Session 4
Nestled in the trees of western Georgia, the town of Tskaltubo was a former vacation destination for the Soviet elite. After the collapse of the USSR, ethnic confrontations in the Abkhazia region of Georgia escalated to a civil war. Georgian families were forced to leave their prosperous lives and take shelter in Tskaltubo’s abandoned sanatoriums. Thirty years since the war, these now crumbling hotels remain home to hundreds of internally displaced refugees who patiently await a promised home.
Following this special ‘Work In Progress’ screening of PATIENCE there will be a q&a with filmmakers Gio Kvelidze and Charlotte Savage hosted by JT Royston of Never Whisper Justice.