Film Museum of Iran to screen Georgia’s “Corn Island”
TEHRAN.(Iranart) – Oscar-nominated “Corn Island”, a 2014 Georgian drama by Giorgi Ovashvili, will go on screen in the Film Museum of Iran Sunday.
The screening session is part of “Georgia Night”, a program organized by Iran’s Art and Experience Cinema in collaboration with the Embassy of Georgia in Tehran.
Representatives from different embassies along with Iranian artists and cineastes are expected to attend the screening session.
An astonishing film presented with the utmost modesty, “Corn Island” observes a hardy old peasant and his obedient granddaughter as they carry out one of the world’s most daunting farming traditions.
The movie’s events take place in a conflict zone, the characters do not have names, and there is barely any dialogue, a psychological drama about the Georgian-Abkhaz relationship, a battle between man and nature, a desire to escape from a closed space and a love story.
“Corn Island” won the Crystal Globe prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2014.