She moved to France early in the 1990s and directed several films including A Chef in Love (1996) which became the first, and so far the only, Georgian film to be nominated for the Academy Award.
Ia berpindah ke Prancis pada awal 1990an dan menyutradarai beberapa film termasuk A Chef in Love (1996) yang menjadi film Georgia pertama, dan sampai sejauh ini satu-satunya, yang dinominasikan pada Academy Award.