Goodnight, Mister Stalin
Goodnight, Mister Stalin
dir. Benjamin Kodboel
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United Kingdom, Georgia
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2024
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20 min
Film presented in set: Block 3. Short Films
venue
date
time
available
Kinoteka, 2
2025-05-11
15:30
Iluzjon, Mała Czarna
2025-05-13
18:00
Iluzjon, Mała Czarna
2025-05-17
16:00
Seventy years after the death of one of history’s most feared dictators, the town of Gori in Georgia remains inextricably linked with its most famous son.
Seventy years after the death of one of history’s most feared dictators, the town of Gori in Georgia remains inextricably linked with its most famous son. For Nasi, a resident of the town, keeping that association alive and promoting an image of Stalin as a benevolent leader is central to her identity. Her beliefs bring her into conflict with her adoptive granddaughter Zhana, an activist fighting for a more open reckoning with his dark legacy. As the two women attempt to reconcile their differences, of unresolved Soviet-era legacies on present-day culture wars.
- duration:
- 20 min
- country / year of production:
- United Kingdom, Georgia / 2024
- director:
- Benjamin Kodboel
- cinematography:
- Tom Simington
- production:
- Benjamin Kodboel / NFTS (National Film and Television School)
- selected festivals and awards:
- 2024 – Sheffield IFF, 2024 – Hot Docs Toronto
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