| 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
- Technical Details
- Festivals
San Francisco DocFest
June 03, 2021 - June 20, 2021
Seoul Eco Film Festival
June 03, 2021 - June 09, 2021
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
June 02, 2021 - June 06, 2021
Docville International Documentary Film Festival
June 01, 2021 - June 11, 2021
FICMEC Festival Internacional de Cine Medioambiental de Canarias
May 26, 2021 - June 05, 2021
Étonnants Voyageurs - Festival International du Livre & du Film
May 22, 2021 - May 24, 2021
The DocYard
May 21, 2021 - May 27, 2021
DocsBarcelona International Documentary Film Festival
May 18, 2021 - May 30, 2021
One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
May 10, 2021 - June 06, 2021
DOK.fest München
May 05, 2021 - May 23, 2021
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
April 29, 2021 - May 09, 2021
New Directors/New Films (ND/NF)
April 28, 2021 - May 08, 2021
Environmental Film Festival at Yale (EFFY)
April 24, 2021 - April 27, 2021
CPH:DOX (Copenhagen International Documentary Festival)
April 21, 2021 - May 12, 2021
Sun Valley Film Festival
April 14, 2021 - April 18, 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
Festival Internacional de Cine UNAM
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
