Georgian Cinema Double Bill 1

Cinema and Video Art from Georgia

Taking place at Arnolfini and The Cube the festival celebrates 20 years of twinning between Bristol and Tbilisi and marking the 100th anniversary of Georgian Cinema.

"Georgian film is a strange phenomenon, special, philosophically light, sophisticated and at the same time childishly pure and innocent. There is everything that can make me cry and I ought to say that it (my crying) is not an easy thing". Federico Fellini

Pirosmani (U)

Sun 12 Oct, 3.30pm

£5.50 / £4.00 concs

Proud and lonely, Georgian artist Niko Pirosmani forsakes all security to paint, exchanging his work in city bars for food, drink and a bed. Beautifully shot in muted colours, it's not often that an artist gets the film he deserves.

Dir. Giorgi Shengelaya Georgia/Russia 1969 1h 25m Subtitled

Pastorale (CTBA)

Sun 12 Oct, 5.15pm

Pastorale explores what is truly valuable in human relationships, when one cuts away the non-essentials. Iosseliani's films show a characteristically Georgian film style; focusing more on character and mood than narrative coherence. A highly cultured group of musicians from a string quartet spend the summer rehearsing in a small village in the Georgian countryside. The film won the International Critics’ Prize in Berlin in 1982.

Dir. Otar Iosseliani Georgia 1975 1h 35m Subtitled

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