Tbilisis saerTaSoriso kinofestivali T B ILIS I IN T E R N A T IO N A L ...

evropuli kinos forumi
FORUM OF EUROPEAN CINEMA
SONGS OF GEORGIA
qarTuli simRerebi didi britaneTi / saqarTvelo 2009
„...rac mtrobas daungrevia, siyvaruls uSenebia...~ _ mamakacTa qoros dauviwyari
harmonia saqarTvelos yvela kuTxeSi JRers. britaneli Jurnalisti robert
parsonsi, romelic saqarTveloSi pirvelad 1980 wels Camovida, Zalian gaaoca im
ambavma, rom TiTqmis yvela ojaxSi xmaSewyobilad asrulebdnen xalxur simRerebs.
amis Semdeg is saqarTvelos xSiri stumari gaxda da mamulic ki SeiZina kaxeTSi.
swored rob parsonsi gviwevs megzurobas musikis am unikalur samyaroSi, romlis
istoriac aTaswleulebs iTvlis.
Director:
Jason Osborn
Cinematography:
Sandro Darakhvelidze
Editing:
Jason Osborn
Sound:
Lucy Duran, James Parkin, Patrick
Genet, James Birtwhistle
Producers:
Julian Hope, Jason Osborn
Co-producer:
Sergo Buighlishvili
Cast:
Teatralebi Ensemble, Irma
Shoshitashvili with Shoshitashvili
Ensemble, Bakhtrioni Ensemble,
Tsinandali Choir, Hussain
Kobuladze, Matchakhela Group
20
reJisori:
jeison osborni
operatori:
sandro daraxveliZe
montaJi:
jeison osborni
xmis reJisorebi:
lusi diurani, jeims
parkinsi, patrik Jene, jeims
berTvesli
prodiuserebi:
julian houpi, jeison
osborni, sergo buiRliSvili
monawileoben:
ansambli „Teatralebi~, irma
SoSitaSvili SoSitaSvilebis
ansamblTan erTad,
ansambli „baxtrioni~,
qoro „winandali~, husein
qobulaZe, jgufi „maWaxela~
dokumenturi / DOCUMENTARY
Production:
film was developed in association with Macondo Arts
With support from: The Ministry of Culture in Georgia,
Vivienne Guinness, Patricia Miller, Emily Young, Lucinda
Cresswell, Bev and Annabel Rowe
SONGS OF GEORGIA UK / GEORGIA 2009
High up in the Caucasus mountains, the haunting harmonies of a male voice choir are heard as
various landmarks of Georgia are introduced. British journalist Robert Parsons, now working for,
first came to Georgia in the 1980s and was astonished that nearly every family he visited was able to
sing traditional songs in complex harmony. Since then he has been a constant visitor to Georgia and
witnessed much of the remarkable and often tragic events that have taken place. He has also built a
house amongst the lush countryside and vineyards in the valley of Kakheti, the earliest recognised
cradle of wine and regular invasion route of the Persians from the east.
With Rob Parsons as our guide, the film captures a unique musical journey through a cultural tradition,
thousands of years old and still flourishing.
jeison osborni
JASON OSBORN
52 wT, video, feradi
52 min, video, colour
daibada 1958 wels londonSi. swavlobda filosofiasa da
politikur mecnierebebs bristolis universitetSi, musikas
_ londonis universitetSi. pianistis diplomiT daamTavra
londonis musikis samefo akademia. 2003 wels jeison osborni
saqarTvelos Sesaxeb filmis gadaRebiT dainteresda da
regularulad Camodioda gadaRebebze. „qarTuli simRerebi~
im istoriis erTgvari epilogia, misi qarTveli bebiis (romelmac
mTeli sicocxle klasikur musikas uZRvna) samSoblodan
gamgzavrebisas rom daiwyo.
Born in 1958 in London. He briefly studied politics and philosophy at Bristol
University and then music at City University in London whilst studying piano
and conducting. He has a diploma in Pianoforte Performing (LRAM). In 2003
he became interested in making a film about Georgia and started visiting the
country regularly with a camera. Songs of Georgia is the result and is in a way a
conclusion of a circular journey started by his Georgian grandmother when she
left her Georgian roots to devote her life to western classical music.