Taming the Garden explained

Taming the Garden
Director:Salomé Jashi
Producer:Vadim Jendreyko, Erik Winker, Martin Roelly, Salomé Jashi
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Country:Switzerland, Germany, Georgia[1]

Taming the Garden is a 2021 documentary[2] film directed by Salomé Jashi, a former journalist.[2] It was nominated for the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.[2]

Synopsis

The film documents the extreme lengths that Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgia's former prime minister and the world's 349th[3] richest billionaire,[4] goes to acquire trees for the construction of the Shekvetili Dendrological Park, an arboretum on his estate on the coast of the Black Sea.[5] [6] [7]

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival .[8]

Reception

Critical response

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

It was nominated for the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.[2] 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

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Taming the Garden . . The Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society . 20 January 2022 . en.
  2. Web site: Your Guide to All the Women-Helmed Projects at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival . . 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.
  3. Web site: Smith . Heather . Rich Man, Big Tree . . 20 January 2022 . en . 18 March 2021.
  4. Web site: Bidzina Ivanishvili . FORBES LISTS . . 23 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220223201116/https://www.forbes.com/profile/bidzina-ivanishvili/?sh=4a25c9a34598 . 23 February 2022 . en .
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  5. Web site: Turner . Matt . Taming the Garden: Salomé Jashi's documentary poses a singular question — what is a tree really worth? . . 20 January 2022 . 10 February 2021.
  6. News: Nechepurenko . Ivan . A Love of Trees or a Display of Power? The Odd Park of an Oligarch. . 20 January 2022 . The New York Times . 17 January 2022.
  7. News: Tree makes sea voyage for Georgia park project . 20 January 2022 . BBC News . 24 March 2016.
  8. Web site: Sundance Film Festival Lineup Features 38 First-Time Directors, Including Rebecca Hall and Robin Wright. Variety. Peter. Debruge. December 15, 2020. February 3, 2021.
  9. News: Armitstead . Claire . Claire Armitstead . Root of the problem: the brutal creation of a billionaire's pleasure garden . 20 January 2022 . . 14 January 2022 . en.
  10. News: da Costa . Cassie . SECOND NATURE: Salomé Jashi's Taming the Garden (2020) . 20 January 2022 . . June 9, 2021.
  11. Web site: Documentary Selection. European Film Awards. August 26, 2021. November 2, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201102125845/https://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/selection-documentation-current. dead.
  12. Web site: European Film Awards Reveals First Wave Of Feature & Documentary Hopefuls For 2021. Andreas. Wiseman. Deadline Hollywood. August 24, 2021. August 26, 2021.
  13. Web site: Taming the Garden and Ivan's Land win big at Docudays UA . Cineuropa . 20 January 2022 . en.
  14. News: Berlinale to Showcase Salomé Jashi's Documentary 'Taming the Garden' . 20 January 2022 . Georgia Today.
  15. Web site: Ekaterine Maghaldadze . Eurasia Foundation . 20 January 2022 . en.
  16. Web site: Milano: Directors Jashi and Borecký on Documenting reality at ‘Visioni dal Mondo’ 2021 . Lampoon Magazine . 20 January 2022 . 17 September 2021.

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