Country in Focus
Self-Portrait Along the Borderline
Directed by Anna Dziapshipa · GE, 2026 · 78 min · original language with English subtitles
Through a family archive, a filmmaker traces her Georgian-Abkhazian identity across a border that runs through her name.
Dziapshipa’s grandfather was a celebrated Abkhazian footballer; her surname is now a checkpoint she cannot cross. Assembling home movies, propaganda and the sounds of an abandoned family house, she builds a self-portrait from a war’s leftover images.
Director's note & bio +
Some borders are drawn on maps. Mine is spelled.
Credits
DirectionAnna DziapshipaScreenplayAnna DziapshipaProductionSakdoc Film
Screenings
Ticketing opens 1 August — sold-out screenings are marked here.
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