Glory to the Queen

AT/GEO/SRB 2020, 82 min, Tatia Skhirtladze

During the Cold War, the four legendary female chess players from Georgia revolutionized women’s chess across the globe, and became Soviet icons of female emancipation. Glory to the Queen reveals their interwoven biographies and is both - a rare look into the present lives of chess stars Nona Gaprindashvili, Nana Alexandria, Maia Chiburdanidze and Nana Ioseliani, as well as a chronicle of their lasting legacy.

festivals

CinéDOC-Tbilisi 2020, GE | CinEast Film Festival 2020, LU | Doqumenta 2020, MX | Free Zone Film Festival 2020, RS | This Human World FF 2020, AT | Bolzano Film Festival 2021, IT | Kansas City FilmFest 2021, US | It's All True Film Festival 2021, BR | goEast Festival 2021, DE | SEEfest 2021, US | Jeonju Int. FF 2021, KR | Vox Feminae Festival 2021, HR | Int. Frauen Film Fest Dortmund+Köln 2021, DE | Fipadoc 2021, FR | Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Films 2021, AT | Sotto Le Stelle Dell'Austria 2021, IT | Doqumenta 2021, MX | Espoo Cine Int. FF 2021, FI | Docs Against Gravity 2021, PL | International Festival of Contemporary Arts CITY OF WOMEN 2021, SI | Unabhängiges FilmFest Osnabrück 2021, DE | Hamburg International Queer Film Festival 2021, DE | Underhill Fest - International Film Festival 2021, ME  | Braunschweig Int. Film Festival 2021, DE | East by Southeast 2021, DK | One World 2021, SK | Tbilisi International Film Festival 2021, GE | Triest Film Festival 2022, IT | London Georgian FF 2022, UK

awards

Audience Award (Free Zone Film Festival 2020, RS) | Honorable Mention (Doqumenta 2020, MX) | Honorable Mention (SEEfest 2021, US) | Golden Prometheus Award (Tbilisi International Film Festival 2021, GE)

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