wife of the community leader, whose familiar world is slowly crumbling around her. Meanwhile, a detective intrudes on her home with devastating consequences.

Beginning

2020

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NR

New film from Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili. Plot TBA.

Untitled Dea Kulumbegashvili Film

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No artwork available
NR

New film from Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili. Plot TBA.

Untitled Dea Kulumbegashvili Film

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Invisible Spaces poster
NR

In this Palme d'Or nominated minimalist drama, a seemingly calm family morning falls apart revealing hidden tensions.

Invisible Spaces

2014

Invisible Spaces poster
NR

In this Palme d'Or nominated minimalist drama, a seemingly calm family morning falls apart revealing hidden tensions.

Invisible Spaces

2014

City of the Sun poster
7.0

Up to 50 percent of the world’s manganese, a vital metal across the globe, used to be mined in Chiatura, in western Georgia. Today, it resembles an apocalyptic ghost town. Mzis qalaqi portrays a few of the remaining inhabitants. Music teacher Zurab dismantles ramshackle concrete buildings and sells the iron girders to make some money on the side. Archil still works in the mine but his real passion is the local amateur theatre group. Despite being malnourished, two young female athletes still train stoically for the next Olympic Games.

City of the Sun

2017