The Kartli Kingdom (2025)

In a crumbling sanatorium in Tbilisi refugee families fight to hold onto their home and fading dreams.

"Kartli" refers both to Georgia’s medieval kingdom and a Tbilisi sanatorium sheltering refugees from the 1990s war in Abkhazia, meant as temporary but lasting 30 years. The crumbling building became a recreated “country”, with a farm, gardens, terraces and rooms where old VHS tapes revive memories of a lost paradise. Through Tamuna, Irma, and others, the film explores exile, trauma, and shared resilience, showing that nothing stays the same inside Kartli.

• Release Date: 2025-11-16
• Runtime: 1h 44min
• Production Company: Sakdoc Film
• Production Country: France, Georgia
• Directors: Tamar Kalandadze, Julien Pebrel.