Atlanta Jewish Film Festival – Nandauri

Set against the stark beauty of rural Georgia, this atmospheric character study traces an Israeli lawyer’s return to the suffocating Caucasus mountain village she fled, forcing her to reconcile the past she tried to outrun. Tasked with retrieving an abandoned boy, the self-possessed, stylish Marina (Neta Riskin) enters an uneasy partnership with his devoted uncle Dato (Roland Okropiridze) whose old-world machismo and guarded resentment complicate her mission. In a traditional community marked by silence, scarcity, and buried wounds, sharp divides surface on a charged road trip to Tbilisi. Winner of the Jerusalem Film Festival top prize and five Israeli Academy Awards—including Director, Actress and Cinematography—this slow-burn drama builds toward a provocative reckoning over what home truly demands.