Rati Tsiteladze is European Film Academy Award nominated filmmaker. He is an alumnus of TIFF Filmmaker Lab, Locarno Academy, Berlinale Talent Project Market and Cannes Cinéfondation. Rati directed and produced several short films that won over 50 awards worldwide and screened at more than 300 festivals, including Hong Kong, Melbourne and Locarno. His recent work PRISONER OF SOCIETY (2018) won numerous Oscar® qualifying awards and was nominated for European Film Academy. With his feature film project, BLUE NIGHTS he was selected among 6 directors at Cannes Cinéfondation Residence and won the Eurimages Award at TIFF, and the first HFPA/Film Independent Award by Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Golden Globes®.