The Pipeline Next Door

Glad-House / Obenkino, Wed 09.11. | 16:15

Pre-Movie: LAND-WATER/ LAND UND LAND-WATER/ WATER

Films in the programme:

The Pipeline Next Door

The Pipeline Next Door

MILSADENIS MEZOBLEBI

Nino Kirtadze

GE/FR, 2005, 90 Min

The Borjomi Valley in Georgia: home to mineral springs that have been bubbling away for centuries, in the 21st century it is to host streams of oil. Using all possible means, BP is pushing ahead with the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Yet the inhabitants of a small village put up a fight. In court, they raise what is the central question of the film: What gives an oil company ...

LAND-WATER/ LAND UND LAND-WATER/ WATER

LAND-WATER/ LAND UND LAND-WATER/ WATER

MITSA-TSKALI

Eka Tsotsoria/ Nino Gogua

GE, 2020, 8 Min

Land and water - mitsa-tskali - in Georgian denote more than just elements. Land-water is also the word for home. What happens when gigantic dam projects upset the natural balance between them and flood habitats? A close-up of Georgia's largest ecological resistance movement.

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