Born in 1980, Tamar Shavgulidze studied at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University. Tamar is a Georgian writer-director whose debut feature Born in Georgia (2011) screened at the Tbilisi Film Festival. In 2019, she wrote and directed Comets for which she received an APSA nomination for Best Screenplay.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
