Festivals :
IDFA (Amsterdam) First Feature Award Special Mention & Best Directing Award
International Sales : SQUARE EYES
With the support of Eurimages, Aide aux Cinémas du Monde (CNC), the CNC Audiovisual Innovation Fund, CNC Documentary Writing Support, the Normandy Region (International Co-development Support), SCAM (Brouillon d’un Rêve Grant), and the Georgian National Film Center (GNFC).
Dok Leipzig Co-Pro Market 2022 | Ji.hlava New Vision Forum 2022 | EAVE Change | Eurodoc 2023
Kartli is the name of the ancient kingdom of Georgia, and of an old sanatorium in Tbilisi. Disused, it houses refugee families of the 1990’s wars. But the building falls apart. Residents demonstrate, nothing changes. Kartli is a palace of life and death, where dreams of a promised land go away.