Panopticon
Year
2024
Director
- George Sikharulidze
Producer
- Vladimer Katcharava
Genre
Drama
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Barumi International ArtHouse Film Festival 2024
Won, Grand Prix. Best Film
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58nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Won, Award of Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention
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Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival2024
Won, Critics Award Feature
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54th Giffoni Film Festival
Nominated, Generator +18. Best film
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024
Baltic premiere, Youth Programme
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International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg 2024
Official Selection
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CinEast 2024
Nominated, Young Talents Award
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Palic Film Festival 2024
Won, Paralells and Encounters. Best Film
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17th Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Winner. Best new performer
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.
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Written by
George Sikharulidze
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DOP
Oleg Mutu
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Co-producers
Olivier Chantriaux, Luca Cabriolu, Anamaria Antoci, Archil Gelovani, Sergey Yahontov
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This project has been developed at the Cinéfondation Residency, Torino Script Lab 2019 and Torino Feature Lab 2020.
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