CM 2022

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Goals at CineMart We are looking for international sales partners as well as experienced producers that have the capacity to bring soft 
money on board our co-production.Synopsis In a small town in Georgia, 49-year-old Etero runs her shop and leads a calm life. When Murmani, a middle-aged delivery man, enters her shop, she is gripped by a burning desire. Her first kiss ever 
leads to passionate sex, and her life is transformed.
Their clandestine meetings fill Etero with excitement&ndash; tainted by uncertainty and fears of a scandal. 
But then Murmani asks her to move away to Turkey in his truck. Etero&rsquo;s world is turned upside down. 
Her long fought independence is threatened, she chooses to refuse, heartbroken Murmani leaves. 
Etero develops health concerns. She fears the worst &ndash; cancer! However, a doctor from the capital 
reveals that she is pregnant.Director's Biography Elene Naveriani is a Georgian director currently living in Switzerland. They graduated from the 
Tbilisi State Academy of Art in monumental 
painting in 2003. After a master in critical 
curatorial cybermedia at the HEAD &ndash; Geneva 
(Geneva School of Art and Design), they start 
their studies in Cinema. Their graduation short 
film Gospel Of Anasyrma (2014) was acclaimed 
for their distinctive signature and stance. Elene&rsquo;s 
work is one that makes invisible stories visible, 
that makes unheard voices heard and creates a 
space for marginalised lives. Elene practises a 
cinema of resistance.
Keeping with that line, their first feature I Am 
Truly a Drop of Sun on Earth premiered at IFFR 
2017 and was awarded with numerous prizes 
(Seoul, Xining, Valladolid, Porto). Elene also 
directed two further short films that received a lot 
of acclaim. Red Ants Bite was nominated for Best 
Swiss Short Film award.
In 2021, their second feature film Wet Sand 
made its world premiere at Locarno Film Festival 
to glowing reviews and earned the Best Actor 
award. Elene is currently developing two feature 
projects.

Alva Film

In a small provincial town in Georgia, Etero, a 48-year-old spinster, leads her own little revolution.