''Shindisi'' () is a 2019 Georgian
drama film
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directed by
Dito Tsintsadze
Dito Tsintsadze ( ka, დიტო ცინცაძე; born 2 March 1957) is a Georgian film director and screenwriter. He has directed thirteen films since 1988. His film '' Lost Killers'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the ...
. It was screened at the 2019
Shanghai International Film Festival
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"China's biggest film festival" according to the Hollywood Reporter. Nex ...
. It was selected as the Georgian entry for the
Best International Feature Film at the
92nd Academy Awards
The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 2019 and took place on February 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning at 5:00 ...
, but it was not nominated.
It won the Grand Prix at the 35th
Warsaw International Film Festival
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in 2019.
Plot
Based on the true story of villagers from Shindisi engaged in saving wounded Georgian soldiers ambushed by Russian troops despite a ceasefire during the
Russo-Georgian War
The 2008 Russo-Georgian WarThe war is known by a variety of other names, including Five-Day War, August War and Russian invasion of Georgia. was a war between Georgia, on one side, and Russia and the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of Sou ...
.
Cast
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Dato Bakhtadze
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Goga Pipinashvili
See also
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References
External links
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2019 films
2019 drama films
2010s Georgian-language films
Films directed by Dito Tsintsadze
Drama films from Georgia (country)
2010s Russian-language films
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