Inner Blooming springs 2025 Tiku Kobiashvili
In 2024, when Georgian director Tiku Kobiashvili then aged 22, took to the streets of Tbilisi, she did not know that the protests against the 'Foreign Agents' law would change her life and ultimately lead to her documentary being selected for the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. Inner Blooming Springs will be screened as a double bill with Temo Re, directed by Anka Gujiberidze.
Inner Blooming Springs at Ciné Lumière with director's Q&A
Inner Blooming Springs Shinagani gazapkhulebis q’vaviloba | 41mins | GEO | Georgian with EN subs
UK Premiere 4 October
Kobiashvili was working as a camera assistant and studying to be a cinematographer. In this portrait of a group of friends, she is not just an observer but fully integrated and the camera forms part of the intimate friendship of this group. If anyone from the circle is arrested at a demo, Tiku is supposed to film it.
It’s 2024. Tens of thousands protest on the streets of Tbilisi against the so-called ‘Foreign Agents’ law. The previous year, pressure from the street made the government withdraw its draft law. Now it’s back on the agenda. Tina, Luka and director Tiku Kobiashvili and their friends are in the thick of it. The friends share an approach to life whose political nature stems from prioritising being there for each other and avoiding creating leaders even in the midst of protest. Together, they gather courage for what is coming.
