BBC Culture Names Georgian Documentary among 10 Films to Watch

Further to the recent success at Sundance Film Festival, winning the Short Film Jury Award in the non-fiction category, BBC Culture names young Georgian filmmaker Tamta Gabrichidze’s film The Trader (Sovdagari) among the 10 films to watch in February. 

“It’s a verity-style look at a Georgian man named Gela, who drives around the economically ravaged Caucasus nation selling odds-and-ends and collecting potatoes, which are worth as much (and more) than hard currency” an article by Christian Blauvelt, reads. 

“Netflix may have purged most films made before 1980 from its streaming library, but there’s still some indication that the service yet may hold interest for serious cinephiles – particularly in its commitment to documentary. In the next few months, Netflix will release documentaries on such wide-ranging subjects as psychedelic pioneer Ram Dass; an Indian girl who rose from poverty to become the world’s number-one-ranked archer; and experimental medical researchers. First up, though, is The Trader by Tamta Gabrichidze, which won best documentary short at Hot Docs,” the author of the article writes. 

Alongside Tamta Gabrichidze’s The Trader, (Sovdagari), the recommendation on which films to watch in February includes Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? A documentary by Travis Wilkerson, I, Tonya, by Craig Gillespie, Dark River by Clio Barnard, Early Man, by Nick Park, Tehran Taboo by Ali Soozandeh, Annihilation by Alex Garland, Black Panther by Ryan Coogler, The 15:17 to Paris by Clint Eastwood, and A Fantastic Woman by Sebastián Lelio.

By Nino Gugunishvili