GONDOLA

GONDOLA

GONDOLA

Director: Veit Helmer
Feature film | Germany, Georgia | 2023
82 min | Dolby 5.1

57th Hof International Film Festival
2023

A cable car connects a village in the Georgian mountains with a small town in the valley. Iva started working with the cable cars as a conductor and is now in charge of dispatching the gondolas. While one of the gondolas goes up to the village, the other one heads down to the valley. Halfway through the journey, the gondolas meet every half hour. This is exactly the moment when Iva and Nino, the conductor of the other gondola, meet each time. Little by little, they surprise each other and exchange gifts. At first only collegial greetings are exchanged, but over time, a flirtation develops. What follows is great love and stress with the boss.

With Mathilde Irrmann, Nini Soselia

Cinematography Goga Devdariani, Editing Moritz Geiser, Iordanis Karaisaridis, Production design Bacho Makharadze, Sound Design Matz Müller, Music Malcolm Arison, Soley Stefansdóttir