UNCLE VAKHO’ S DREAM

SEN WUJKA VAKHO

According to mythology, Prometheus was bound to the rocks of Mount Kazbek, more than 5,000 meters high and covered in ice. For Vakho, this mountainous region in the Georgian Caucasus is a self-chosen exile – out of deeply felt guilt. 48 years ago, he lost his brother in tragic circumstances that had previously come to him in a dream: “I couldn’t let go of the past”, the man, now in his eighties, explains in this visually impressive debut short film portrait.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 22
  • Year: 2022
  • Color: colour

Director: Joanna Rój

Script: Joanna Rój

DOP: Sandro Wysocki

Editing: Joanna Rój

Production company: Studio Munka, Centrum Kształcenia Suplement

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About the director:

Joanna Rój

Joanna Rój

Cinematographer and director, born in Kraków. She has made many feature and documentary short films as well as commercial projects, but it is the documentary form that she feels the closest to. She currently lives in Poland and Georgia. Tbilisi has become her second home and her inspiration for new artistic projects. 

At festivals:

38th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2022 (competition)

65th International Festival of Documentary and Animated Film DOK Leipzig, Germany, 2022 (screening)

2ANNAS 27th Riga International Short Film FestivaI 2023, Latvia, 2023 (competition)

20th IndieLisboa IFF 2023, Portugal, 2023 (competition)

71st Trento Film Festival, Italy, 2023 (competition)

Doc Edge Festival 2023, New Zealand, 2023 (competition)

SYNCRO International Short Film Festival, Argentina, 2023 (competition)

XXXVII Pärnu Film Festival 2023, Estonia, 2023 (competition)

22nd Concorto Film Festival 2023, Italy, 2023 (competition)

Silhouette Film Festival 2023, France, 2023 (competition)

6th Elbe Dock International Film Festival, Germany, Czechia, 2023 (ELBE DOCK 2023 Award)

6th FIPADOC International Documentary Festival 2024, France, 2024 (competition)

18th International Mountain FF Domzale 2024, Slovenia, 2024 (competition)

Festival Internacional de Cine Medioambiental de Canarias FICMEC, Spain, 2024 (competition)