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Wikipedia article'Taming the Garden' is a 2021 documentary film directed by Salom Jashi, a former journalist. It was nominated for the 'World Cinema Documentary Competition' at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. PlotThe film documents the extreme lengths that Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgia's former prime minister and the world's 349th richest billionaire, goes to acquire trees for the construction of the Shekvetili Dendrological Park, an arboretum on his estate on the coast of the Black Sea. ReleaseThe film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival . ReceptionCritical responseClaire Armitstead said, "Taming the Garden is far from a balanced two-minute news report; it stands at the junction of documentary and myth".Awards and nominationsIt was nominated for the 'World Cinema Documentary Competition' at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. It was nominated as one of 15 documentary films at the 34th European Film Awards. It was nominated for the 'Audience Award, Insights' at the 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival. It won in the 'international DOCU/WORLD Competition' at DocuDays UA International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival. References | |
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