
Elene Naveriani
2021Les évangiles d'Anasyrma
Elene Naveriani
Giorgi Nebieridze, Bianka Shigurova
Gabriel, a young Georgian man, has a love relationship with a transgender woman Amaia, who lives in the Tbilisi suburbs. Embedded in the reality of Georgia, their relationship is threatened. They are given over to the sheer strength of their feelings and are fragile in a violently hostile environment. A narrative of exemplary discreetness.
Gospel of Anasyrma
Wet Sand
Elene Naveriani
Bebe Sesitashvili, Gia Agumava
A village on the Georgian Black Sea is full of friendly people convinced they know each other. One day, Eliko is found hanged. His granddaughter Moe comes to organize his funeral. She is confronted with a web of lies and the tragic consequences of Eliko’s hidden love life with Amnon, which lasted 22 years. The truth however frees Moe’s capability to love and forces the villagers to take a stand.
Wet Sand
მე მზის წვეთი ვარ დედამიწაზე
Elene Naveriani
Khatia Nozadze, Daniel Antony Onwuka
Tbilisi, Georgia, nowadays. April aged 34, just spent a night in jail for prostitution. She is now resuming her work in the run down night life hub in the underground of a luxury hotel. There she meets Dije, a young Nigerian immigrant. He entrusts her his journey to Tbilisi. Originally, believing he was headed for Georgia, USA, he finds himself trapped in an extreme alienation in a country offering no perspective. An odd love emerges between these two human beings while they try to survive together on the margins of society.
I Am Truly a Drop of Sun on Earth
Red Ants Bite
Elene Naveriani
Donald Acho Nwokorie, George Imo Obasi
In Georgia, two stranded Nigerians, Obinna and Afame, navigate the sleeping city of Tbilisi after a long night out. However, as day breaks the true colors of their ambiguous affection begin to show. In this way, they find solace despite their hostile environment.
Red Ants Bite
ლანწკი პაპას მოპარული ხარი
Thomas Reichlin, Elene Naveriani
1945. Four thieves, a stolen ox, a dragon lying under a sofa, a jealous brother and a Soviet inspector murdered in a mill: here are some of the mysterious elements of which the characters in Lantsky Papa's stolen ox try to make sense.
Lantsky Papa's Stolen Ox