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Georgia, Germany 2019 | 90 min. Director: Nino Orjonikidze, Vano Arsenishvili
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Co-Production Company

VENTANA FILM GMBH
Meinekestr. 24
10719 Berlin

Categories

Documentary

A Tunnel

Synopsis

An old railway platform in a remote valley of Georgia suddenly becomes a site for a big change, when hundreds of Chinese settle around it to build the New Silk Road.

A scarcely populated mountainous gorge is a mysterious place. Protected by mountains and forest all around, it looks like being frozen in time: old railway platform, wooden houses, wild nature. Old local train rattles around twice a day – the only mean of communication for most of the villagers. But when echoes of explosions reach the village, it becomes obvious that things are going to change here for good. A big black hole appears in the mountain as a sign that newcomers have arrived. Hundreds of Chinese settle in a remote Georgian village to build a modernized railway that will link China and Europe.

An extraordinary closeness, a sense for the visual atmosphere ... a film that says a lot about our current period of geopolitical tensions, contested identities and a globalized world of work and capital. Dramatic but never exaggerated, the film identifies the events of a small village as a clash between past and future, between those who have and those who have not, in which we all have a role [Jury Report, Best Movie Grand Prix in Trento Film Festival]


Previously known with its working title The Platform, it was shortlisted for the Hong Kong Film Financing Forum and benefited from support by IDFA's Bertha Fund.

Cast & Crew

Festivals/awards

Development & Forums: 
IDFA Forum, 
Dok Leipzig Co-pro Market
, EFM Berlinale
, Edinburgh Pitch, 
Esodoc
, EurasiaDoc
, CineDoc/PitchDoc
, Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF)

2019
IDFA Competition for First Appearance — world premiere
Bridges - East of West Film Days

2020
Best Feature-Length Documentary - DokuBaku IDFF
Young Onion Award - Makedocs
Best Movie Grand Prix – Trento Film Festival
35 DOK.fest Munich — DOK.horizonte
37 Kassel Dokfest

Co-Production Company

VENTANA FILM GMBH
Meinekestr. 24
10719 Berlin

Cast & Crew

Nino Orjonikidze, Vano Arsenishvili
 Vano Arsenishvili, Nino Orjonikidze, Hans-Robert Eisenhauer
 Vano Arsenishvili

Categories

Documentary
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