CORN ISLAND

George Ovashvili

Georgia 104 min. min Fiction

Synopsis

The Inguri River forms a natural border dividing Georgia from Abkhazia. One of the spring floods has created a little island in the middle of the river, as if made for the cultivation of corn. At least, this is the belief of an old peasant, whose sunburned face resembles the landscape he has trodden for dozens of years.

*Catalan première

Filmmaker

George Ovashvili

(Tbilissi, Geòrgia, 1963) In 2009 his feature debut The Other Bank garnered around fifty awards and was nominated for the European Film Academy’s European Discovery of the Year.

Filmography: Corn Island (2014), The Other Bank (2009), Zgvis donidan… (2005, curt), Wagonette (1997)

George Ovashvili

Film information

Original Title: Simindis kundzuli
Director: George Ovashvili
Script: George Ovashvili, Roelofene Minneboo, Nugzar Shataidze
Contact: Paco Poch
With: Mariam Buturishvili, Ilyas Salman, Tamer Levent, Irakli Samushia
Country: Georgia
Year: 2014
Format: DCP
Length: 104 min. min
Language: Georgian, russian, Abkhaz
Subtitles: Catalan
Edition: 2015