Taming the Garden
| Taming the Garden | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Salomé Jashi[1] |
| Produced by | Vadim Jendreyko, Erik Winker, Martin Roelly, Salomé Jashi[1] |
Release date | 2021 |
| Countries | Switzerland, Germany, Georgia[2] |
Taming the Garden is a 2021 documentary[1] film directed by Salomé Jashi, a former journalist.[3][1] It was nominated for the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.[1]
Synopsis[edit]
The film documents the extreme lengths that Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgia's former prime minister and the world's 349th[4] richest billionaire,[5] goes to acquire trees for the construction of the Shekvetili Dendrological Park, an arboretum on his estate on the coast of the Black Sea.[3][6][7]
Release[edit]
The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival .[8]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Claire Armitstead said, "Taming the Garden is far from a balanced two-minute news report; it stands at the junction of documentary and myth".[9][10]
Awards and nominations[edit]
It was nominated for the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.[1] It was nominated for the 34th European Film Awards.[11][12] It was nominated for the Audience Award, Insights at the 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival. It won in the international DOCU/WORLD Competition at DocuDays UA International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival.[13][14]
Salomé Jashi[edit]
Salomé Jashi was born in 1981, in Tbilisi, Georgia. She graduated from Tbilisi State University and the Caucasian School of Journalism and Media Management at Georgian Institute of Public Affairs.[15] Later working as a reporter for a few years. In 2005, she received a scholarship from British Council, to study documentary filmmaking, at Royal Holloway, University of London.[16]
References[edit]
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"Your Guide to All the Women-Helmed Projects at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival". Sundance Institute. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION...TAMING THE GARDEN Director Salomé Jashi; producers: Vadim Jendreyko, Erik Winker, Martin Roelly, Salomé Jashi; Switzerland/Germany/Georgia
- ^ "Taming the Garden". Vancouver International Film Festival. The Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ a b Turner, Matt (10 February 2021). "Taming the Garden: Salomé Jashi's documentary poses a singular question — what is a tree really worth?". The Calvert Journal. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ Smith, Heather (18 March 2021). "Rich Man, Big Tree". Sierra Club. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Bidzina Ivanishvili". FORBES LISTS. Forbes. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
#589 Billionaires 2021
- ^ Nechepurenko, Ivan (17 January 2022). "A Love of Trees or a Display of Power? The Odd Park of an Oligarch". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Tree makes sea voyage for Georgia park project". BBC News. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ Debruge, Peter (December 15, 2020). "Sundance Film Festival Lineup Features 38 First-Time Directors, Including Rebecca Hall and Robin Wright". Variety. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ^ Armitstead, Claire (14 January 2022). "Root of the problem: the brutal creation of a billionaire's pleasure garden". the Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ da Costa, Cassie (June 9, 2021). "SECOND NATURE: Salomé Jashi's Taming the Garden (2020)". artforum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Documentary Selection". European Film Awards. Archived from the original on November 2, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (August 24, 2021). "European Film Awards Reveals First Wave Of Feature & Documentary Hopefuls For 2021". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ^ "Taming the Garden and Ivan's Land win big at Docudays UA". Cineuropa. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Berlinale to Showcase Salomé Jashi's Documentary 'Taming the Garden'". Georgia Today. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Ekaterine Maghaldadze". Eurasia Foundation. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Milano: Directors Jashi and Borecký on Documenting reality at 'Visioni dal Mondo' 2021". Lampoon Magazine. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
External links[edit]
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