Nina is a skilled obstetrician at a maternity hospital in Eastern Georgia. After a difficult delivery, an infant dies and the grief-racked father demands an inquiry into Nina’s methods. The resulting scrutiny threatens to bring to light Nina’s sideline—driving, through the stunningly beautiful countryside to the village homes of pregnant girls and women, to provide unsanctioned abortions.
Dea Kulumbegashvili - 1986 SUN
Dea Kulumbegashvili - 1986 SUN
Dea Kulumbegashvili is Georgian writer/director based in Tbilisi. Her debut short film Invisible Spaces was nominated for a Palme d’Or du Court Métrage at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. It was also the first film from independent Georgia to be part of the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Dea Kulumbegashvili’s second short film Léthé premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors’ Fortnight section. Her debut feature, Beginning was part of the Official Selection at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival as well as the San Sebastian Film Festival's main competition [where it earned a historical win taking home four awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay & Best Actress for Ia Sukhitashvili], the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival [where it won the FIPRESCI Award], the main slate of the New York Film Festival or the Busan International Film Festival. Beginning was selected to represent Georgia for the International Feature Film Oscar run in 2021.