Holy Electricity (Filmfest Aachen 2025)

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This screening is part of Filmfest Aachen 2025

Georgia, 2024, 104 min, Tato Kotetishvili, Georgian, NRW Premiere
Original version with english subtitles

Tato Kotetishvili's debut Holy Electricity is a unique film that finds the extraordinary in the ordinary and poetry in the absurd. It follows Goga and his uncle Bart, who craft neon crosses from scrap, creating their own world and aesthetic. With non-professional actors, the film shines through humor, warmth, poverty, teenage romance, and a subtle queerness. Tbilisi's landscape is more than a backdrop - it shapes the tone and rhythm of this quietly rebellious, deeply human story.

Tato Kotetishvili's directorial debut Holy Electricity is a unique film that seeks the extraordinary in the everyday. Goga and his uncle Bart build neon crosses out of scrap metal and create their own aesthetic in the process. The non-professional actors lend the film a special authenticity. Humor, poverty, teenage love and a subtle queer note characterize the emotional fabric. Tbilisi is more than just a backdrop - it shapes the tone of this quietly rebellious, deeply human story. A poetic look at the absurd.

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