Gogitas akhali tckovreba
Gogita's New Life
After fourteen years in prison, the time has come for Gogita to return to his normal life. He’s longing for a home of his own and to marry a nice woman. But who would be interested in a poor farmer and ex-con that still lives with his mother? Then he meets Maka on the Internet. She’s not that young anymore, and she’s not the prettiest girl in the world, but she can bake delicious cakes. They’re soon making grand plans without even having met. What unfolds is a tragicomic tale of a simple man and woman looking for love in a world that’s placing high demands on them, a tender and humorous glimpse into the life of those two people.
Director's Biography
LEVAN KOGUASHVILI, born in 1973 in Tbilisi, studied film production at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Georgia State Film University and worked as a journalist for Georgian television. Between 1995 and 1999, Koguashvili studied film directing at the Russian Film School – VGIK in Moscow. In 2007, he graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts’ Graduate Film Program in New York. // Films (selection): The Debt (2005, short), The Women from Georgia (2008, doc), Quchis dgeebi (Street Days, 2010), Brma paemnebi (Blind Dates, 2013; CE’14), Gogitas akhali tckovreba (Gogita’s New Life, 2016, doc)
European Panorama Documentary 2017
Levan Koguashvili
Georgia / Croatia / Russia / Ukraine 2016
color
71 minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay Levan Koguashvili
Cinematography Gigi Samsonadze, Mikho Sturua
Editing Elene Asatiani, Levan Koguashvili
Sound/Sounddesign Beka Vanishvili, Irakli Zibzibadze, Kote Kalandadze
Producer(s) Levan Koguashvili (Kino Iberica, GE), Temur Ugulava (GE), Dario Domitrovic (Embrio Production, HR), Boris Frumin, Erekle Rodonaya (Moskvich, RU), Olena Yershova (Tatofilm, UA)
Production
Embrio Production Gajnički vidikovac I 29A 10000 Zagreb Croatia embrio@embrioproduction.com www.embrioproduction.com
Austrian Premiere
Weltpremiere / World Premiere International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2016
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere