Bebluani was born in the mountainous Svanetian village of Chaguri in the Georgian SSR . He graduated from Tbilisi State Theater Institute in 1979 , being tutored by Tengiz Abuladze and Irakli Kvirikadze . He performed in the Soviet-era movies '' Our Youth '' ( ღიმილის ბიჭები , 1969 ) , '' Earth , This Is Your Son '' ( მშობლიურო ჩემო მიწავ , 1980 ) , and '' Cucaracha '' ( კუკარაჩა , 1982 ) ; and directed '' The Flight of Sparrows '' ( ბეღურების გადაფრენა , 1980 ) , and '' The Brother '' ( ძმა , 1981 ) . His '' The Sun of the Sleepless '' ( უძინართა მზე , 1992 ) , for which he was also a composer , became a cult film in Georgia and won grand prizes at the festivals in Tbilisi ( Georgia ) and Sochi ( Russia ) as well as a Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival . In 1996 , he was one of the producers of '' A Chef in Love '' directed by Nana Jorjadze , which became the first , and so far the only , Georgian film to be nominated for the Academy Award
43rd Berlin International Film Festival
43rd Berlin International Film Festival
Temur Babluani