Fatherland
Georgia, 21m, Alexa
Gori, Republic of Georgia, 2016: on the 63rd anniversary of Stalin's death, his worshipers gather outside of his birthplace to demand his canonization as a saint when out of nowhere Stalin himself returns from the dead.
Director: George Sikharulidze
Writer: George Sikharulidze
Producer: Mariam Dvalishvili
Director of Photography: Guka Goliadze
Editor: George Sikharulidze
Cast: Soso Lagidze, Anzor Gvadzabia, Beka Lemonjava, Mariam Khachapuridze
Contact: George Sikharulidze, george2188@gmail.com
About the Writer/Director
George Sikharulidze was born in 1988 in Tbilisi, Georgia. He holds a BA in Media Studies from NYU and a MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University. His first film, The Fish that Drowned, was selected at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival. Red Apples, his second short won the best film award at CUFF and premiered at TIFF. Fatherland is his graduation film, which he wrote, directed and produced in Georgia.
