Tskals sazghvrebi ar akvs

After a failed reporting trip, director Maradia Tsaava's car also gives up the ghost. The car breaks down in the middle of the border between Georgia and the pro-Russian conflict region of Abkhazia, which unilaterally declared its independence after an armed conflict in the 1990s. But instead of despairing, the director decides to stay on the ground and tries to get inside the country. Georgian citizens are otherwise not allowed to enter the country. While she waits, she turns her camera on the sympathetic people working on the dam, which is run jointly by Georgians and Abkhazians. Hidden stories of legal and clandestine border crossings come to light, telling an impressive story of how people continue to try to live together despite war and suffering, far from the big power politics.

Text: Joshua Jádi

Glad-House/Obenkino: Original version with English subtitles