Mariam Khatchvani : 2017
Dina lives in a remote village high in the Georgian mountains where traditions have remained the same for centuries. Her marriage has been arranged but when handsome Gegi returns from war, she falls in love with him and they elope. Four years later Dina is estranged from her family but lives happily with Gegi and their child. Then Gegi is tragically killed. In traditional Svaneti culture a widow must marry the first man who asks for her hand, so when Girshel proposes, Dina is forced to leave her home and little boy behind forever. However, when Moses falls deathly ill, Girshel fights through the treacherous winter snow to get the life saving medicine. In the end Dina, along with Girshel, defies years of tradition and takes her child with her back to Ushguli. Mariam Khatchvani's feature debut was the winner of the Special Jury Prize when it premiered in competition in the East of the West section at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2017.
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