Khibula

""A rewarding experience and plenty of food for thought""

Cineuropa
  • Archive - Festival 33
  • Director: George Ovashvili
  • Georgia, Germany, France 2017
  • 99 minutes
  • Georgian
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

In 1991 Zviad Gamsachurdia became the first democratically elected president of the newly independent Georgia, yet within a few months he was ousted in a military coup. Georgian filmmaker George Ovashvili begins his third film at this point in history.

The director accompanies Gamsachurdia and a group of loyal troops on a trek to the mountains to regroup with his supporters. Using the historical events he charts the melancholy, poetic journey of a man fighting for power while waging an internal struggle.

Filmography: Corn Island (2014), The Other Bank (2009).


  • Director George Ovashvili
  • Production George Ovashvili, Eike Goreczka, Christoph Kukula, Guillaume de Seille
  • Script George Ovashvili, Roelof-Jan Minneboo
  • Cinematography Enrico Lucidi
  • Editing Sun-Min Kim
  • Music Joseph Bardanashvili
  • Festivals Karlovy Vary, Locarno
  • Actors Hossein Mahjoob, Kishvard Manvelishvili, Nodar Dzidziguri, Zurab Antelava
  • Source Pluto Film, Berlin