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Die Zähmung der Bäume - Taming the Garden

Switzerland / Georgia / Germany, January 2021
FILM, Documentary, 90 min.

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directed by
Salomé Jashi
Written by
Salomé Jashi
Status
In distribution
Website
https://tamingthegarden-film.com/en
Nature / Environment Politics

A powerful man, who is also the former Prime Minister of Georgia, buys some 100-year-old trees. His men uproot them, some of them as tall as 15-storey buildings, and bring them to his private garden: through villages, over hills and across the Black Sea. To archieve this, other trees must be cut, electric cables moved and new roads paved through mandarin plantations. The film takes the concept of uprooting from its metaphorical meaning to an oppressive, tangible and yet surreal reality. An ode to the rivalry between men and nature.

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World Premiere
January 2021
Original Version
Russian (english subtitles),  colour, DCP, 90 min.
ISAN
0000-0005-04BE-0000-8-0000-0000-D
Production
Mira Film Basel, Sakdoc Film, Corso Film, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, ARTE, Radio Bremen Fernsehspiel
Producer
Vadim Jendreyko
directed by
Salomé Jashi
Written by
Salomé Jashi
Cinemato­graphy
Salomé Jashi
Editing
Chris Wright
Compositing
Hannes Rüttimann

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Worldwide Distribution

Canada
Big World Pictures Distribution
Release date: tba
Germany
Film Kino Text Distribution
Release date: 02.12.2021
Switzerland
Vinca Film GmbH Distribution
Release date: 03.11.2021
United States
Big World Pictures Distribution
Release date: tba

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