Silent Georgian Cinema at the Pacific Film Archive

Salt for Svanetia (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1930)

Our friends at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive have teamed up with New York's Museum of Modern Art to present the largest retrospective and touring program of Georgian cinema ever mounted in North America. Spanning 100 years of filmmaking, this series includes several silent-era films with, of course, live music! PFA's principal accompanist, pianist Judith Rosenberg, will play, and BAM/PFA has commissioned a new score from composer Carl Linich for Eliso (Nikoloz Shengelaia, 1928), which will be performed by Trio Kavkasia, a vocal ensemble specializing in traditional vocal music from the Republic of Georgia.

The series started at the end of September, and has delights running through spring 2015. Download the brochure, watch the trailer below, and buy your tickets now!