World premiere
Air Blue Silk
Two strangers, on parallel paths, each travel their transformative journeys of liberation.
Deeply shaken, Eka isolates herself when her aunt, who often calls her for one-way chats via voicemail, commits suicide abroad. Niko builds an AI ‘friend’ immersing himself in his apartment. These two worlds touch briefly, only to pull apart into self-imposed loneliness…and the city flows endlessly just outside their windows, breathing life into existence.
Director’s note: The relationship among humans as well as the relationship of humans with the external world is whole and unified, encompassing both pain and joy, and we must face it. Isolation beyond dividing lines is not a solution, as everything and everyone is interconnected. The film includes diverse components (a hybrid) where documentary material is integrated into a fictional form. While working on the film, for me as the director, the most interesting and main challenge was how to weave all these components into a single cohesive fabric of the film.
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Irine Jordania is a Georgian writer, director and producer. She graduated in International Relations and Law from the Tbilisi State University, and she also studied Directing and Screenwriting in Rezo Esadze’s Workshop at the Shota Rustaveli Film and Theatre Institute. She has worked as a screenwriter for several films and TV projects, and as a journalist and editor for various media outlets and publications. Her first short film “12 K Marx Street” (2019) premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival and was a Short Film Candidate at the European Film Awards 2020.
Air Blue Silk (2024)