Director of Photography
조지아 해안선 곳곳의 마을에서 백 년 넘게 자생해온 나무들은 15층 건물 높이에 다다를 만큼 울창하고 아름답다. 한 익명의 남자가 개인 정원을 가꾸기 위해 돈과 권력을 이용해 이 오래된 나무들을 사들인다. 거대한 나무들을 캐내고 이동하는 과정에서 마을 환경은 엉망이 되고 풍경은 기이하게 조각나며 주민들은 그 고통을 감수해야 한다. 영화는 이러한 과정을 따라가면서 오늘날 조지아 사회가 필요로 하는 것과 추구하는 가치를 묘사한다. 더불어 더 이상 은유가 아니게 된 '뿌리 뽑기'라는 행위를 통해 강제 이주에 관해 반추한다. (서울환경영화제)
Director of Photography
Elene is an 80-year-old writer who lives with her family, forced to stay home due to health conditions. Her comfort is cracked when her daughter's mother-in-law, Miranda, a former Soviet official, moves into the apartment, and Elene receives an unexpected call from an old love interest, Archil.
Director of Photography
37-year-old Irina, a doctor who returns home after serving a long sentence in prison. In order to start a new life and return to the society, Irina has to earn the trust of the people close to her. But does she need a place in such a society?
Cinematography
Grandmother while watching the performance, she first time gets into the dialogue with herself, before the moment she did not have time. After entering the dialogue with herself, it is a dangerous dialogue as psychologically it will form a some kind of a conflict. The conflict might expose outside or might stay inside in the interior. During the circus performance grandmother goes through the rite of passage.
Director of Photography
Nutsa, a young mother, lives with her two children in a suburbs of Tblissi in Georgia. Her partner Goga is in prison. They get married, so she gains the right to talk to him once a month in the visiting room on the other side of the glass. The ceremony is quick with a strange ambiance. Goga in prison, Nutsa with children outside, a routine sets in.
Director of Photography
Dmitrij has recently returned to his small Georgian hometown after graduating from a university abroad. His monotonous days drag on, between working and the solitary rock-climbing excursions.
Director of Photography
In the mining city of Chiatura (Georgia), two teenagers spend a day together, far from their respective lives.
Director of Photography
Georgia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2008