Section: EcoEast

Stand by your president

Stand by your president

Ineke Smits
Netherlands, 2014, 92 Min

Having accompanied husband Mikheil Saakashvili's political career from close quarters, Netherlands-born Sandra Roelofs now looks back on the turbulent, eventful times they have shared together.

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They met whilst studying in Strasbourg and instantly fell in love. In the course of the coming years Sandra Roelofs accompanied the political ambitions of husband Mikheil Saakashvili from close quarters, never straying far from his side. The former first lady now reflects on an eventful life and a relationship which unfolded and developed in tandem with events from contemporary Georgian history. ZR

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / colour
Drehbuch
Ineke Smits
Kamera
Paul Cohen, Tato Kotetishvili
Ton
Martijn van Haalen, Tamta Mandzulashvili
Schnitt
Katarina Türler
Musik
Reso Kiknadze
Produzent
Jorinde Soree
Produktion
IDTV Docs
Co-Produktion
NCRV
Kontakt
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The Netherlands
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Ineke Smits - born 1960 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She studied Fine Arts at the Rotterdam Art Academy, then specialised in directing at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, UK. Besides making films, she has been teaching at Arnhem School of Fine Arts and at the Eindhoven School of Design.

Movies
MONAS PLEN (1989, short)
ROSE, VIOLET & LILY (1992, short)
HOERENPREEK (1996, short)
DE WOLKENFABRIEK (1996, short)
NOSTALGIA (1998, doc)
MAGONIA (2001)
DE VLIEGENIERSTER VAN KAZBEK (2010)
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