NYWIFT is proud to co-present with Film Forum an in-person screening of April followed by a conversation with director Dea Kulumbegashvili.
Date: Friday, April 25, 2025
Time: 7:00pm ET
Location: Film Forum, 209 West Houston St. west of 6th Ave (map & directions)
*Receive up to two discounted $13 tickets – $4 off general admission – by entering code NYWIFT (Note that the code must be submitted before any tickets are added to checkout)
To receive the discount:
- Go to https://my.filmforum.org/events/april
- Scroll to your desired screening(s) and click PURCHASE
- In the top right corner of the screen, click PROMO CODE
- Enter NYWIFT, then click submit
- Select 1 or 2 General $17.00 tickets (Note: you may purchase multiple tickets, but discount will apply only to the first 2)
- Click Add to Cart – the discount will be applied at checkout
About the Film
Written and Directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili
Produced by Luca Guadagnino
WINNER! Special Jury Prize, 2024 Venice Film Festival
Runtime: 134 minutes followed by Q&A with director – In Georgian with English Subtitles
Under the deep blue, portentous sky of the rugged Georgian countryside, Nina, an OB/GYN with both heroic and dark impulses, faces malpractice charges brought by an aggressive husband whose child died during delivery. Meanwhile, it is an open secret that she provides illegal abortions to village women.
Dea Kulumbegashvili’s sophomore work plumbs the outer limits of feminist empathy and the stark realities of patriarchal control of women’s bodies in a modern-day medical system. Cinematographer Arseni Khachaturian (EYIMOFE) captures the stunning contrast of beauty and brutality in Nina’s world, and composer Matthew Herbert (THE WONDER) creates the sound and sense of an immersive, whispering breath.
Dea Kulumbegashvili is is Georgian writer/director based in Tbilisi. Her debut short film Invisible Spaces was nominated for a Palme d’Or du Court Métrage at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. It was also the first film from independent Georgia to be part of the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Dea Kulumbegashvili’s second short film Léthé premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors’ Fortnight section. Her debut feature, BEGINNING, was part of the Official Selection at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival as well as the San Sebastian Film Festival’s main competition where it earned a historical win taking home four awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, & Best Actress for Ia Sukhitashvili, the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Award, the main slate of the New York Film Festival, and the Busan International Film Festival. BEGINNING was selected to represent Georgia for the International Feature Film Oscar® run in 2021. Dea’s second feature, APRIL, premiered in Competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize.
Co-presented with:
Film Forum
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NYWIFT programs, screenings and events are supported, in part, by grants from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
