Otar Iosseliani, The Whistling Blackbird

Sun 06 Oct
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Director Julie Bertuccelli, a renowned French documentary filmmaker, worked as an assistant to Otar Iosseliani, becoming a close friend. Her widely well received 2003 feature film, Since Otar Left, was filmed in Tbilisi and Paris. In this personal and warm documentary, she films the great director at work during the preparation of his 2006 film Gardens in Autumn (Jardins en automne). She captures his unique directing style, artistic doubts and gentle madness. The title also refers to one of his early films There Was Once a Singing Blackbird.

Q&A

Screening followed by Q&A with the director Julie Bertuccelli and moderated by Sandro Jandieri

Next Showing

Ciné Lumière II +Q&A
Edinburgh