Georgian film “Beginning” dominated awards at Spain’s San Sebastian film festival, taking the top Golden shell prize for best movie while Dea Kulumbegashvili won best director for her debut film.
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The Franco-Georgian production centres on a community of Jehovah’s Witnesses in remote rural Georgia, and tracks the growing psychological torment of its leader’s wife — played by Ia Sukhitashvili who picked up the best actress award — in the wake of an extremist attack on their place of worship.
The movie, which had been set to premiere at the Cannes films festival earlier this year, which was called off due to the pandemic, also won the best screenplay prize at an awards ceremony late on Saturday.
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