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When the Earth Seems to Be Light
Young Georgian skaters, artists, and musicians feel trapped between
the powers of the church and the political world. They create their own open spaces beneath viaducts and at other non-places
that lend themselves to romantic notions of a free existence. Questions are posed to them about God, love and freedom, but
these boys would much rather just be skating. One of them was bullied because of his hairstyle, and he explains that Georgians
simply won’t accept people who look different. Many of their friends share their bleak vision of their country. The way they
see it, Georgia is all about the old rather than the new. (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)
Director's Biography
SALOME MACHAIDZE is a Berlin-based Georgian artist and filmmaker.
TAMUNA KARUMIDZE, visual artist and documentary filmmaker, is a founding member of Goslab – a multimedia collective of Georgian
artists. DAVID MESKHI is a German-based photographer from Georgia. The documentary When the Earth Seems to Be Light is based
on his photographs and won the Award for Best First Appearance at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in
2015. When the Earth Seems to Be Light is their first collaboration.
Competition Documentary 2016
Salome Machaidze, Tamuna Karumidze, David Meshki
Georgia / Germany
2015
color
80 minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Salome Machaidze, David Meskhi
Cinematography
Levan Maisuradze, Tamuna Karumidze, David Meskhi
Editing
Tamuna Karumidze, Salome Machaidze
Sound/Sounddesign
Goslab, Kai Lillich
Music Natalie Beridze aka TBA,
Nika Machaidze aka Nikakoi, Maxime Machaidze aka Luna 9, Vakouz, Diaperpin, Thomas Brinkmann
Producer(s) Goslab Collective (GE), Jörg Langkau (DE), Zaza Rusadze (Zazarfilm,
GE), Temur Ugulava (GE)
Production
Goslab
Collective info@goslab.de
Weltpremiere / World Premiere
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2015
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2015
Premierenstatus
/ Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere
Austrian Premiere