George Sikharulidze

FATHERLAND

Georgia, 2018, 15’15”

Gori, Republic of Georgia, 2016: on the 63rd anniversary of Stalin’s death, his worshipers gather outside of his birthplace to demand his canonization as a saint when out of nowhere Stalin himself returns from the dead.

George Sikharulidze
Born and raised in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. At 18, he moved to America and enrolled at New York University. George graduated summa cum laude earning a B.S. in Media Studies and enrolled into the M.F.A in Film Directing program at Columbia University. Aside from writing and directing, George teaches filmmaking at Northwestern, William Paterson and Columbia Universities.