Goodnight, Mister Stalin

Goodnight, Mister Stalin
dir. Benjamin Kodboel/United Kingdom, Georgia/2024/20 min.
place
date
time
Kinoteka, 2
2025-05-11
15:30
Meeting after the film: Anastazja Naumenko (director)
Iluzjon, Mała Czarna
2025-05-13
18:00
Iluzjon, Mała Czarna
2025-05-17
16:00

Film presented in the Block 3. Short Films: https://mdag.pl/22/en/warszawa/moviesPackage/Block-3.-Short-Films

Seventy years after the death of one of history’s most feared dictators, the town of Gori in Georgia remains inextricably linked with its most famous son. For Nasi, a resident of the town, keeping that association alive and promoting an image of Stalin as a benevolent leader is central to her identity. Her beliefs bring her into conflict with her adoptive granddaughter Zhana, an activist fighting for a more open reckoning with his dark legacy. As the two women attempt to reconcile their differences, of unresolved Soviet-era legacies on present-day culture wars.

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  • projection time:
    20 min.
  • country/year:
    United Kingdom, Georgia /2024
  • director:
    Benjamin Kodboel
  • original language of the film:
    Georgian, English
  • pictures:
    Tom Simington
  • editor:
    Kaupo Muuli
  • production:
    Benjamin Kodboel / NFTS (National Film and Television School)
  • festivals and awards:
    2024 – Sheffield IFF, 2024 – Hot Docs Toronto

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