DocNomads film selected to IDFA International Film Festival Amsterdam
Giorgi Parkosadze’s The Flower by the Road will premiere in the Competition for Short / Youth Documentary at the 37th IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the largest documentary festival worldwide, held between 14 and 24 November.
Three more films directed by DocNomads alumni after their graduation were selected for IDFA as well.
The feature-length documentaries We Are Inside by Farah Kassem (Lebanon) and Agent of Happiness by Arun Bhattarai (Bhutan) and Dorottya Zurbó (Hungary) will be presented in IDFA’s section Best of Fests, whereas the feature-length Make It Look Real by Danial Shah (Pakistan) will have its World Première in the Luminous section of IDFA 2023.
LA FLOR DEL CAMINO
By Giorgi Parkosadze (Georgia) • 15’ • 2024
Synopsis:
In a few brief moments in the life of a young girl, we see her drawing on the window with a marker as she sings and chats, and walking along the main road on her way to meet her friend, meanwhile surrounded by cars and trucks racing dangerously close to her.
The meditative effect of the gentle tempo and dreamy music is intensified by the simplicity of the situations and actions we see: the girl walking towards her friend, who awaits her with serene calm; the girl’s hand drawing shapes. One might even feel envious of this girl who exists entirely in the moment, utterly absorbed, as only children can be.
In IDFA catalogue