Prisoner of Society (film)

Prisoner of Society (Georgian: სოციუმის პატიმარი; Sociumis patimari) is a 2018 Georgian short documentary film directed by Rati Tsiteladze. It is nominated for the European Film Academy for Best Short Film at the 31st European Film Awards[1]

Prisoner of Society
Film poster
სოციუმის პატიმარი
Directed byRati Tsiteladze
Produced byRati Tsiteladze
Nino Varsimashvili
StarringAdelina (anonymous)
CinematographyRati Tsiteladze
Edited byRati Tsiteladze
Production
company
ArtWay Film
Release date
  • May 11, 2018 (2018-05-11) (48th Tampere Film Festival)
Running time
16 minutes
CountryGeorgia
LanguageGeorgian

Critical reception

British Film Institute (BFI) called it "A provocative and confrontational" in Sight & Sound and named it among 10 short films to watch.[2]

The film won Best Documentary Award and qualified for the 91st Academy Awards at Tampere FF where there jury called it "riveting intimate documentary that is important to discuss not only in Europe but throughout the world."[3]

Seminci jury praised Tsiteladze's effective cinematographic mastery "the director overcomes his limitation of material resources to reflect with completeness of the complex history of life. The transgender protagonist is a prisoner of her body, of her parents, of society, of her own house, which reminds us that we are all prisoners of our prejudices and our ignorance.”[4]

Awards and nominations
Awards & nominations for Prisoner of Society
Year Association Award Category Status
2018
European Film Award Best Short Film Nominated
Tampere Film Festival Best Documentary (Oscar qualified) Won
Best European Short Film Won
Melbourne International Film Festival Grand Prix Nominated
Seminci - Valladolid International Film Festival Rainbow Spike (Special Mention) Won
Encounters Film Festival Brief Encounters Grand Prix Nominated
Odense International Film Festival Documentary Grand Prix Won
Uppsala International Short Film Festival Grand Prix Nominated
Leeds International Film Festival Queer Short Film Nominated
Cyprus International Short Film Festival Best Documentary Won
Cork Film Festival Best Short Nominated
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur Best Film Nominated
Galway Film Fleadh Best Short Film Nominated
Tofifest Special Mention Won
Rome Independent Film Festival Best International Short Film Nominated

References
  1. "The 31st European Film Awards: Prisoner of Society". European Film Awards. October 4, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  2. "The fast and the curious: 10 short films to watch at Encounters 2018". Sight & Sound. September 24, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  3. "Awarded Films 2018". tamperefilmfestival.fi. May 11, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  4. "63 Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid" (PDF). October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
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