Documentary, 56′, Latvia/Georgia, 2015

International premiere at IDFA 2015.
Awarded in 2015 the Best Documentary at the Batumi International Arthouse Film Festival, Best Focus Caucasus Film at the CineDOC-Tbilisi (Georgia), Riga IFF opening film, IDFA 2015 Mid-length competition

The Samtskhe-Javakheti region in South Georgia, with a mostly Armenian population, suffers under silent ethnic tensions caused by a historical burden. A unique place to study the role of the human factor in ethnic conflicts through the eyes of a Georgian photographer and ears of a Latvian film director.

Director, editor: UĢIS OLTE
Script: UĢIS OLTE, DARO SULAKAURI, GIVI ODISHARIA
Cinematographers: VALDIS CELMIŅŠ, ULDIS CEKULIS
Original music: JĀNIS ŠIPKĒVICS, REINIS SĒJĀNS, GATIS ZAĶIS (“INSTRUMENTI”)
Sound: ARTIS DUKAĻSKIS
Producers: ULDIS CEKULIS, ANNA DZIAPSHIPA (Sakdoc Film, Georgia)

Apvidus karte ir bezgalīga lasāmviela, kurā var ierakstīt arī savu stāstu. Filmētājs no Ziemeļiem, kopā ar fotogrāfi no Dienvidiem dodas uz svešu zemi. Tur mīt vēstures nogurdināti ļaudis un laiks tiecās sastingt, bet jebkura tikšanās ir greizais spogulis, lai ieskatītos pazīstamās acīs.