Other Bank, The  Georgia / Kazakhstan
2009, 90min.
Prod.: George Ovashvili, Sain Gabdullin, Script: Nugzar Shataidze, Dir.: George Ovashvili, Dir. of Phot.: Shahriar Assadi, Compos.: Josef Bardanashvili, Prod. Design: Merab Joxadze, Sound: Vladimir Golovnitski, Edit.: Sun-Min Kim
Cast: Tedo Bekhauri, Galoba Gambaria, Nika Alajajev, Tamara Meskhi, Archil Tabukashvili, Temo Goginava, Jano Izoria, Lia Abuladze, Berdia Intskirveli, Leri Zardiashvili, Leila Khokhosadze.
Life creates many obstacles for the twelve-year-old boy Tedo. Tedo belongs to the generation, which was subjected to mass displacement because of the civil war in Abkhazia, one of the most beautiful places in Georgia. The civil war took away everything Tedo had, even hope. The film tells about extraordinary internal conflict of the little boy; his thoughts, feelings, passions, sorrows and efforts to confront the difficulties.
Awards
Golden Lily – Best Film, FIPRESCI Prize (Wiesbaden goEast, 2009)
Production Company
George Ovashvili production
KINO Company Kazakhstan
East Gate Film
| Ovashvili, George  George Ovashvili (born 1963, Mzcheta, Georgia)
He studied at the Polytechnical Institute from 1981-1986. He is a graduate of the Georgian State Institute of Cinema and Theatre (1996) and The New York Film Academy at Universal Studios in Hollywood (2006). A stage actor at the State Theatre, he also directed plays for children and ran an advertising agency. The writer of a television program entitled Georgian Bulletin for a broadcaster in New York. His short film, Zgvis Donidan/Eye Level (2005) received numerous awards. He has directed a number of poignantly elegant shorts, most notably - Eye Level (New York Film Academy Scholarship Award at Berlinale 2005, Special Prize of International Jury at Odense FF) and The Trolley (Special Prize of international jury at Kiev "Molodist" FF). The Other Bank is his big-screen directorial debut.
Filmography
The Very Short Story (1993), The Trolley (1996), The Mirage (2000), Eye Level (2003), Serenade of Sunny Country (2004), Connection (2005), The Other Bank (2009).
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