HOLY ELECTRICITY

Georgia, Netherlands, 2024

Runtime: 95’

Drama

Director: Tato Kotetishvili

Screenplay: Tato Kotetishvili, Irine Jordania, Nutsa Tsikaridze

Cinematography: Tato Kotetishvili

Cast: Nikolo Ghviniashvili, Nika Gongadze

Synopsis: 

When young Gonga and his cousin Bart find a suitcase full of rusty crosses in a scrap yard, Bart gets the idea to turn them into neon crucifixes and sell them door-to-door to the inhabitants of Tbilisi. Their crusade through the suburbs of the city becomes a quest for love and friendship.

Short bio

Tato Kotetishvili was born in the Georgian capital Tbilisi in 1987. Between 2008-2012 he studied at the Polish National Film School in Lodz (PWSFTViT). Currently Tato lives in Tbilisi and works as director and D.O.P.

His short film Watermelon won Best polish Short at the 2012 Krakow International Film Festival, Best Short at the 2012 Batumi International Film Festival, Best Short at the 2017 Tbilisi International Film Festival, Was Nominated for Golden Horseman (Dresden FF).

Ogasavara (2015), also short, screened at IFFR.

Festivals:

Locarno International Film Festival

International Film Festival Rotterdam