Tape "Corn island«, Winner of the Crystal Globe for the best film in the Karlovy Vary Festival, will represent Georgia at the Oscars.
"Corn Island" was the great winner of the last edition of the Karlovy Vary Festival, by winning two awards, the aforementioned Crystal globe, award for best film, and the Ecumenical Jury Prize, so it seems to be a great option for the country, which is one of the most emerging in recent years in the world of cinema.
The film is the second work of George Ovashvili, a director who has already represented his country in the Academy Awards in 2009 with his debut in the feature film "The Other Bank" ("Gagma napiri").
"Corn Island", "simindis kundzuli»In its original title, it is the story of an old Abkhazian man and his young granddaughter, determined to plant corn on an island created by the rising river Enguri. But Georgian soldiers pass by ...
This will be the 13th time Georgia will present a film for the shortlist at the Oscar Best Foreign Language Film, thus seeking its second nomination since in 1996 the nomination for the Academy Award of "A Chef in Love" ("Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti") by Nana Dzhordzhadze was announced.
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