April (2025)
Director: Dea Kulumbegashvili Run Time: 134 min. Rating: NR Language: Georgian
Starring: Ia Sukhitashvili
Country: Georgia, Italy, France
Language: Georgian
About the film:
Special Jury Prize, Venice Film Festival.
Skilled obstetrician Nina is accused of malpractice when a baby dies during delivery. The ensuing investigation threatens to expose Nina’s illegal sideline: offering abortions to local women. Nina remains fiercely committed to her patients, but she must walk a razor’s edge in order to survive as a pariah in a world which desperately needs her.
Set against the backdrop of the starkly beautiful Georgian countryside, Kulumegashvili’s prescient sophomore employs a mesmerizing visual and sonic language to create an immersive experience about the resilience of the human will.
“Unfolds with high-stakes…breath stopping tension”
About the filmmaker:
Dea Kulumbegashvili is a Georgian director and screenwriter. Her first short film, Ukhilavi sivrtseebi (Invisible Spaces) was in Competition at the Festival de Cannes in 2014. In 2015, she worked on her first feature film, Dasatskisi (Beginning), at the Cinéfondation’s Résidence. Showcased as part of the Festival de Cannes’ 2020 Official Selection, the film has just been awarded the Golden Shell for Best Film and the awards for best director, screenwriter, and actor (Ia Sukhitashvili) at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Beginning (2020) also won the FIPRESCI International Film Critics Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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