"European Heritage Days" in Georgia
With the support of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, European Heritage Days will be celebrated in Georgia on October 4–6.
Free exhibitions, concerts, workshops, masterclasses, and various educational and entertainment activities are planned across Georgia with the involvement of regional municipalities, LEPL centers, LEPL museums, and cultural centers. The events will be organized within the framework of the 2019 European Heritage Days common theme, “Arts and Entertainment”.
The initiative to hold “European Heritage Days” was first launched in 1985, and since 1999 it has become a joint program of the Council of Europe and the European Commission, in which 50 signatory countries of the European Cultural Convention participate. European Heritage Days are held annually on a weekend in the autumn and represent a collection of events based on European values. Through exhibitions, conferences, public lectures, and educational-entertainment programs planned for various target groups, they promote and raise awareness of our shared European heritage. Each year, the events organized within the framework of the program are celebrated around a theme selected by the Council of Europe. The themes primarily focus on the interrelation between different types of heritage, cultural heritage, and various fields.
The program of events planned in Georgia within the framework of the 2019 European Heritage Days will open with the screening of the feature film “Amok”, directed by Kote Marjanishvili in 1927. The screening will take place on October 4, at 20:00, in Ilia Garden, 73 Agmashenebeli Ave., accompanied by electronic music.
“Amok” is based on the novel of the same name by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig and is the first adaptation of a foreign literary work in Georgian cinema. In 2017, within the framework of the joint project “Protection of Film Heritage” by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia and the National Film Center, the original materials of the film were brought from the Russian Film Archive. Recently, also within the framework of this project, the materials were scanned in high resolution by the National Archives of Georgia, and Giorgi Kakabadze worked on the digital restoration of the film.
For detailed information about the events planned within the framework of the 2019 European Heritage Days in Georgia, please see the program:
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