See You in Chechnya
In 1999, a young student of fine arts in Tbilisi falls in love with a French war photographer and decides to follow her to the front in Chechnya. Like most Georgians, this young student gets his information on the brutal war in the neighboring country through the Russian media. Parachuted into the middle of the fighting, he joins a group of reporters risking their lives to cover the brutal conflict. Ten years later, he wants to know how this experience affected their lives. See you in Chechnya is a deeply personal film about war and what it does to those involved.
Alexander Kvatashidze was born in 1977 in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1996 he graduated from Nikoladze Art College with a qualification as a sculptor. In 2001 he earned his BA degree in Art and Humanities at Tbilisi State University. In 2005-2006, Kvatashidze studied at the film department of California State University in San Jose. Since 2006 Alexander has worked as a director, DoP or producer on various projects, most of which were documentaries. He founded Lokokina Studio in 2009.