This unique screening features a 1929 Georgian avant-garde film accompanied by live organ music, with free admission. The film follows a dismissed bureaucrat who seeks help from an influential "grandmother" to regain employment, navigating the oppressive machinery of the Soviet-Stalinist state apparatus to obtain a crucial document. Director Kote Mikaberidze employs an innovative blend of live-action footage, stop-motion animation, slapstick comedy, and expressionistic cinematography to critique the bureaucratic system that oppressed citizens, though his characters attempt rebellion within the narrative.
The film was banned shortly after its 1929 release and remained prohibited for over forty years before finally being permitted to screen again. This surreal, constructivist masterpiece represents a bold artistic statement against totalitarian governance and showcases the experimental filmmaking techniques of the early Soviet avant-garde movement, making it a remarkable opportunity to experience cinema history with live musical accompaniment.