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\n\tVienna-based sales outlet Square Eyes has secured international rights to \u201cThe Kartli Kingdom,\u201d directed by Tamar Kalandadze and Julien Pebrel. The film is set to world premiere in the International Competition at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), taking place Nov. 13-23.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cKartli\u201d refers both to Georgia\u2019s medieval kingdom and a Tbilisi sanatorium sheltering refugees from the 1990s war in Abkhazia, meant as temporary but lasting 30 years. The collapsing building became a recreated \u201ccountry\u201d: a farm, garden, terraces, and rooms where old VHS tapes revive memories of Abkhazia, their lost paradise. Through Tamuna, Irma and others, the film reveals the exile\u2019s trauma and shared resilience. Even if time seems frozen in Kartli\u2019s walls, nothing stays the same.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cOur film narrates a community\u2019s story through the shelter of Kartli: past, present and imagined future, lending gentleness, violence, sadness, memories, and humor,\u201d Kalandadze and Pebrel commented. \u201cThese layers of time merge in editing, combining image and sound materials. Memories, words and tales of Kartli\u2019s past shape its inhabitants\u2019 lives, forming foundational myths. These stories, like an underground stream, resurface during conversations, interrupting scenes we filmed. Archival footage adds bursts of collective memory, showing the 1992 war\u2019s impact on the community.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWe love how the film gives us a glimpse inside the walls of the Kartli sanatorium, where the collective memory of the 1992 war in Abkhazia and the current lives of the residents mix into a touching and poetic documentary,\u201d stated Wouter Jansen, CEO of Square Eyes. \u201cThe mix of these two narratives makes the film a perfect match for our catalog.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe Kartli Kingdom\u201d is produced by Ketevan Kipiani for Giorgia\u2019s Sakdoc Film and Jean-Baptiste Bonnet for Habilis Productions in France. Square Eyes is in charge of world sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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