Data Chachua for Panopticon
Nomination Details
Nomination Detail
After his father abandons him to become an Orthodox monk, introverted 19-year-old Sandro struggles to reconcile his duty to God and his awakening sexuality. The young man falls into a spiral of adolescent uncertainties as he searches for meaning and belonging in the turbulent society of post-Soviet Georgia.
DATA CHACHUA
Up-and-coming Georgian actor Data Chachua was born on June 1st, 2003, in Tbilisi. His first encounter with the art of acting was when he was just 7 years old. He starred as a main character in a theatre production for children, called Tsotne and the Dress. He instantly fell in love with the craft, and by the age of 9 he had already played major characters in other plays on the stage of Theatre On Atoneli, such as The Ghost House and Alice in Wonderland.
In 2019 Data starred in a play directed by a student director (A. Navrozashvili), called Aus Der Traum, in Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University. The play was based on three playlets by Bertolt Brecht: The Spy, The Chalk Cross and The Jewish Wife. Data portrayed a young boy who was a spy for the Hitler Youth against his own family.
In 2020-21 Data had his TV debut with the television series Tesea, in which he played the main character, Vazhiko, for two seasons. Shortly after, in 2021, Data played Mate, a troubled teenager, in one of the most popular Georgian TV series, My Wife’s Girlfriends.
Data had his professional film debut starring in Panopticon (2024), a coming-of-age drama written and directed by George Sikharulidze. Data portrayed Sandro, a complicated, antagonistic main character, and the film received international recognition at various film festivals as well as different awards.
In 2023, Data played the role of Aka in the Georgian YouTube series Rio Grande. He also starred in Changing Signs, an educational, teen comedic drama in which he played the role of Tato for two seasons.
Till this day, Data keeps working and pursuing his career and doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon.
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