Taming the Garden

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Taming the Garden
Directed bySalomé Jashi[1]
Produced byVadim Jendreyko, Erik Winker, Martin Roelly, Salomé Jashi[1]
Release date
2021
CountriesSwitzerland, Germany, Georgia[2]

Taming the Garden is a 2021 documentary[1] film directed by Salomé Jashi, a former journalist.[3][1] It was nominated for the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.[1]

Plot[]

"The film documents the extreme lengths that Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgia's 349th[4] richest billionaire (in the world)[5] former prime minister, goes to acquire trees for the construction of the , an arboretum on his estate on the coast of the Black Sea."[3][6][7]

Release[]

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival .[8]

Reception[]

Critical response[]

Claire Armitstead said, "Taming the Garden is far from a balanced two-minute news report; it stands at the junction of documentary and myth".[9][10]

Awards and nominations[]

It was nominated for the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.[1] It was nominated as one of 15 documentary films at the 34th European Film Awards.[11][12] It was nominated for the Audience Award, Insights at the 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival. It won win in the international DOCU/WORLD Competition at DocuDays UA International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival.[13][14]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Your Guide to All the Women-Helmed Projects at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival". Sundance Institute. Retrieved 20 January 2022. WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION...TAMING THE GARDEN Director Salomé Jashi; producers: Vadim Jendreyko, Erik Winker, Martin Roelly, Salomé Jashi; Switzerland/Germany/Georgia
  2. ^ "Taming the Garden". Vancouver International Film Festival. The Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Turner, Matt (10 February 2021). "Taming the Garden: Salomé Jashi's documentary poses a singular question — what is a tree really worth?". The Calvert Journal. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. ^ Smith, Heather (18 March 2021). "Rich Man, Big Tree". Sierra Club. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Bidzina Ivanishvili". FORBES LISTS. Forbes. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022. #589 Billionaires 2021
  6. ^ Nechepurenko, Ivan (17 January 2022). "A Love of Trees or a Display of Power? The Odd Park of an Oligarch". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Tree makes sea voyage for Georgia park project". BBC News. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  8. ^ Debruge, Peter (December 15, 2020). "Sundance Film Festival Lineup Features 38 First-Time Directors, Including Rebecca Hall and Robin Wright". Variety. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  9. ^ Armitstead, Claire (14 January 2022). "Root of the problem: the brutal creation of a billionaire's pleasure garden". the Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  10. ^ da Costa, Cassie (June 9, 2021). "SECOND NATURE: Salomé Jashi's Taming the Garden (2020)". artforum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Documentary Selection". European Film Awards. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  12. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (August 24, 2021). "European Film Awards Reveals First Wave Of Feature & Documentary Hopefuls For 2021". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  13. ^ "Taming the Garden and Ivan's Land win big at Docudays UA". Cineuropa. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Berlinale to Showcase Salomé Jashi's Documentary 'Taming the Garden'". Georgia Today. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

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