Namme
by Zaza Khalvashi
►Synopsis
Ali’s family has inherited a mission – taking care of a local healing water and curing sick fellow villagers with it. Three sons are skeptical and only the young daughter Namme stays as the guardian of family traditions.
In parallel, a hydro power station is being constructed locally and environmental changes are at stakes.
One day the spring water starts to disappear. Father remembers the old tradition: the water will not return unless sacrifice is made…
Specifications
Georgia/Lithuania 2017 91mn 2.35:1 5.1 Georgian
written & directed by
Zaza Khalvashi
produced by
Sulkhan Turmanidze – BAFIS (Georgia)
and Ieva Norviliene – TREMORA (Lithuania)
Filmography
- There where I live (1990)
- Miserere (1996)
- Solomon (2015)
Cast
Mariska Diasamidze (Namme)
Aleko Abashidze
Ednar Bolkvadze (Giorgi) the priest
Roman Bolkvadze (Nuri) the mullah
Roin Surmanidze (Lado) the teacher
Crew
- DOP – Giorgi Shvelidze
- Editor – Levan Kukhashvili
- Production Designer – Akaki Jashi
- Cameraman – Mamuka Chkhikvadze
- Sound Recorder – Vano Gvaradze
- Sound Engineer – Jonas Maksvytis
Festivals & Awards
- Tokyo IFF 2017 (Japan) – Competition (World Premiere)
- Tallinn Black Nights FF 2017 (Estonia) – Forum (European Premiere)
- Tbilisi FF 2017 (Georgia) – Competition / Closing (National Premiere)
- Goteborg IFF 2018 (Sweden) – Five Continents
- Sofia IFF 2018 (Bulgaria) – Kaleidoscope
- Vilnius IFF 2018 – Kinopavasaris (Lithuania) – Festival’s Favorites
- Istanbul IFF 2018 – Best of The Fests
- Las Palmas 2018 – Competition
- Zerkalo IFF 2018
- Shanghai IFF 2018
- Filmfest München 2018
- Aperture : Asia and Pacific FF 2018 (London)
- Cineast FF 2018 (Luxemburg)
- Asian World Film Festival 2018 (Los Angeles)
- Dharamshala IFF 2018
- Georgia’s Oscar Entry of 2018
- Cottbus IFF 2018
- Inverness IFF 2018
- Journées cinématographiques de Carthage 2018
- Festival East by Southeast 2018 (Copenhagen)
- Kerala IFF 2018
- ASC SPOTLIGHT award for Giorgi Shvelidze (Cinematographer)
- Palm Springs IFF 2019
- Fajr IFF 2019
