International Works in Progress, Works in Progress
Aquarium
After his father’s death and sudden love Demna, an artist, becomes a target of the police and law enforcement officers, led by his former friend. Escaping his place and reuniting with mother transforms his life.
After his father’s death, Demna, an artist, becomes a target of the police and law enforcement officers, led by his former friend. When sudden love visits him by meeting Irina older beautiful woman and soon disappears cause of the tragedy the only escape for Demna is to fulfill his childhood dream of fleeing to New York, where his mother lives in exile, thus fulfilling his father’s dreams and transforming his life.
Keywords: art, childhood, first love
Tornike Bziava‘s films were shown and awarded at A-class festivals such as Cannes IFF, Venice IFF, Berlin Panorama, Clermont-Ferrand ISFF, Hong Kong IFF, Toronto, Uppsala, Brussels, ECU Paris, OZU IFF and etc. He began with stage acting in theatre as well as directing his experimental films since the 2000s. Later he started to do international feature film projects co-produced with France. Films shot on black & white Kodak 5222 as well as Ari Alexa cameras.
Daria Shlifstein is a producer, actress, and a scriptwriter. She is known for Nevada (2023), The Summer of Frozen Fountains (2015) and Minsk (2022).