Self-Portrait Along the Borderline

Filmstill Self-Portrait Along the Borderline

Self-Portrait Along the Borderline

Avtoportreti zghvarze
Anna Dziapshipa
Panorama: Central and Eastern Europe
Documentary Film
Georgia
2023
50 minutes
Georgian,
Russian
Subtitles: 
English
German premiere

Parts of the house director Anna Dziapshipa traces in her autobiographical roamings through the past look like straight out of a horror film: cobwebbed, dark, derelict. It is located in Abkhazia, the region officially off-limits to Georgians, protected by Russia and not recognised as an autonomous republic by the international community.

One half of Dziapshipa’s family comes from here, including a football player who once was a key player for Dinamo Tbilisi. The filmmaker edits footage of his sports activities into “Self-Portrait Along the Borderline,” but also shows the splendour of the former Soviet holiday paradise. It is a personal, associative approach in which Dziapshipa analyses and reflects on her own experiences as a child with both Georgian and Abkhazian family backgrounds. Discrimination plays a role, as do solemn and disturbing things. Time and again, spiders crawl through the frame, weaving their webs and thus connections.


Carolin Weidner

Contains mentions of war scenes

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10.10.
#2A2
Cinémathèque
Gudow Nord + Three Windows on South West + Self-Portrait Along the Borderline
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10.10.2023
Cinémathèque
#2A2
Gudow Nord + Three Windows on South West + Self-Portrait Along the Borderline
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11.10.
#334
CineStar 5
Gudow Nord + Three Windows on South West + Self-Portrait Along the Borderline
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11.10.2023
CineStar 5
#334
Gudow Nord + Three Windows on South West + Self-Portrait Along the Borderline
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13.10.
Polnisches Institut
Gudow Nord + Three Windows on South West + Self-Portrait Along the Borderline

Free entry

During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes
13.10.2023
Polnisches Institut
Gudow Nord + Three Windows on South West + Self-Portrait Along the Borderline

Free entry

During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes
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Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Anna Dziapshipa
Cinematographer
Anna Dziapshipa
Editor
Eka Tsotsoria
Producer
Anna Dziapshipa
Co-Producer
Niko Mikadze
Sound
Anna Dziapshipa
Sound Design
Paata Godziashvili
Score
Nika Paniashvili

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Main Contact
Inna Margvelashvili
info@sakdoc.ge
Nominated for MDR Film Prize