Salt White (Marilivit tetri) – Keti Machavariani Georgia 2011 80m 15
Saturday 28th September at 3.45pm Riverside Studios Box office 020 8237 1111 Book online
With Nino Qoridze, Fea Tsivadze, and Gagi Svanidze (UK premiere)
In post-Soviet Georgia, Nana works in a summer resort along the Black Sea coast, saving her income and dreaming of purchasing a small café. She meets a patrol officer Niko, a refugee and the carer of his parents. A homeless child Sopo who Nana befriends points them towards a path of hope. Will Nana follow it?
The screening will be followed by a Q & A with the director.
Keti Machavariani (1972, Tbilisi) graduated from Tbilisi State University, Art department, in 1995 and continued her studies at the State University of Film and Theatre, specialising in Film Direction, graduating in 2002. She has directed several short films, directed and produced TV programmes and also worked as assistant director for several feature films. Salt White is her debut full-length feature.