Panopticon

About the film

After his father abandons him to become a monk, a sixteen-year-old Sandro, struggles to reconcile his growing devotion to God and his awakening sexuality, which manifests in uncontrollable ways and leads him to questionable actions, as he searches for meaning and belonging in the turbulent society of post-Soviet Georgia.

• Written by

  George Sikharulidze

• DOP

  Oleg Mutu

• STARRING

  Ia Sukhitashvili, Malkhaz Abuladze, Data Chachua, Levan Gabrava

• CO-PRODUCERS

  Olivier Chantriaux, Luca Cabriolu, Anamaria Antoci, Archil Gelovani, Sergey Yahontov, Andrea Di Blasio

• STUDIOS

  20 Steps Productions, Filmo 2, Ombre Rosse Film Production, Tangaj Production, Georgian National Film Centre, Ministero della Cultura, La Région Île-de-France, Independent Film Project

• LABS & MARKETS

  Cinéfondation Residency

• Torino Script Lab 2019

• Torino Feature Lab 2020

Press

• A Starkly Relevant Story of Warped Masculinity in Georgia.

  Variety

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• George Sikharulidze’s debut on masculinity and identity in today’s Georgia is an unusual coming-of-age drama alive with ideas and a bold political imagination.

  The Film Verdict

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