BEGINNING

Film Info

France 2020 | 125 min. Director: Dea Kulumbegashvili

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Production Company

First Picture

Paris

Office of Film Architecture

Tiflis

Zadig Films

Paris

BEGINNING

Synopsis

In a sleepy provincial town, a Jehovah's Witness community is attacked by an extremist group. In the midst of this conflict, the familiar world of Yana, the wife of the community leader, slowly crumbles. Yana's inner discontent grows as she struggles to make sense of her desires.

Cast & Crew

Director

Dea Kulumbegashvili
Producer

Ilan Amouyal, David Zerat, Rati Oneli, Paul Rozenberg
Screenwriter

Dea Kulumbegashvili, Rati Oneli
Director of photography

Arseni Khachaturan
Main Cast

Ia Sukhitashvili (Yana), Rati Oneli (David), Kakha Kintsurashvili (Alex), Saba Gogichaishvili (Giorgi)
Casting

Leli Miminoshvili
Editor (Cut)

Matthieu Taponier
Sound

Séverin Favriau, Stéphane Thiébaut, Tengo Mandzulashvili
Original Score

Nicolas Jaar
Production Design

Guram Navrozashvili
VFX Supervisor

Diego Vazquez Lozano
Costume Design

Keti Kalandadze
Makeup

Aida Avakyan

Biography

Born in 1986, Dea Kulumbegashvili is Georgian writer/director based in Tbilisi. Her debut short film INVISIBLE SPACES was nominated for a Palme d’Or du Court Métrage at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. It was also the first film from independent Georgia to be part of the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Dea’s second short film LÉTHÉ premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors’ Fortnight selection and played in dozens of other festivals around the world, including International Film Festival Rotterdam and MoMa’s New Directors/New Films. For her debut feature, BEGINNING, Dea was invited to the Cannes’ Cinéfondation Residency, and the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab in Jerusalem where she won a prize, as she did at The Sofia Meetings and the Rotterdam Festival Hubert Bals Fund. BEGINNING was invited to be part of the Official Selection at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival as well as the San Sebastian Film Festival's main competition (where it earned a historical win taking home four awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay & Best Actress), the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival (where it won the FIPRESCI Award), the main slate of the New York Film Festival or the Busan International Film Festival. BEGINNING was just selected to represent the country of Georgia for the International Feature Film Oscar run.

FILMOGRAPHY:
2020 - BEGINNING
2016 - LÉTHÉ, short
2014 - INVISIBLE SPACES, short