Yekaterina Akakievna Mtsituridze (russian: link=no, Екатерина Акакиевна Мцитуридзе, ka, ეკატერინე აკაკის ასული მწითურიძე; born 10 January 1972,

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

Georgian SSR The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц� ...

) is a Russian television presenter, film critic and film expert of Georgian origin. Former editor-in-chief of Variety Russia, head of

Roskino Roskino (Russian: Роскино), formerly Roskomkino (Роскомкино), is a state body representing Russian industry of audiovisual content on the international markets, a national operator for the promotion of films, series and animation a ...

(since 2011), the

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movie expert, author of the concept and general producer of St. Petersburg International Media Forum. Member of the

Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation The Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation ( ru , Союз кинематографистов России) is the trade union of cinematographers, actors, and other professionals of Russian cinema. Founded in 1991, it was preceded b ...

, a member of the Union of Journalists of Russia and the International Union of Journalists, a member of the Association of the International Film Press FIPRESCI, an academician of the National Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Russia, Master of Historical Sciences.

Biography

She was born on 10 January 1972 in Tbilisi (Georgian SSR, USSR). In she graduated from the History and Cinema Science Department of the

Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ''Ivane Javaxishvi ...

. Since 1994 he lives in Moscow.Екатерина Мцитуридзе
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Vedomosti ''Vedomosti'' ( rus, Ведомости, p=ˈvʲedəməsʲtʲɪ, ) is a Russian-language business daily newspaper published in Moscow. History ''Vedomosti'' was founded in 1999 as a joint venture between Dow Jones, who publishes ''The Wall ...

Member of the jury of contest Un Certain Regard in

2008 Cannes Film Festival The 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 14 to 25 May 2008. The President of the Official Jury was American actor and director Sean Penn. Twenty two films from fourteen countries were selected to compete for the ''Palme d'Or''. The awards ...

, 1st and

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Moscow Jewish Film Festival The Moscow Jewish Film Festival is an annual international film festival, which aims to gather in the program features, documentaries, shorts and animated films on the subject of Jewish culture, history and national identity and contemporary prob ...

s In October 2017 Mtsituridze told the press in detail that she twice, in 2003 at the Berlin Film Festival and in 2004 at the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival h ...

, was sexually harassed by Hollywood producer

Harvey Weinstein Harvey Weinstein (; born March 19, 1952) is an American former film producer and convicted sex offender. He and his brother, Bob Weinstein, co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films includ ...

. In March 2022, Yekaterina signed a collective appeal of film critics, film historians and film journalists of Russia against

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

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