2026 / Short / stop-motion

When the Sea was Calm

Name: When the Sea was Calm
Released: 2026

Georgia

Corroborated 2 sources on file · Needs a primary source — official site, end credits, or a festival record.

Are you Animatory? Confirm or correct this →

StudioAnimatory

Year2026

Format familyShort

Techniquestop-motion

Overview

Georgian stop-motion short directed by Mamuka Tkeshelashvili. Official Short Film Competition at Annecy 2026. Set in 1992 on the eve of the Abkhazia war. uses cutout and puppet stop-motion. Depicts first love before forced migration. Tkeshelashvili became an animator in 2015. Studio confirmed as Animatory (Georgia). producer Vladimer Katcharava. Format: 15-17 min puppet stop-motion + cut-out, hand-crafted sets/miniatures. National premiere at Svaneti IFF-DALI, July 2026. Sources: ceeanimation.eu/projects/sokhumi/. filmneweurope.com.

Cast & crew (2)

Cast and crew credited on When the Sea was Calm
Person	Role	Department	Source
Mamuka Tkeshelashvili	director	direction	Press source skwigly.co.uk high confidence Details Annecy 2026 Official Short Competition.
Vladimer Katcharava	producer	production	reference source ceeanimation.eu medium confidence Details Producer credit via ceeanimation.eu project page / press coverage.

Links

Suggest an edit

This is an editable copy of the whole entry — change anything you know better, add missing credits, or write it in your own words below. Everything is optional. Your suggestion is reviewed against a source before publishing.

Title Year Format Technique Country Studios / companies IMDb URL Source URLs

Cast & crew — edit any cell, or add rows at the bottom

Name	Role(s)	Department

Or paste a whole credit roll / more names (any format)

Anything else — corrections, context, missing info, in your own words Source URL (if you have one) Why / how do you know? (optional) Your name or handle (optional) Your relationship (optional)

No account needed — sent straight to us for review.