About Us

1991 Productions is run by Nino Chichua and Anna Khazaradze – two high school friends who studied film production in New York and London. After returning to Georgia, Nino and Anna saw the country’s potential to become a leading Eastern European production outlet and armed with this vision, founded 1991 Productions.

Anna Khazaradze

Founder/Producer

Anna Khazaradze is a Georgian film producer and director and a co-founder of 1991 Productions. Working across fiction and documentary through international co-productions, her work is rooted in close collaboration with directors and in developing socially engaged, politically attentive, and intimate films that move across borders while remaining deeply personal. She specializes in development and financing strategies for emerging local and international voices, guiding director-driven projects from development through production. Her work spans public and private financing structures, and she has secured support from national and international film funds, as well as TV broadcasters, in addition to equity investments, for the company’s films.

Anna holds a degree in Film and Television from the London College of Communication (University of the Arts London) and is a Berlinale Talents Alumna (2025). Since co-founding 1991 Productions, the company has expanded with a London branch, strengthening collaborations between the UK and mainland Europe and serving as a new base from which Anna works on developing new projects.

Her recent credits include 9-Month Contract (2025), winner of the Human Rights Award at CPH:DOX and a Jury Special Mention at DOC NYC, as well as Crossing (2024), the opening film of Berlinale Panorama. Feature documentary Smiling Georgia, premiering at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Anna is a co-founder and executive board member of DOCA – Documentary Association Georgia, an organization dedicated to fostering creativity and freedom of expression in Georgian cinema.

Nino Chichua

Founder/Producer

Hailing from the country of Georgia, Nino graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in Film & TV Production. Determined to bring the best of international practices to her home country’s growing film industry, she returned to Georgia and after working as a line producer, co-founded 1991 Productions with Anna Khazaradze in 2017.

Nino specializes in developing, financing, and producing director-driven fiction and documentary films through international co-productions. She co-produced Levan Akin’s CROSSING (2024), the opening film of Berlinale Panorama, which won the Teddy Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast, and produced 9-MONTH CONTRACT (2025), winner of the Human Rights Award at CPH:DOX. Her credits also include SMILING GEORGIA (2023) by Luka Beradze, which premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Nino takes pride in promoting Georgia as a filming destination, providing full-service production support to international crews shooting everything from feature films to TV shows and branded content. She has extensive experience in the physical production process, consistently delivering projects on schedule and within budget.

She currently represents 1991 Productions in London, UK, where she works on developing new collaborations.

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