About 80 documentary, artistic, animated films and film chronicles of Georgia and 12 countries of the world will be shown in the cinema hall of the National Archives on October 6, 7 and 8.

The festival screened the movies produced between 1895 and 1960 by The Lumière Brothers, The Skladanowsky Brothers, Jan Krízenecký, Vasil Amashukeli, Georges Méliès, Aurélio Paz dos Reis, Octavian Miletić, Wim Wenders and many more.

Georgian and foreign guests of the film festival were addressed by the Deputy Minister of Justice Buba Lomuashvili, the Director General of the National Archives Teona Iashvili and the Director of the Central Audio-Visual Archives of the National Archives Giorgi Kakabadze and spoke about the importance of establishing the festival.

The National Archive of Georgia is holding the Tbilisi International Archival Film Festival for the first time, and this year's theme of the film festival is the oldest film documents that have come down to us. Therefore, the participating countries - Germany, Italy, the USA, Spain, Malta, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Moldova and France - film archives, film libraries and film museums represent the programs of the ancient films preserved in their collections.

The program of the film festival can be found at the link: https://archive.gov.ge/ge/saarkivo-filmebis-festivali-1.

The National Archive holds the film festival with the support of the Georgian Justice Ministry and the Georgian National Film Center (GNFC).

Attendance at the film screenings is free. Address: 1, Vazha-Pshavela Ave./40, Pekini Ave.", - the National Archives said.