Grosser Baum auf Reise
Die Zähmung der Bäume - Taming the Garden
Switzerland / Georgia / Germany, January 2021
FILM,
Documentary,
90 min.
- directed by
- Salomé Jashi
- Written by
- Salomé Jashi
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- https://tamingthegarden-film.com/en
A powerful man, who is also the former Prime Minister of Georgia, buys some 100-year-old trees. His men uproot them, some of them as tall as 15-storey buildings, and bring them to his private garden: through villages, over hills and across the Black Sea. To archieve this, other trees must be cut, electric cables moved and new roads paved through mandarin plantations. The film takes the concept of uprooting from its metaphorical meaning to an oppressive, tangible and yet surreal reality. An ode to the rivalry between men and nature.
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2021
- Original Version
- Russian (english subtitles), colour, DCP, 90 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0005-04BE-0000-8-0000-0000-D
- Production
- Mira Film Basel, Sakdoc Film, Corso Film, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, ARTE, Radio Bremen Fernsehspiel
- Producer
- Vadim Jendreyko
- directed by
- Salomé Jashi
- Written by
- Salomé Jashi
- Cinematography
- Salomé Jashi
- Editing
- Chris Wright
- Compositing
- Hannes Rüttimann
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Syndicado Film Sales
Worldwide Distribution
- Canada
- Big World Pictures Distribution
- Germany
-
Film Kino Text
Distribution
Release date: 02.12.2021 - Switzerland
-
Vinca Film GmbH
Distribution
Release date: 03.11.2021 - United States
- Big World Pictures Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Mexico, FICUNAM, Best Feature Film 2021 (Winner)
- Paris, Cinéma du Réel, Mention Spéciale (Prix du Jury des Jeunes) 2021 (Winner)
- St. Petersburg, Message to Man International Film Festival, Centaur Award for Best Feature-length Documentary 2021 (Winner)
- Berlin, European Film Awards, European Film Award, European Documentary 2021 (Nomination)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Porto, 11° Porto Post Doc Film & Media Festival
22.11.2024 - 30.11.2024 -
Florence, 65° Festival dei Popoli
02.11.2024 - 10.11.2024 -
Solothurn, 57. Solothurner Filmtage
19.01.2022 - 26.01.2022 -
Porto, 8° Porto Post Doc Film & Media Festival
19.11.2021 - 28.11.2021 -
Amsterdam, 34th IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
17.11.2021 - 28.11.2021 -
Tallinn, 25th PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival
12.11.2021 - 28.11.2021 -
Bilbao, 63 ZINEBI International Festival of Documentary and Short Film
12.11.2021 - 19.11.2021 -
Duisburg, 45. Duisburger Filmwoche
10.11.2021 - 14.11.2021 -
Montreal, 24e RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire Montréal
10.11.2021 - 21.11.2021 -
Cork, 66th Cork Film Festival
05.11.2021 - 21.11.2021
-
Sydney, 68th Sydney Film Festival
03.11.2021 - 14.11.2021 -
St. Petersburg, 31st "Message to Man" International Film Festival St. Petersburg
29.10.2021 - 04.11.2021 -
Sao Paulo, 45a Mostra Internacional del Cinema de Sao Paulo (hybrid edition)
21.10.2021 - 03.11.2021 -
Belgrade, Beldocs 2021 International Documentary Film Festival (postponed)
09.09.2021 - 16.09.2021 -
Warsaw, 18th Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival (postponed edition)
03.09.2021 - 03.10.2021 -
Espoo, 32nd Espoo Ciné International Film Festival
23.08.2021 - 29.08.2021 -
Melbourne, 70th Melbourne International Film Festival
05.08.2021 - 22.08.2021 -
Locarno, 74° Locarno Film Festival
04.08.2021 - 14.08.2021 -
Tel Aviv, 23rd Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival Tel Aviv
01.07.2021 - 10.07.2021 -
Thessaloniki, 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival Part2
24.06.2021 - 04.07.2021 -
Shanghai, 24th Shanghai International Film Festival
11.06.2021 - 20.06.2021 -
Linz, 18th Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz
01.06.2021 - 06.06.2021 -
Leuven, 17th Docville International Documentary Film Festival Leuven (postponedCorona)
01.06.2021 - 11.06.2021 -
Munich, 36. DOK.fest München
05.05.2021 - 23.05.2021 -
Toronto, 28th Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto
29.04.2021 - 09.05.2021 -
New York, 50th New Directors New Films Festival New York
28.04.2021 - 08.05.2021 -
Copenhagen, 18th CPH:DOX Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival
21.04.2021 - 02.05.2021 -
Hong Kong, 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival
01.04.2021 - 12.04.2021 -
Paris, 43e Cinéma du Réel Festival international de films documentaires Paris
12.03.2021 - 21.03.2021 -
Mexico, 11th FICUNAM Festival Internacional de Cine UNAM (postponedCorona)
04.03.2021 - 14.03.2021 -
Berlin, 51. Internationales Forum des Jungen Films (Online Edition - Industry Event)
01.03.2021 - 05.03.2021 -
Park City, 37th Sundance Film Festival
28.01.2021 - 03.02.2021