Fall has come, as has the abundant season festivals. One of our favorites is the Mikheil Tumanishvili International Art Festival ‘GIFT,’ represented by the Mikheil Tumanishvili Film Actors Theater, Georgian Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection, Tbilisi City Hall and governmental project ‘Check in Georgia’.

The festival will run until November 12, giving Tbilisi dwellers ample opportunity to attend masterpieces from Germany, Japan, Finland, Russia and Israel. The Georgian theatrical space will host the best works of Sasha Waltz, Cale Nio and company ‘Sankai Juku’.

2017 sees the 20th anniversary of ‘GIFT’ and commenced on October 15 with Lasha Kuprashvili’s personal photo-exhibition, which the artist dedicated to the jubilee of the festival. On the same day, the screening of the cinema verses of film director Shota Kalandadze also took place, inspired by ‘GIFT’. As per tradition, an award-giving ceremony was held, seeing Ushio Amagatsu, Japanese choreographer, and Keti Dolidze, Georgian film and theater director and Artistic Director of the festival, awarded for ‘Perfection in the Realm of Art’.

Check out the official webpage of the Mikheil Tumanishvili International Art Festival ‘GIFT’: http://giftfestival.ge.