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Prisoner of Society
By
Rati TsiteladzeDuration
15 MIN
Language
- without dialogue
Subtitles
English
Country
Georgia
Year
2018
Synopsis
What it means to be a stranger in your own home and country?
Prisoner of Society is an intimate journey into the world and mind of a young transgender woman who has been locked away from the outside world for the past decade. Trapped between her personal desire for freedom and traditional expectations of her parents that threatens their unity.
Direction
Rati Tsiteladze
Rati Tsiteladze is an alumnus of Locarno Academy, TIFF Filmmaker Lab and Berlinale Talents.
His shorts won over 50 awards and screened at more than 300 festivals, including Hong Kong, Melbourne and Locarno. His recent work Prisoner of society (2018) won numerous Oscar® qualifying awards and it is the first Georgian short documentary nominated for European Film Academy. He was selected at Cannes Cinéfondation Residence and won the first HFPA Film Independent Award by Hollywood Foreign Press Association Golden Globes®.
Editing
Rati Tsiteladze
Cinematographer
Rati Tsiteladze
Original Title
Prisoner of Society
