CHAMPIONS

Ketevani Kapanadze

Editor: Eka Tsotsoria

Microcosmoss, Georgia, 65’

An intimate portrait of a turbulent lesbian community in Georgia, for whom the local female football club has become the shelter.

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At times I’m a boy, at times I’m a girl, says LANA. The conversation unfolds in her girlfriend’s smoky kitchen filled with empty beer bottles and cheap snacks for vodka. Lana plays football in Kutaisi’s female football team. The film takes Lana and her girlfriend - SOPO, and two other female couple, ANUKA and ANANO as central characters. These girls in their early 20s form a marginalized queer community in post-industrial city of Kutaisi, Georgia. On the backdrop of homophobic rallies held in the streets of Georgia, the film evolves around intimate situational scenes and dialogues filmed in kitchens and football dressing room. Lana goes through a knee surgery, which might deprive her from playing football at all, while her girlfriend Sopo migrates abroad in search of better income.

Director’s biography: Ketevani Kapanadze

In 2019 Ketevani Kapanadze graduated Film Study program at Theater and Film State University, Georgia. From 2016 to 2018, was head of program department for CineDOC-Tbilisi, an int. documentary film festival.
In 2018, she created her first documentary film SERVING THE HOMELAND. Her second film LALA, THE CAR MECHANIC was awarded 2nd prize in the contest “best 3 minutes long films”. In 2019 she worked as a 2nd AD on Alexsander Koberidze’s feature length fiction film shooting. Currently she is working on her first feature length documentary [working title] CHAMPIONS.

Director’s statement

This is an intimate documentary capturing the protagonists close up in their most authentic
state. From the very first day of filming, they accepted my camera and me as natural parts of
their environment. Even if the film has a thin development line, it portrays the routine details of
the girl’s lives and their state of mind as they are enjoying their youth despite their severe
backgrounds and hostile environment.

Where are we at?

Production budget: 85.000,00 EUR

Needed for completion: 40.000,00 EUR

Territories available: World

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Production Company profile

MICROCOSMOSS was founded in the summer of 2019 in Tbilisi, Georgia by filmmaker Salomé Jashi in Tbilisi, Georgia. The company produces documentary films and video installations. CHAMPIONS directed by Ketevan Kapanadze is its first production. Though young, this small company springs from a decade long experience of SAKDOC FILM having worked on numerous international co-productions and having released several award winning creative documentaries. Except film production, MICROCOSMOSS opens its doors to artistic collaborations and educational programs.

Email: salome@sakdoc.ge

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