YARAT FILM CLUB presents Levan Koghuashvili’s film Blind Dates

Blind Dates / 2013 / Georgia / 95 min / Drama / Colour

Boasting a strong vision, an ironic sense of humour and brilliant minimalistic acting, this lovely, compassionate, melancholy comedy portrays the warmth and delicacy of human relationships in contemporary Georgia. Sandro is a 40-year-old Tbilisi teacher who still lives with his parents. His mother constantly bugs him to grow up and get married, but Sandro has little luck with the women he and his single friend Iva contact through dating sites. After yet another unsuccessful match-up, Sandro meets hairdresser Manana, the mother of one of his students, and falls in love with her. However, the seemingly single Manana turns out to be married — and her hot-tempered husband, Tengo, is about to be released on probation. As Sandro and Iva kill time by the sea, their backdrops are artfully staged yet familiar and realistic. Georgian director Levan Koguashvili gives us a compassionate tragi-comedy about bachelorhood's quiet desperation and the constant search for true companionship. 

Awards: Karlovy Vary, Award for the most promising project, Georgia, 2103; Toronto International Film Festival, Best Feature Film, Zagreb IFF, winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.

Levan Koguashvili was born in Tbilisi and studied art in the Shota Rustavelli University. After the outbreak of war in Georgia, he started working as a reporter and editor in the one of the local independent TV channels. He later moved to Moscow where he graduated from VGIK (Russian State Fim Academy). After returning to his home country, he worked in advertising and made short films and documentaries. In 2002, he went on to study film-making at New York University. In 2008, he made a documentary Women from Georgia that was shown at the Margaret Mead Film Festival in Batumi. His feature debut Street Days was released in 2010. Levan Koguashvili’s second feature is thus in keeping with the best traditions of Georgian cinema. The film will be shown in Georgian with English subtitles.

The film will be shown in Georgian with English subtitles

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14 July 2015 / 19.00

Venue: YARAT Contemporary Art Centre, Multifunctional Room

Contact phone: +994 (012) 505 1414

Admission: FREE

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