The film takes place in a small-town television station and sketches
a pseudo-ethnographic portrait of a Georgian community. While rituals
and traditions still determine the local lifestyle, a far-away reflection of the
modern world has already invaded the collective mind. Everyone is confused
about how to act as best possible self-presentation is of primary importance
here. A kaleidoscope of characters, places and happenings gradually unveils
their lifestyle and their strange set of hybrid and distorted values. The sole
journalist employed by the television station, Dariko, is like Virgil from
Dante’s Divine Comedy, taking the audience on a journey to the community’s
moments of revelation.
The Dazzling Light of Sunset
Daisis miziduloba
- Year:
- 2016
- Runtime:
- 74
- Country:
- Georgia, Germany
- Director:
- Salomé Jashi
- Screenplay:
- Salomé Jashi
- Dir. of Photography:
- Salomé Jashi
- Editor:
- Derek Howard
- Production:
- Sakdoc, inselfilm
- Sales:
- Syndicado
- Festivals:
- Visions du Réel 2016(Regard Neuf – Best First Film award), Sarajevo 2016, Jihlava 2016 (Best Central and Eastern European Documentary Film and Best debut)
Schedule:
12.11.2016
15:30
Kino Mladosť
16.11.2016
15:45
Kino Mladosť
About the Director:
Salomé Jashi
Upon completing her studies of journalism, Salomé Jashi (1981, Tbilisi, Georgia) worked as reporter for several years. In 2005 she was awarded a British Council scholarship to study documentary filmmaking at Royal Holloway, University of London. Upon her return to Georgia, Salomé founded production company Sakdoc Film. Her previous film, Bakhmaro (2011), received an Honorary Mention for a Young Documentary Talent at DOK Leipzig and was awarded as Best Central and Eastern European Documentary at the Jihlava IDFF.