2020, Georgia, 40' ֍ Gia Diasamidze
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Filled from start to finish with a mesmerizing musical backdrop of Georgian folk music, Back for the Future documents Georgia's unique folk traditions, which changed and evolved over hundreds of years as they were passed down from generation to generation. Georgian traditional folk culture and art not only represents a form of world heritage of exceptional importance, they also continue to play important roles in Georgian daily life. The characters in Gia Diasamidze’s film are mainly elderly men and women who have managed to keep these folk traditions alive. Because Diasamidze spent years documenting these traditions, most of the characters portrayed in his film are no longer alive, adding a poignancy to this uplifting musical feast.
Gia Diasamidze (b. 1971, Batumi) graduated from the Batumi Naval Academy and studied at the Faculty of Foreign Relations in Tbilisi before enrolling in Moscow’s world-renown Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), where he studied directing with Andrei Eshpay and simultaneously worked as an editing director at the studio "Ostrov" with his instructor, Sergei Miroshnichenko. He returned to Georgia in 2004, and since 2012, he has been working with Adjara Public Broadcasting, where he specializes in directing documentary films. From 2004 to 2012, Diasamidze worked with a wide range of musical groups, from the ethno-jazz group "Zumbaland" to accordian-acousitc guitarist "Outsider" and the folk ensemble "Chveneburebi."
