Rati Oneli

Born in 1977 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Specialized in Middle East Studies and International Affairs at Free University Tbilisi and Columbia University in New York. From 1999 to 2014, he lived in New York, then moved to Georgia in order to make his first feature-length documentary CITY OF THE SUN. In 2014, he produced and co-edited INVISIBLE SPACES, a short film that was nominated for Palme d’Or at the Cannes IFF. In 2016, his next production, LETHE premiered at Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in Cannes. (Listapad Minsk, 2017, catalogue)