The programme of this year’s CineDOC-Tbilisi includes the film Brothers by Wojciech Staroń – the touching story of the Kułakowski brothers, today both over 80 year old, who after several dozen years in Kazakhstan return to Poland to live out their days in their motherland. In Staroń’s film, their story becomes a tale about difficult love and old age. The film has received many awards, including for best documentary film at the 68th Locarno Film Festival.
As well as Brothers, the Georgian public will be able to see the film End of the World directed by Monika Pawluczuk, which tells the story of one day from a few characters’ lives, dealing with loneliness and the need for communication, as well as The Queen of Silence by Agnieszka Zwiefka, a tale about a hearing-impaired Romany girl who is fascinated with Bollywood films.
The Polish section will be complemented by I Am Kuba by Åse Svenheim Drivenes and Casa Blanca by Aleksandra Maciuszek. The former tells the story of thirteen-year-old Kuba, who takes care of his younger brother while his parents are working abroad. The latter is a portrait of Vladimir, a man with Downs syndrome who lives with his old mother in a village on the Cuban coast. This moving story about love and powerlessness directed by Aleksandra Maciuszek was awarded at the 55th Krakow Film Festival.
Moreover, the organisers of the festival have prepared workshops and brand meetings for young documentary makers and producers. Polish documentary artists and guests invited to Tbilisi – Monika Pawluczuk (End of the World), Marta Szuchnicka (WATCHDOCS), Tomasz Kolankiewicz (TVP KULTURA), and Anna Waradzyn (Brothers) – will also participate in a panel titled Pitch DOC, during which Georgian artists will be able to show their newest projects.
CineDOC-Tbilisi is the only international documentary film festival in the Caucasus region. The first edition of the festival took place in 2013. Culture.pl is a partner of the festival, which is part of the Eastern Partnership project.