Team
Robert Hope
Director and Producer | websiteRobert is a documentary director and producer based in San Francisco and sometimes Tbilisi Georgia. Last year, he received a year-long fellowship at the University of Texas for his current documentary work in the Caucasus mountain region. His previous documentary, Heaven on Earth—a portrait of the matriarch of an ex-commune in Los Angeles—screened at multiple Oscar-qualifying festivals and was released by Directors Notes. Alongside independent films, her collaborates with mission-driven organizations and news outlets, including Al Jazeera, the Skoll Founation, and Channel News Asia, etc.
Cinematographer and Editor | website Anna R. Japaridze
British-Georgian documentary filmmaker, cinematographer, video editor and ad-hoc writer based between London, UK and Tbilisi, Georgia. Anna makes films and video installations in styles that range from experimental archival video essays to character-driven observational documentaries. In 2021, she earned an MFA in Documentary Film and Video from Stanford University, In 2022, she completed a Chai Khana multimedia storytelling fellowship and was awarded a Sundance Ignite fellowship in recognition of the short films she has directed in Georgia.
