BEFORE FATHER GETS BACK

In a darkened classroom, the white cracked walls serve as a movie screen. We are in a remote mountain village of Georgia. The light from the projector breaks the darkness: the kids’ first cinematic experience is about to begin. Among them are Iman and Eva, two Muslim girls for whom the experience becomes a turning point and inspires them to take the camera and start filming their daily lives. The girls are growing up in a valley infested by radicalism, where most people are living in a constant fear of their relatives sacrificing their lives in the name of God.

Producer:  Tekla Machavariani, Aleksandre Shervashidze, Laurence Uebersfeld
Cinematographer: Mari Gulbiani, Nik Voigt, Toto KoteLshvili
Editor: Nina Graafland
Sound Design: Matthias Weber