Beginning (film)

Beginning (Georgian: დასაწყისი, dasats’q’isi, Dasatskisi), originally given the working title Naked Sky, is a Georgian-French drama film, directed by Déa Kulumbegashvili and released in 2020. The film was named as an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival in May 2020, but was not screened there due to the COVID-19 pandemic, yet it played in the Cannes 4-day event along with three other films. The film had its actual premiere at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September 2020, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. It was subsequently screened and won awards at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and holds the record for the most award in the main competition of the festival taking home Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress.

Beginning (film)

Beginning (Georgian: დასაწყისი, dasats’q’isi, Dasatskisi), originally given the working title Naked Sky, is a Georgian-French drama film, directed by Déa Kulumbegashvili and released in 2020. The film was named as an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival in May 2020, but was not screened there due to the COVID-19 pandemic, yet it played in the Cannes 4-day event along with three other films. The film had its actual premiere at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September 2020, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. It was subsequently screened and won awards at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and holds the record for the most award in the main competition of the festival taking home Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress.