Film directed by a Georgian wins prize at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival

The "Fedeora Award" of the European film critics at the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival was awarded to the film "The Otar's Death" by the Georgian film director Soso Bliadze.

The website of the Federation of European and Mediterranean Film Critics (Fedeora) notes that the award is presented to "a well-thought-out drama with a multi-stage narrative about two families united by misfortune."

Soso Bliadze's film was presented in one of the contest sections "To the East from the West". The "Otar's Death" tells how the 16-year-old Otar accidentally knocks down a man in a car, whose family demands a large sum of money from him and threatens to put the guy in jail. Otar's mother is looking for money to help her son.

Earlier, the "Caucasian Knot" has also reported that in March 2021, the film by the Georgian director Alexander Koberidze "What Do We See When We Look Into The Sky?" received an award from the International Film Press Federation "Fipressi" at the Berlinale Film Festival.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on August 29, 2021 at 02:57 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.