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THE MEN’S LAND (short film)

Mariam Bakacho Khatchvani, Georgia, 2025, 15 min., documentary, Swanish with English subtitles

Amid patriarchal structures, a Georgian singer fights against a tradition that excludes women from inheriting family land.
Mariam Bakacho Khatchvani (director)
Mariam Bakacho Khatchvani, born on May 1, 1986, in Ushguli, Georgia, is a Georgian film director and screenwriter. She graduated from the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University in 2008. Her 2013 short film Dinola was screened at over 300 festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand, and was nominated for a European Film Award. Her debut feature film Dede won the Jury Prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and received the UNESCO Award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
She has participated in Cinéfondation residence de Cannes, Berlinale Talents, Locarno Academy, Sundance Lab, EAVE and etc.
Tickets: Sat, Nov. 2, 9:00 p.m.
Berlin premiere
THE MEN’S LAND celebrated its world premiere at Visions du Réel in Switzerland. The film was also screened at the Sarajevo Film Festival and in Montenegro. THE MEN’S LAND was nominated for an Oscar and by the European Film Academy, and won the award for best short documentary at the Sarajevo Film Festival.

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