Feature film · 2014
Corn Island
Director — George Ovashvili
Synopsis
Each spring, the Enguri River forms a small island on the boundary between Georgia and Abkhazia. An elderly farmer and his teenage granddaughter settle there to grow corn, until the arrival of a border patrol unsettles their quiet routine.
Source: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ↗Watch trailer
- Year
- 2014
- Duration
- 100 min
- Cast
- Ilyas Salman — Old Man, Mariam Buturishvili — Girl, Irakli Samushia — Soldier, Tamer Levent — Officer
- Production
- Alamdary Film (Georgia)
- Co-production
- 42film (Germany), Arizona Productions (France), Axman Production (Czech Republic), Kazakhfilm (Kazakhstan), Focus Fox (Hungary), KINO Company (Kazakhstan)
Festivals
- 2014★ Winner —Grand Prix – Crystal GlobeKarlovy Vary International Film Festival
- 2014★ Winner —Audience AwardFilmFestival Cottbus – Festival of East European Cinema
- 2014Official Selection – World CinemaBusan International Film Festival