My Grandmother
Thu 02 OctIn Georgian director Kote Mikaberidze’s explosive satire, a hopelessly lazy paper-pusher tries to get his job back by looking for a ‘grandmother’ – an influential bureaucrat who can provide a recommendation letter. His quest turns into a labyrinthine excursion through the thickest red tape, in a film crammed with wildly imaginative visuals, camera tricks, special effects and stop-motion animation. Banned for nearly 50 years, My Grandmother (Chemi bebia) remains one of the most delightfully irreverent and peculiar comedies of the silent era.
Special screening
Presented in a newly restored version, with an introduction by actor and writer Lasha Bakradze and piano accompaniment by John Sweeney
Following the film the will opening reception of the 9th London Georgian Film Festival will be held in the French Institute Library, just across the Gallery from the cinema. There is free admission for all ticket holders from the My Grandmother screening (you may be asked to show your tickets again). There will be Georgian wine and food prepared by Saperavi Social, a new Georgian restaurant and wine shop in North London, and Carla Capalbo cooking from her award winning cookbook Tasting Georgia. The Georgian-Polish and French writer, artist and publisher Ilia Zdanevich, known as Iliazd, will be remembered by Bella Radenovich, Daniel Bird, Lasha Bakradze and others, in the 50th year since his death. Music from pianist Salome Jordania and singer Anamaria Burduli.
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