Keti Machavariani is a Georgian director, art historian, and screenwriter. She holds a master's degree in Art History from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and graduated from the postgraduate program in Film Studies at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film State University, where she also received a master's degree in Film Directing. In 2005-2006, Keti Machavariani completed an internship at the RAI television company in Italy, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy.
She has extensive teaching experience, having been a guest lecturer at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Ilia State University, and Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film State University since 2008. She is also an assistant professor at the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA). Keti Machavariani collaborated with the journals "Anabechd" and "Focus" for many years and worked as a producer and journalist at the Georgian Public Broadcaster and Rustavi2. She also engaged in producing, serving as the executive producer for Levan Koguashvili's films "Street Days" and "Blind Dates " and as the post-production producer for Zaza Urushadze's "Three Houses."
Since 2012, she has been the founder and producer at the company "Vineyard Films." After directing several short films, in 2011, her feature film "Salt White" had its premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The film participated in several film festivals and won multiple awards. In 2016, Keti Machavariani directed a short film Georgia 1992 based on Aka Morchiladze's story, commissioned by the Public Broadcaster. In 2020, she completed the documentary "Mziuri" (idea by Tsisana Khundadze), which premiered in Canada at the Hot Docs International Documentary Festival, where it received a special mention from the jury. The film was selected for screening at numerous international festivals, including Sarajevo, Copenhagen (CPHDOX), Lisbon (Doclisboa), Prague (Oneworld), and Montreal (RIDM).
Currently, Keti Machavariani is working on her new feature film "Lullaby."
