The Kartli Kingdom

The Kartli Kingdom (2025)

In a crumbling sanatorium in Tbilisi refugee families fight to hold onto their home and fading dreams.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2025-11-16
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Language: ქართული
  • Production Company: Sakdoc Film
  • Production Country: France, Georgia
  • Directors: Tamar Kalandadze, Julien Pebrel.

Summary

"Kartli" refers both to Georgia’s medieval kingdom and a Tbilisi sanatorium sheltering refugees from the 1990s war in Abkhazia, meant as temporary but lasting 30 years. The crumbling building became a recreated “country”, with a farm, gardens, terraces and rooms where old VHS tapes revive memories of a lost paradise. Through Tamuna, Irma, and others, the film explores exile, trauma, and shared resilience, showing that nothing stays the same inside Kartli.

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Directing Tamar Kalandadze Director
Directing Julien Pebrel Director
Production Ketevan Kipiani Producer
Production Jean-Baptiste Bonnet Producer
Sound Emmanuel Soland Sound Designer
Editing François Sculier Editor
Editing Eka Tsotsoria Editor
Editing Julien Pebrel Editor
Editing Tamar Kalandadze Editor
Crew Tamar Kalandadze Cinematography
Crew Julien Pebrel Cinematography

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