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A festival première of the film ‘In-Laws 3’ at BellaTOFIFEST IFF!
We’ve already had two weddings. This means we’re in for a christening. The favourite film characters loved so much by Polish cinema enthusiasts come back in the already third instalment of this great cinema blockbuster. Feel invited to come and see the festival première of the comedy ‘In-Laws 3’ More »
Dziadku, wiejemy! – A family meeting with Jan Peszek and Olga Chajdas at the BellaTOFIFEST IFF!
Summertime is meant for adventures, travelling, and using imagination. But it is even beyond little Jagoda to think that her imagination combined with the temper of her grandpa Jeremi will take them as far as to a meeting with a dragon! More »
The début film ‘Bałtyk’ from Iga Lis to be screened at the BellaTOFIFEST IFF!
Long before the beaches and resorts along the Polish coastline got devoured by the contemporary face of tourism, local small businesses used to be one of the main attractions in the area. One of them was the smoking chamber ‘U Mieci,’ famous for its top quality smoked fish. This year, we have a special treat for all those who not only miss that taste, but also the holiday vibrations of old. More »
Other Bank, The
Gagma Napiri · dir. George Ovashvili
Georgia, Kazakhstan 2009, 90’
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Torn from his father at the beginning of the Georgian-Abkhazia war, slightly cross-eyed 12-year-old Tedo is tired of living the life of a refugee. He works hard at an auto repair shop, and his young mother, Keto, works as a clerk, but it’s not enough to help them get by, so Keto starts to prostitute herself to help them survive. It’s all too much for Tedo to handle, and he decides to search for his father in war-torn Abkhazia. Warned not to go into this tinderbox, he decides to go anyway. Unable to speak the local language and afraid for his safety, Tedo pretends to be deaf as his odyssey takes him across physical and emotional landscapes and borders where nationalism rules and where the ‘eye for an eye’ mentality dominates. The war-ravaged world he encounters reflects the complex state of affairs wrestling within the boy’s psyche.
| Director: | George Ovashvili |
| Screenplay: | Rustam Ibragimbekov, George Ovashvili, Nugzar Shataidze |
| Music: | Josef Bardanashvili |
| Cinematography: | Shahriar Assadi |
| Editing: | Sun-Min Kim |
| Cast: | Tedo Bekauri, Galoba Gambaria, Nika Alajaev, Tamara Meskhi |
George Ovashvili was born in 1963 in Tiflis (Georgia). He is graduale of the Georgian State Institute of Cinema and Theatre (1996), and the New York Film Academy at Universal Studios in Hollywood.
Filmography:
- 1997: Wagonette
- 2005: Zgvis doninan
- 2010: Drugi brzeg / Other Bank
