Title of film : Khibula
Director Name : George Ovashvili
Cast & crew :
Producer : George Ovashvili,Eike Goreczka,Christoph Kukula,Guillaume de Seille
Editor : Sun Min Kim
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Synopsis : A man elected by his people to become the head of a newly independent country is ousted a short time later by a coup d´état. He flees into the mountains where loyal troops are rumored to be waiting for him, the plan being to emerge from exile and retake power. As he follows his guards into the mountains in order to regroup with his true followers and bring about a return to the glory days, he is initially full of hope. But the journey turns out to be a restless one between trust and mistrust, hope and despair. His dreams blend with reality as his feelings of insecurity grow. Finally, he is forced to face his fate.
Director Bio : Giorgi Ovashvili is a Georgian screenwriter and film director. His first film, The Other Bank, premiered at Dhaka, Fribourg, Granada, Nuremburg, Paris, Seattle, Tromsø, Warsaw, and Palm Springs, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. Both The Other Bank and Ovashvili's second film, Corn Island, were selected by Georgia for consideration for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd and 87th Academy Awards, respectively. In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Giorgi Ovashvili discusses ethnic conflicts arising from the Soviet collapse, the power of cinema to restore trust, and his next project.
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