Mariam Bitsadze

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Mariam Bitsadze is a Georgian filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist with a background in psychotherapy. She is the founder of 17/07, a boutique production company based in Georgia, currently developing several creative documentaries—among them Sacred Songs, which she co-wrote. The film explores the lives of Muslim women and the resilience of Sufi traditions in Georgia. Her work moves between fiction and documentary, often focusing on post-Soviet identity, memory, and personal transformation. Her debut fiction short, The Feast, starring her mother, won the Grand Prix at the Tbilisi International Film Festival.

Mariam is currently based in Geneva, where she is pursuing a Master’s degree in Cinema at ECAL/HEAD (Lausanne and Geneva’s art schools).

She is a member of the European Film Academy, the Documentary Association of Europe (DAE), the EWA Network, and serves on the board of DOCA, the Georgian Documentary Association.
In 2024, she was recognized in Forbes Georgia’s 30 Under 30 list for her contribution to the cinema.