On ubivat he khotyel : Prix du meilleur film romantico-héroïque basé sur des faits historiques au Festival de Tbilissi,1967
Prix au Festival international de Bergame (Italie), 1967
Gazelle d'or au Festival des pays méditerranéens de Tanger, 1968
Pirosmani : Grand Prix du Festival de Chicago, 1970
Georgy Chenguelaïa was born on May 11, 1937. He graduated from VGIK (National Institute of Cinematography) in 1963. He was a student of Dovjenko and M. Tchaoureli. He first worked as an actor and then as a director from 1966.