4 films by Otar Iosseliani

Multi awardwinner at the Cannes Venice and Berlin Film Festivals Otar Iosseliani is a Georgian filmmaker whose works feel like silent talkies They contain a unique sense of nostalgia and a poetic casualness that is characterized by the joyous pessimism of his universe In 1962 the short film completed at the end of his studies April was immediately banned by the Soviet authorities His first three features Falling Leaves 1966 There Once Was a Singing Blackbird 1970 Pastorale 1976 were similarly banned or restricted severely on release