Rati Tsiteladze

Directing

Biography

Rati Tsiteladze is a European Film Academy Award-nominated filmmaker. A Cannes Résidence, Locarno Academy, TIFF Filmmaker Lab, and Berlinale Talents alumnus, his work has won over 50 awards and screened at more than 300 festivals worldwide, including Hong Kong and Locarno. His acclaimed short Prisoner of Society (2018) won multiple Oscar-qualifying awards and was nominated for a European Film Academy Award. Rati received the Moulin d’Andé Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and at the Toronto International Film Festival, he received the HFPA Film Independent Award presented by the Golden Globes. His debut feature documentary, A Song Without Home (2026), made history as the first Georgian documentary to compete in the Main Competition at CPH:DOX.

Filmography Movies

Acting

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Bo

2.7(0.0K)

When the volatile Bo travels to Georgia to visit the grave of her father, a well-known trumpeter, she runs into his former childhood friend Levan. In search of her roots and a better understanding of her father, she decides to hitchhike in Levan's truck. Despite the age difference, they gently give in to the love they feel for each other. The melancholy trumpet playing of Bo's father accompanies their journey through the breathtaking Georgian landscape. In the end, they dare to trust each other to the point where both Bo and Levan share their darkest secrets.

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Levan

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Prisoner of Society

4.0(0.0K)

Adelina, a young trans woman, has her freedom and identity suffocated by the traditional expectations of her parents and a conservative society.

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Prisoner of Society

Himself (voice)

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Prisoner of Society

4.0(0.0K)

Adelina, a young trans woman, has her freedom and identity suffocated by the traditional expectations of her parents and a conservative society.

Prisoner of Society

4.0(0.0K)

Adelina, a young trans woman, has her freedom and identity suffocated by the traditional expectations of her parents and a conservative society.

Prisoner of Society

4.0(0.0K)

Adelina, a young trans woman, has her freedom and identity suffocated by the traditional expectations of her parents and a conservative society.

Prisoner of Society

4.0(0.0K)

Adelina, a young trans woman, has her freedom and identity suffocated by the traditional expectations of her parents and a conservative society.

Mother

10.0(0.0K)

Based on a true story about a single mother who is forced to hide her child's existence, because of the social and cultural context in order not to become the subject of judgment and condemnation.

Mother

10.0(0.0K)

Based on a true story about a single mother who is forced to hide her child's existence, because of the social and cultural context in order not to become the subject of judgment and condemnation.

A Song Without Home

10.0(0.0K)

After 11 years confined to her family home, Adelina, a young trans woman, flees a Georgian village for Vienna in search of the freedom to be herself. As she builds her new life, she faces the past that refuses to let her go. Through immersive imagery and the mother-daughter bond, A Song Without Home paints a layered portrait of belonging and the complexity of freedom beyond physical liberation.