Niniko Lekishvili was born in 1992 in Sokhumi, Georgia. Her debut documentary short, titled 'Only Family Members Will Survive,' was made in 2019. For several years, she worked as a film editor, and in 2021, she created her second short documentary called 'Stage Lacks the Warmth.' In 2022, she was awarded the prestigious Chevening scholarship to study documentary filmmaking at Goldsmiths University of London. Her final project during the MA is called 'Tick Tock.'