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THEIR HELICOPTER
მათი ვერტმფრენი
22' 2006
This is a gentle and slightly absurdist documentary about the Ardoteli family in the mountains of Georgia who discovered that a Chechen helicopter carrying cheese had crashed by their house. Dropped into the life of this family, a helicopter is gradually enfolded into their daily rhythms, transformed into something utterly unexpected. In this land free of electric cables, cows find a shelter and children set up their private playground in it. Patient observations through the rusted “eyes” of this helicopter unfold a story of a remote place exposed to just one piece of civilization.
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Directed and edited by Salomé Jashi
Filmed by Tato Kotetishvili
Sound by Irakli Metreveli and Salomé Jashi
Royal Holloway, University of London
Awards
Main Award. DOCSDF International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City. 2007
Best Cinematography. Cronograph - Chisinau International Documentary Film Festival 2007
Other selected screenings
International Film Festival Rotterdam
DOK Leipzig
Cinema du Réel
Support
Royal Holloway, University of London. One World Media
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