Section: Spotlight: Georgia

ZGVIS DONIDANN …

EYE LEVEL …

George Ovashvili

Georgia, 2005, 13 Min

First love. A train is traveling through the snow-covered mountainous landscape and stops at a small train station. A girl is sitting Inside. By chance, she catches the gaze of a boy at the otherwise deserted station. He looks at her with his big eyes. The beginning of a relationship?

Georgian National Film Center

The train continues on its bumpy journey. The boy follows it, and he’s already there to greet the girl when the train enters the next station. And the same thing happens at the next station. A connection gradually develops between both of them without any words having been spoken. Their glances at one another and a smile speak louder than words.

George Ovashvili shows great sensitivity in his portrayal of a human encounter and plays with clichés and expectations. MM

Filmformat
DVD | Farbe / colour

Drehbuch
George Ovashvili

Ton
Madona Tevzadze

Schnitt
Lali Kolxidashvili, Irakli Cheishvili

Ausstattung
Gogi Tatishvili, Salome Sxirladze

Musik
Gio Tsintsadze

Darsteller
Anna Talakvadze, Avto Makarashvili

Produzent
Otar Shamatava

Produktion
Imedi TV

Kontakt
Georgian National Film Center
Levan Lomjaria
4 Zviad Gamsakhurdia Named Right Bank
0105 Tbilisi
Georgia
+995 32 22 99 92 00
l.lomjaria@gnfc.ge
www.gnfc.ge

George Ovashvili - born in 1963 in Mzcheta, Georgia. He studied directing at the Shota Rustaveli University for Theatre and Film in Tbilisi. In addition to his work as a film director, he worked for several years as an actor and theatre director. His feature film debut GAGMA NAPIRI has won many awards. With KHIBULA he was already a guest at the Feature Film Competition of last year’s FFC.

Movies
GAGMA NAPIRI (2009)
SIMINDIS KUNDZULI (2014, FFC 2014)
KHIBULA (2017, FFC 2017)

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