Marija Kavtaradze
film director, screenwriter
Born in 1991, film director and scriptwriter Marija Kavtaradze graduated from Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Film Directing studies in 2014. Marija’s debut feature film SUMMER SURVIVORS premiered at Toronto IFF in 2018. The movie achieved 26k admissions at the domestic box office, which made it the most appreciated independent Lithuanian film in 2019. Her film also received three Lithuanian Film Academy awards.
In 2023, she wrote and directed SLOW, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where Marija Kavtaradze won the Best Director award. SLOW was also running at the 52th IFF Molodist.
