Section: Youth Film U18 Competition

WHEN YOU ARE 17

WHEN YOU ARE 17

Giorgi Mukhadze
GE, DE, 2024, 90 Min

A ghetto coming-of-age caught between Olympic ambitions and drug parties. Amo, shooting star of the Georgian swimming scene, dreams of realising his dreams for the future at an athletics academy in Belgium. He earns the money for this back home by dealing in drugs. When he falls in love with his boss's girlfriend however, matters start to spiral out of control.

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#feature #coming of age
#clash

Performance

2024-11-07 | 10:30
Weltspiegel Großer Saal
2024-11-06 | 18:30
Weltspiegel Saal 2

 

17-year-old Amo lives in the ghettos of Tbilisi and dreams of a career as a swimmer. The road there is rocky however: In order to raise the money he needs to take part in a competition in Belgium, he cooperates with petty criminal Guro and deals in drugs. Meanwhile, Amo falls in love with the extroverted Jessica who, for her part, does nothing but make fun of him. Because she herself is romantically involved with Guro. Amongst the illegal business dealings and emotional entanglements, Amo increasingly loses control of his life. Bleak and yet poetic, the film portrays the power games of an unequal trio, the search for freedom and the bitter consequences of youthful decisions.

06.11.2024 | 18:30 | Weltspiegel Saal 2 (original version with English and German subtitles)

07.11.2024 | 10:30 | Weltspiegel Großer Saal (original version with English and German subtitles)

Drehbuch
Giorgi Mukhadze
Kamera
Dimitri Dekanosidze
Ton
Nini Jincharadze
Schnitt
Myrto Karra
Ausstattung
Anuka Kalandarishvili
Musik
Henry Reyels
Darsteller
Luka Lekishvili (Amo) Anano Makharadze (Jessica)
Saba Abashidze (Guro) Ia Shughliashvili
Produzent
Giorgi Kobalia
Produktion
Terra Incognita
Giorgi Mukhadze

Giorgi Mukhadze - Giorgi Mukhadze was born in  1992, September 3rd, in Tbilisi, Georgia. He graduated from 43rd Tbilisi state high school. 2010- 2014 he studied in Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia state academy. He got bachelors and masters degree in Fiction film.

Since then worked on numerous productions as 1st assistant director, creative consultant, screenwriter and worked on Georgian Tv series as a writer and director.

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