Putin’s MamaThe Netherlands
2003, 51min.
 Script/Dir.: Ineke Smits, Dir of Phot.: Georgi Beridze, Gia Gersamia, Compos.: Gia Tsintsadze, Edit.: Menno Boerema, Prod.: Pieter Van Huystee.
Not much in Vera Putina’s 77 year existence distinguishes her from all other Russian women who were raised and grew old in the Soviet Union. Then, in 1999, she recognized in Vladimir Putin the son she thought was lost forever. Did the son whom Vera thought was lost, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, really become the President of Russia? Vera no longer asks this question: for her it is undoubtedly true. She is not alone in her thinking. Her daughters and the other inhabitants of the Georgian village of Metechi are equally sure that the ten-year old boy who disappeared long ago, is indeed Russia’s leader.
Awards
Winner, Best Documentary Award, National Spotlight on the Netherlands at HotDocs, 2003. | Smits, Ineke Ineke Smits (born 1960, Rotterdam)
Studied at the Rotterdam Art Academy, then specialized in directing at the National Film and Television School of London. For the last 12 years she has been visiting and working in Georgia on an occasional basis. In 2003, she founded, with French producer Denis Vaslin, Volya Films, a Rotterdam based production company. Currently, she teaches at The Arnhem School of Fine Arts.
Filmography
Monas Plen (1989), The Rose, The Violet and The Lily (1992), Sirko (1994), A Whore’s Sermon (1996), The Cloud Factory (1996), Nostalgia (1999), Magonia (2001).
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