Directed by George Ovashvili • 2014 • Georgia

George Ovashvili’s award-winning drama is both a political parable and a portrait of man’s relationship with nature. In the Enguri River that divides Georgia from the disputed territory of Abkhazia, washed-up debris forms a tiny island – a lifeline for local farmers who can use this fertile temporary land to grow corn ahead of the winter months. As an ageing farmer and his granddaughter tend to their crops over the course of the summer, they face threats from the military units patrolling the waterways. Unfolding almost without dialogue, attentive to the rhythms of labour and the power of gestures and glances, Corn Island is a minimalist marvel.

CORN ISLAND • სიმინდის კუნძული
Directed by George Ovashvili
Written by Giorgi Ovashvili, Roelof Jan Minneboo, Nugzar Shataidze
Cinematography by Elemér Ragályi
Music by Ioseb Bardanashvili
Starring: İlyas Salman, Mariam Buturishvili

In Abkhaz and Georgian with English subtitles

Winner of the Crystal Globe for Best Film at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2014