Section: Spotlight: Georgia

DINOLA

Mariam Khatchvani

Georgia, 2013, 15 Min

Onerous tradition. The father of five-year-old Dinola dies. The funeral ceremony is still in full swing when a new man wants to demand the hand of Dinola's mother. She doesn't want to follow the old custom of being remarried. But how can she escape?

Georgian National Film Center

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According to tradition, widows are immediately remarried in Svanetia, in north-western Georgia. Dinola's mother is also supposed to marry a suitor after the death of her husband. He puts a few cartridge cases on her parents' table as a dowry. A clear threat: rejecting the courtship would result in a blood feud. So Dinola's mother doesn’t have any other choice but to leave her daughter behind and follow the man.

Motivated by her own family history, Mariam Khatchvani uses impressive imagery to recall the trauma that many suffer as a result of traditional customs. MM

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / Colour

Drehbuch
Mariam Khatchvani

Kamera
Konstantin Mindia Esadze

Ton
Paata Godziashvili

Schnitt
Levan Kukhashvili

Ausstattung
Dima Arsanis

Musik
Tako Zhordania

Darsteller
Nutsi Khaptani, Katie Lortkipanidze, Vakhtang Chachanidze, Datuna Guledani, Nukri Khatchvani

Produzent
Vladimer Katcharava

Produktion
20 Steps Productions

Kontakt
Georgian National Film Center
Levan Lomjaria
4 Z.Gamsakhurdia Sanapiro
0105 Tbilisi
Georgia
l.lomjaria@gnfc.ge
www.gnfc.ge

Mariam Khatchvani - born in 1986 in Uschguli, Georgia. She studied directing at the Shota Rustaveli University for Theatre and Film in Tbilisi and has since made several short documentaries. DINOLA was her first short feature film. Her feature film debut followed 2017 with DEDE.

Movies
VERDZOBA (2006, doc)
PANJRIS MIGHMA (2007, doc)
LICHANISHI (2009, doc)
KVIRIKOBA (2009, doc)
DEDE (2017)

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