| Format | DCP |
|---|---|
| Duration | 90 min |
| Year | 2021 |
| Original Language | Georgian |
| Subtitles | English, German |
| Country | Switzerland, Germany, Georgia |
| ISAN | 0000-0005-AA30-0000-3-0000-0000-S |
Taming the Garden
A film by Salomé Jashi
Synopsis
A powerful man, who is also the former prime minister of Georgia, has developed an exquisite hobby. He collects century old trees along Georgia’s coastline. He commissions his men to uproot them and bring them to his private garden. Some of these trees are as tall as 15-floor-buildings. And in order to transplant a tree of such dimensions some other trees are chopped down, electric cables are shifted and new roads are paved through mandarin plantations.
The film moves the concept of uprooting from its metaphorical meaning into an oppressive, tangible and yet surreal reality.
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«Not just because the images are breathtaking. It lays out a complicated argument about ecology, economics, compromise, class, and humanity’s need to conquer and/or “tame” nature without resorting to an attack via polemics.»
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- Credits
Directed and Written by
Salomé Jashi
Producers
Vadim Jendreyko, Erik Winker, Martin Roelly, Salomé Jashi
Directors of Photography
Goga Devdariani, Salomé Jashi
Editor
Chris Wright
Sound Design
Philippe Ciompi
Music Supervisor
Celia Stroom
Researcher
Tamara Mshvenieradze
Line Producer
Pascal Moor
Associate Producers
Hercli Bundi, Susanne Guggenberger, Ümit Uludag, Anna Dziapshipa
A Coproduction of
Mira Film, CORSO Film, Sakdoc Film
Financially supported by
Federal Office for Culture Switzerland (FOC), Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Eurimages, Fachausschuss Film und Medienkunst BS / BL, Georgian National Film Center, IDFA Bertha Fund, Succès Passage Antenne, SRG SSR
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- Festivals
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
April 29, 2021 - May 09, 2021
Hong Kong International Film Festival
April 08, 2021 - April 11, 2021
Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
March 26, 2021 - April 04, 2021
ByDesign Festival
March 19, 2021 - March 28, 2021
ByDesign Festival
March 19, 2021 - March 28, 2021
Festival Internacional de Cine UNAM
March 18, 2021 - March 28, 2021
Festival Internacional de Cine UNAM in Mexico City
March 18, 2021 - March 28, 2021
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital
March 18, 2021 - March 29, 2021
Cinéma du réel - festival international du film documentaire
March 12, 2021 - March 21, 2021
Berlinale Forum - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
March 01, 2021 - March 05, 2021
Sundance Film Festival
January 28, 2021 - February 03, 2021
