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The Kartli Kingdom (2025)
Directed by Tamar Kalandadze, Julien Pebrel
Documentary · 1h 44m
"Kartli" refers both to Georgia’s medieval kingdom and a Tbilisi sanatorium sheltering refugees from the 1990s war in Abkhazia, meant as temporary but lasting 30 years. The crumbling building became a recreated “country”, with a farm, gardens, terraces and rooms where old VHS tapes revive memories of a lost paradise. Through Tamuna, Irma, and others, the film explores exile, trauma, and shared resilience, showing that nothing stays the same inside Kartli.
Crew
- Director
- Tamar Kalandadze, Julien Pebrel
- Editor
- François Sculier, Eka Tsotsoria, Julien Pebrel, Tamar Kalandadze
- Producer
- Ketevan Kipiani, Jean-Baptiste Bonnet
Details
- Original title
- ქართლის ცხოვრება
- Release date
- 2025-11-16
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- KA
- Spoken languages
- Georgian
- Countries
- France, Georgia
- Production
- Sakdoc Film, Habilis Productions