Gogona Goridan
The Girl from Gori

film type fiction Production Country Georgia, Germany production year 2012 runtime 14'00 colour Color
screening format Blu-Ray aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo original-language Georgian subtitles English, German, French
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo original-language Georgian subtitles English, German, French

Georgia, after the 2008 war. The refugee child Tamari is a new arrival in the class and is seated next to the Russian boy Datho. Out of hatred for the little Georgian girl, he destroys her greatest treasure. But then he regrets it - and thinks up with something very special for her...

director Eka Papiashvili Cast Ilja Sabiashvili, Lia Beriashvili, Nanuka Mosessvhili Original Score Narnari (traditional), Orchester Kelaptari Editing Andi Preisner DOP Carsten Böhnke Production Carsten Böhnke Script Carsten Böhnke, Eka Papiashvili Sound Design Urs Hauck
Festivals
Filmfest Osnabrück - Festival des Unabhängigen Films, Germany
Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden
Curtocircuíto - Festival Internacional de Cinema e Artes Visuais, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany (Lobende Erwähnung)
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Eka Papiashvili

Born 1976 in Bolnisi, Georgia;
in Germany since 1999;
holding a master in translation;
studied European ethnology and scriptwriting;
worked as directing assistant at both theatre and film

Filmography
2013 The man from Midja