In the Land of Wolves

2018, 97 minutes

This is a poetic portrait of a small village filmed across the seasons. It focuses on family relations and issues of working the land in a timeless place of transience and refuge.

Directed By:Grace McKenzie
Country:Georgia / Australia
Language:Georgian, Ossetian, German, French, Georgian Sign
Subtitles:English

Filmmaker Grace McKenzie came across the village of Argokhi by bicycle. So intrigued by the inhabitants and their history, she returns again and again to document life across the seasons. We meet Jimmy, a subsistence farmer who is deaf. His family are of mixed Ossetian and Georgian origins. Jimmy's mother arranged his marriage. It failed and Jimmy returned to inherit his grandmother's turkeys. Their neighbour Sveta, who knew nothing of farming now has a vineyard, and Frenchman Jean-Jacques brings change. In the Land of Wolves is a poetic symphony of the Georgian village of Argokhi.

Credits

Appearing

JIMMY KORBEZASHVILI
ANO MEZVRISHVILI
OTAR KORBEZASHVILI
NORA KORBEZASHVILI

NANA KHARATI

SVETLANA MELADZE
EMZARI MELADZE
KOBA MELADZE

JEAN-JACQUES JACOB
ROSA DEGENHARDT
JANNES ROSIG
JOHANNA MARIE RICHTER
MARIA STENGLEIN
THALIA STASCHOK
RAINER SAX
KHATUNA ARATANASHVILI
MARCO BUONOMO
TIPHAINE CHEVEAU

TOBIAS, PIERRE, ZOÉ & INKEN

EMZARI MANAVLISHVILI
TEKO MANAVLISHVILI
RUBEN MANAVLISHVILI
LALI ZUCHRUKADZE

TEA JAVAKHISHVILI

MAIA RAZMADZE
NIKA KAVTARADZE

MZIA KOTSKHISHVILI
ASIK KOTSKHISHVILI

NINO ICHUAIDZE
ANNA-MARIA ICHUAIDZE

ELSA TORKINASHVILI
NODARI TORKINASHVILI
NATO TORKINASHVILI

TAMAR RAJEBASHVILI -TSANKASHVILI
SABA TSANKASHVILI
LIZI TSANKASHVILI
MANANA TSUKOSHVILI
NANO RAZMADZE
VANO DANELISHVILI
MANANA JAVAKHISHVILI
MAIA DANELISHVILI
DAVID GURASPISHVILI

SOSO KOTSKHISHVILI
ALAN TEDESHVILI
RUSLAN KHINTCHAGASHVILI
REZO MAMULASHVILI
VADIM TEDESHVILI

DODIKA VALISHVILI
WASSIKO KIKISHVILI
ALIKA MEKVEVRISHVILI

ROBINSON GOBESHVILI
REBECCA GOBESHVILI
SERGO PILISHVILI
VEPKHO TEDESHVILI
ETERI TEDESHVILI
BELA TEDESHVILI
MZIA TEDESHVILI
TAMAZI VALISHVILI
TEONA VALISHVILI
MARI VALISHVILI
VALERA VALISHVILI
TEBRO KORBEZASHVILI

Director
GRACE McKENZIE

Producer
BRIAN McKENZIE

Cinematography
GRACE McKENZIE
BRIAN McKENZIE

Composer
MICHAEL ALLEN

Editor
GRACE McKENZIE

Production Assistant
MARISHA KAZARYAN

Boom Operator, 2nd unit
VAKHO MIKABERIDZE

Locations & Accomodation
JEAN-JACQUES JACOB

Georgian Assistant
TAMARA JANASHIA

Editing Consultant
KEN SALLOWS

Post Production Services
DAVID HAMMERTON

Supervising Sound Editor & Re-Recording Mixer
ANDREW NEIL

Sound Effects Editor
CAMERON GRANT

Sound Mix Facility
BOOM TRACKS

Audio Consultant
LLOYD CARRICK

Music Consultant
JOSEPH JORDANI

Colourist
CHARLIE ELLIS

Post Facility
ROAR DIGITAL

Title Design
RICHARD DE SILVA

Signing Translation & Interpreting
MAIA RAZMADZE
IZOLDA MACHAVARIANI PAPIDZE

Translation & Interpreting in Georgia
MARISHA KAZARYAN
TAMAR KVARTSKHAVA
ALEKSANDER KAJRISHVILI
MAREH SHERVASHIDZE
MARIAM KVARTSKHAVA
TAMARA JANASHIA
VAKHO MIKABERIDZE
TAMARA KURDADZE

Translation & Interpreting in Australia
DAVID BALOYAN
IRMA BALOYAN
TATIANA BAKHTADZE

German Translation
ACHIM FORST

Ossetian Translation
ELENA PAPELISHVILI

Musical Performances

Traditional folk songs: Mizangula, Giabliani, Song of Svaneti
Played and sung by Dariko, Girshel, Besso and Betkilo Firtskhelani.

“Verkhvis Potolta Tetri Lashkari”
Sung by Ano Mezvrishvili
Based on a poem by Galaktion Tabidze
Music by Jakob Bobokhidze.

Harmonic voices
Singing Swiss farmers from the group Jodlerklub Wattwil.

“Abun d bashmayo”
Sung by Yannick Loyer

“Hejo, span den Wagen an”
Based on “Hey Ho Nobody Home” Written by Thomas Ravenscroft
Sung by Johanna Marie Richter and Maria Stenglein.

“Sonata No. 37 in D”
Writen by Joseph Haydn
Performed by Johanna Marie Richter

Children’s Christmas concert performed by Telavi Public School

“Cello Concerto No. 2 in D”
Written by Joseph Haydn
Performed by Colyer Durovich

Thanks To
RUSLIN KHAJIMURIT
NATALIA MAMAGULISHVILI
LILIANE CARTER
PIERRE BARNOUX
GIORGI RAZMADZE
LIA BERDEZEMADZE
NANA KAVTARADZE
TAMAR KUCHISHVILI
ELIZABETH McKENZIE
ALICE BELL
GEORG WALTER
TELAVI DEAF UNION