Gory to the Queen – Feature Documentary

2020 | 82 minutes

Director: Tatia Skhirtladze, Anna Khazaradze
Producers: berg hammer film, 1991 Productions, Amour Fou Vienna, Playground Produkcija
Countries: Austria, Georgia, Serbia
Sales: Filmdelights

Against the backdrop of Cold War, The Encounter reveals stories of four legendary female chess players from Georgia who revolutionized women's chess across the globe, and became Soviet icons of female emancipation.

Festivals:
CinéDOC-Tbilisi 2020, GE | CinEast Film Festival 2020, LU | Doqumenta 2020, MX | Free Zone Film Festival 2020, RS | This Human World FF 2020, AT | Bolzano Film Festival 2021, IT | Kansas City FilmFest 2021, US | It's All True Film Festival 2021, BR | goEast Festival 2021, DE | SEEfest 2021, US | Jeonju Int. FF 2021, KR | Vox Feminae Festival 2021, HR | Int. Frauen Film Fest Dortmund+Köln 2021, DE | Fipadoc 2021, FR | Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Films 2021, AT | Sotto Le Stelle Dell'Austria 2021, IT | Doqumenta 2021, MX | Espoo Cine Int. FF 2021, FI | Docs Against Gravity 2021, PL | International Festival of Contemporary Arts CITY OF WOMEN 2021, SI | Unabhängiges FilmFest Osnabrück 2021, DE | Hamburg International Queer Film Festival 2021, DE | Underhill Fest - International Film Festival 2021, ME | Braunschweig Int. Film Festival 2021, DE | East by Southeast 2021, DK | One World 2021, SK

Awards
Audience Award (Free Zone Film Festival 2020, RS) | Honorable Mention (Doqumenta 2020, MX) | Honorable Mention (SEEfest 2021, US)