Georgian Film Project Awarded at Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival

The latest documentary film project by Georgian film director Tinatin Gurchiani, titled Love Song.Pastorale, has won the Bertha Fund competition at the prestigious International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam.

The project, which now is at the research and development stage, has won € 5,000 for further improvement of the script and project.

A synopsis of the documentary project reveals that the film will be about human memories and remarkable moments from life.

Characters of the Tinatin Gurchiani's upcoming documentary titled Love Song.Pastorale. Photo from the Calvert Journal.

Character of the Tinatin Gurchiani's upcoming documentary titled Love Song.Pastorale. Photo from the Calvert Journal.

“What will happen if we give erotic books to elderly people and ask them to make comments about them? Perhaps at first there will be a smile and an awkward silence, then a comment and a comparison, then memories – memories about their lives, love, erotic experience, truth and fantasy – otherwise a taboo subject. Any answers or comments tell us about their lives and values,” the synopsis said.

Gurchiani’s first feature ‘The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear’ has become her most popular movie, providing views and expectations of young people from the former Soviet territory.

Tamar Svanidze