Lana Gogoberidze, born in 1928 in Tbilisi, Georgia, is a prolific director whose films primarily focus on the realistic, nonsentimental, portrayal of women's lives. Gogoberidze's films were selected and awarded at numerous film festivals (Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, Tokyo). From 1992 to 1995 she was elected to the Parliament of Georgia and has been the Permanent Representative of Georgia to the Council of Europe, as Georgia's Ambassador to France and Permanent Representative to UNESCO.