‘Self-Portrait Along the Borderline - Anna Dziapshipa’

Upon finding her abandoned summer house in Abkhazia, 25 years after she left it, a ‘Pandora’s box’ of violent and yet still cherished memories is opened. The highly personal narration delves into the complexities of nationalism and identity in times of war and global displacement. Ultimately, these reflections on recent history become a potential manual for what can come next, once the wars are over. Throughout this journey of understanding her identity, the director takes us along an ambivalent path, offering a new perspective on the meaning of roots.

Anna Dziapshipa is a filmmaker and visual artist whose professional biography shows experience in art history, film producing, cultural management, experimental video and documentary film. Her work often explores transformation of physical borders into the memory and identity. She is co-founder and director of the documentary film company Sakdoc Film.

A selection of Salome Jashi’s short movies will be shown as an introduction to Anna Dziapshipa’s film. The event will consist of a debate, film and Q&A session, moderated by Tamara Tatishvili​​​​​​​.

Tamara Tatishvili worked for several years as Director of the Georgian National Film Center (2010–2013). Prior to that, Tamara co-founded and served as an Executive Director of the “Independent Filmmakers’ Association – South Caucasus” (IFA-SC). Since 2014 Tamara has been based in Brussels and works as an international industry consultant, combining various projects in leadership, strategy and industry insights. Since February 2020 Tamara is Head of Studies of FOCAL’s programme MEDICI – The Film Funding Journey. Last September, she was appointed Head of the Hubert Bals Fund at the IFFR.​​​​​​​

Program: 
​​​​​​​Their Helicopter, Salomé Jashi, 22'
Speechless, Salomé Jashi, 12' 
The Tower, Salomé Jashi, 4'
​​​​​​​Self-Portrait Along the Borderline, Anna Dziapshipa, 50'