CITY OF THE SUN
Georgia 2017 – Director: Rati Oneli – Original language: Georgian – Subtitles: English – Length: 104 min.
A mining town in Georgia. 50 percent of the manganese needed by the world used to be extracted here. Today only a few people are holding out in Tschiatura. A portrait of a waning industrial utopia and its residents in the post-industrial era.
English/Original Title: MZIS QALAQI. Writer: Dea Kulumbegashvili, Rati Oneli. Camera: Arseni Khachaturan. Sound: Andrey Dergachev. Editing: Ramiro Suarez. Production: OFA – Office of Film Architecture. Producer: Dea Kulumbegashvili. International Sales: Syndicado