Magic Mountain by Mariam Chachia and Nik Voigt (ჯადოსნური მთა)
Abastumani – a unique resort in Georgia, must yield to the country's richest man, Bidzina Ivanishvili. The place that for more than a century often offered tuberculosis patients their last hope remained a persistent thought in the director's dreams. Through her personal medical history, the narrator approaches the fairy-tale-like and eerie past of the location. "The Magic Mountain of Abastumani" transforms – if only briefly – from a place of isolation and death into one of solidarity and mutual care.
SCREENINGS
29.10., 18:00
City Kino Wedding
Müllerstraße 74, 13349 Berlin
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Self-Portrait along the Borderline by Anna Dziapshipa (ავტოპორტრეტი ზღვარზე)
In her essay film, the Georgian-Abkhazian director retrospectively explores her identity in a border region filled with trauma and loss. Over 20 years later, she can return to her abandoned house in occupied Abkhazia. A summer house like a spider's web, keeping the first-person narrator trapped in the past. Using the family archive, Anna Dziapshipa reconstructs an intimate portrait of a Georgian-Abkhazian family and reflects on questions of identity and memory work in the context of war.
The film is followed by Q&As with the film director Anna Dziapshipa.
SCREENINGS
26.10., 18:00
City Kino Wedding
Müllerstraße 74, 13349 Berlin
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A Room of my Own by Ioseb „Soso“ Bliadze (ჩემი ოთახი)
The film by Ioseb (Soso) Bliadze tells the story of Tina and Megi, two young women who become roommates by chance. In their shared flat, worlds collide as these two women from very different social milieux navigate their new life together. Megi is a sociable and modern woman with many friends and an outgoing lifestyle who plans to leave the country after her US visa is approved. On the other hand, Tina, who comes from a conservative family and is already divorced at the age of 25 and has been struggling to find her place in the world after the dissolution of her marriage. Despite their distinct backgrounds, both women encounter similar obstacles as they transition into adulthood. Throughout the film, their shared apartment becomes a haven of support and a merging of their disparate worlds.
The film screening is followed by the Q&As with Taki Mumladze, the co-author and one of the main actresses, and Eva Blondiau, the producer.
SCREENINGS
28.10., 18:00
City Kino Wedding
Müllerstraße 74, 13349 Berlin
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