A TUNNEL

By Orjonikidze NINO, Arsenishvili VANO

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Documentary - Completed 2019

An old railway station in a remote valley of Georgia suddenly becomes a site for a big change, when hundreds of Chinese settle around it to build the New Silk Road.

Festivals
& Awards

IDFA 2019
First Appearance Competition
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (online) 2021
Official Selection
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • GEORGIA, GERMANY
    • Languages
    • GEORGIAN, CHINESE
    • Duration
    • 92 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Orjonikidze NINO, Arsenishvili VANO
    • Producer(s)
    • Nino ORJONIKIDZE (Artefact Production), Vano ARSENISHVILI (Artefact Production )
    • Synopsis
    • A scarcely populated mountainous gorge is a mysterious place. Protected by mountains and forest all around, it looks like being frozen in time: old railway platform, wooden houses, wild nature. Old local train rattles around twice a day – the only mean of communication for most of the villagers. But when echoes of explosions reach the village, it becomes obvious that things are going to change here for good. A big black hole appears in the mountain as a sign that newcomers have arrived. Hundreds of Chinese settle in a remote Georgian village to build a modernized railway that will link China and Europe.