Temo Re

Told entirely through black-and-white photographs, this double IFFR award-winner follows a struggling actor-turned-courier across Tbilisi.

For a broke actor, who works as a delivery man to make a living, a daily ride across Tbilisi morphs into a nightmarish vision of poverty, corruption and estranged, eerie characters from Georgia’s past and present. It’s an adaptation of Temo Rekhviashvili’s award-winning debut novel “Courier’s Tales”, who plays himself in the film. “Temo Re” is the director’s debut film, told through black-and-white photo montage, and crafted with no budget, crew or institutional support. It premiered this year at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, winning a prestigious Tiger Short Award and the KNF Award from the Circle of Dutch Film Journalists.

This film is shown together with “Inventory” as part of the special screening “Still Life in Motion”.

Programme section: Still Life in Motion
Original title: თემო რე | Year: 2025 | Duration: 50′
Country: Georgia | Language: Georgian | Subtitles: English
Director: Anka Gujabidze | Production: Anka Gujabidze | Screenplay: Temo Rekviashvili, Anka Gujabidze, Salome Asatiani | Cinematography: Anka Gujabidze | Editing: Anka Gujabidze, Levan Butkhuzi

FESTIVALS & AWARDS (SELECTION) 

International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2025 – World Premiere; Tiger Award for Best Short Film, KNF Award | Brive Film Festival, 2025 – SFCC Critic’s Award | Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival, 2025

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

Anka Gujabidze (1987) is a visual artist based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Before shifting into filmmaking, Anka worked as a professional photographer for more than 10 years, specialising in documentary, conceptual and portrait photos. She has an MA degree in Photography from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Gent, Belgium, and a BA in Animation from the Theatre and Film University in Tbilisi, Georgia. She authored several projects, including “Death to Mosquitoes During Summer Days” (2019), “You Got It Today” (2020), “Bianka” (2015), and “What the Hell Brought You Here?” (2013). In 2024, Anka completed “Temo Re,” adopting the format of a black-and-white photo montage.