Father, Developed

Elene Burtchuladze / Georgia / 2024 / International Premiere / 21 min.

synopsis

Young men in Georgia in the 1990s died en masse of heart attacks as a result of the war. They left behind a generation without fathers, including Elene. This autobiographical portrait looks into a darkroom where the author develops photographs and films left behind by her father, lending them her own narrative, and thereby finding herself.

“Between the earth and the land of the dead, a darkroom becomes the only dimension where the paths of a father and a daughter can cross.”

biography

Elene Burtchuladze (born 1997) is a Georgian journalist and writer who has been involved in film since 2022. Father, Developed premiered at the Tbilisi Film Festival, where it won the Golden Prometheus Award for Best Short Film.