Georgia
HOLY ELECTRISITY
95 MIN
2024
When young Gonga and his cousin Bart find a suitcase full of rusty crosses in a scrap yard, Bart gets the idea to turn them into neon crucifixes and sell them door-to-door to the inhabitants of Tbilisi. Their crusade through the suburbs of the city becomes a quest for love and friendship.

Cast & Crew
Producers: Tato Kotetishvili, Tekla Machavariani
Director: Tato Kotetishvili
Script: Irine Jordania, Nutsa Tsikaridze, Tato Kotetishvili
Director of Photography: Tato Kotetishvili
Production Design: Anuka Kalandarishvili, Nato Bagrationi
Music: Vaqo (Vakhtang Kantaria), Nika Paniashvili, Nodar Nozadze
Sound: Selle Sellink
Editing: Nodar Nozadze
Cast: Nikolo Ghviniashvili, Nika Gongadze
Production. Zango Studio, Nushi Film

Awards
Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present, Junior Jury Award, Locarno IFF, 2024; Best Director, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, 2024; Best Feature Film – Golden Coconut, Hainan IFF, China, 2024
Tato Kotetishvili
Tato Kotetishvili was born in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, and studied at the Polish National Film School in Lodz (PWSFTViT). Currently Kotetishvililives in Tbilisi and works as cinematographer, director on feature films, documentaries and commercials.

Filmography
Watermelon (short, 2012), Ogasavara (short, 2015), Holy Electricity (2024).

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