Sunday, January 27, 2013

FILM: A FOLD IN MY BLANKET a film by Zaza Rusadze during the BERLINALE 2013 (zazarusadze.com)



On Thursday February 7, the Panorama’s main programme will open with an astonishing directorial debut from Georgia: In Chemi Sabnis Naketsi (A Fold in my Blanket), Zaza Rusadze uses a highly imaginative cinematic language to portray the friendship of two men in a culture undergoing change.

Synopsis: Dmitrij's monotonous days drag on, between working in the courthouse and his solitary rock-climbing excursions. In his endeavours to escape the stifling conformity of a small Georgian provincial town, Dmitrij gradually begins to integrate his newly met friend Andrej in his fantasy world. Then Andrej vanishes.

Back in reality: Dmitrij learns that Andrej has been accused of murder. Dmitrij offers to testify, to cover for his friend and to convince the court that at the time of the murder he and Andrej were on a rock climbing trip. Dmitrij's evidence obviously stems from his daydream. The testimony is met with disbelief at the court hearing. Andrej is ultimately convicted, and, although all would seem lost, Dmitrij begins to nurture a spiritual rebellion within his soul. 


A FOLD IN MY BLANKET - Screening Dates:

07.02.2013 - 19:00 - CinemaxX 7
08.02.2013 - 20:15 - CineStar 3
09.02.2013 - 22:30 - Cubix 7& 8
10.02.2013 - 14:00 - International
12.02.2013 - 17:45 - CineStar 3
17.02.2013 - 22:30 - Colosseum 1


A FOLD IN MY BLANKET a film by Zaza Rusadze
Georgia | 35mm | 1.85:1 | color | 73 minutes | Georgian, Russian
© 2013 a Zazarfilm Production
with the support of Georgian National Film Center

www.zazarusadze.com









Georgia’s Fold in My Blanket Heads to Berlin (.filmneweurope.com)

A Fold in My Blanket, the feature film debut of Georgian film director Zaza Rusadze, will have its world premiere at the 63rd Berlinale (7-17 February 2013) where it will screen in the non-competitive Panorama section.


A Fold of My Blanket received a grant of 575,000 GEL from the Georgian National Film Center (GNFC, www.gnfc.ge) in 2011. The film was produced by the director’s production company Zazarfilm (www.zazarusadze.com).

The action takes place in a Georgian town in the near future when a young man returns home from studying abroad to begin work at the court of law and break the daily routine through his hobby of mountain climbing. Looking at the landscape from atop a mountain, he tries to free himself from the claustrophobia of his native town. The cast of both young and experienced actors includes Avtandil Makharadze who returns to films after Tenghiz Abuladze’s Repentance (1984) and Mikheil Kalatozishvili’s The Chosen One (1992).

Some 15 Georgian films have participated in the Berlinale, beginning with Giorgi Shelgelaya’s The Trip of a Young Composer, which won the Silver Bear in 1986. In1993 Temur Babluani’s The Sun of the Sleepless was awarded for Best Direction.

The Georgian National Film Center, which has been actively cooperating with the Berlin Film Festival for seven years, invited representatives of the Berlin Film Festival to Tbilisi in 2011–2012 to view recent Georgian films.
Georgia will also be represented at the Festival’s European Film Market this year.

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Georgian Film in the Official Program of the 63th Berlin Film Festival  (gnfc.ge)

Ten New Films Awarded Funds by the Global Film Initiative (constantcontact.com)   

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Zaza Rusadzes Spielfilmdebüt läuft bei Berlinale

Vor Jahren arbeitete Filmstudent Zaza Rusadze (35) noch als Übersetzer bei der Berlinale, jetzt ist der gebürtige Georgier mit seinem Spielfilmdebüt eingeladen worden. A Fold in My Blanket feiert in der Panorama-Reihe des vom 7. bis 17. Februar stattfindenden Festivals Weltpremiere.


Der Absolvent der Babelsberger Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Konrad Wolf (HFF) erzählt eine Geschichte von zwei jungen Männern und einem mysteriösen Wald. Dmitrij (Tornike Bziava) und Andrej (Tornike Gogrichiani) wollen aus der Angepasstheit ausbrechen. Sie entdecken einen illusorischen magischen Wald, in dem Andrej verschwindet. Kurze Zeit später erfährt Dmitrij, dass Andrej des Mordes angeklagt ist. Andrej hat kein Alibi dieses soll Dmitrij liefern. Die Enthüllung über den magischen Wald und Andrejs seltsames Verschwinden darin sorgt für Aufruhr bei der Gerichtsverhandlung. Andrej wird für schuldig befunden und zum Tode verurteilt. Alles scheint verloren...


Der in Berlin und Tiflis lebende Rusadze fand schon früh zu bewegten Bildern: Von 1989 bis 1994 moderierte er ein Jugendmagazin des georgischen TV. 1996 wurde Rusadze als bis dahin jüngster Regiestudent an der HFF aufgenommen. Sein Studium schloss er 2003 mit dem Dokumentarfilm Banditen ab. 2006/07 studierte er an der Kunsthochschule Amsterdam, erarbeitete dort das Konzept zu A Fold of my Blanket, gründete 2007 die Filmproduktionsgesellschaft Zazarfilm. 2010 bekam er ein Stipendium, um das Drehbuch für seinen Spielfilmdebüt zu entwickeln.. (R.N)


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