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BLACK NIGHTS 2025 Competition

George Ovashvili • Director of The Moon Is a Father of Mine

"The fight is to do your work and do it well — to make strong films"

by Ana Stanic

The Georgian filmmaker opened up about his film’s autobiographical echoes and the collaborative weight of an intricate European co-production spanning six countries

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We met George Ovashvili at the 29th Black Nights Film Festival, where The Moon Is a Father of Mine [+see also:
film review
interview: George Ovashvili
film profile
]
premiered in competition. Against the backdrop of an approaching civil war, the film tracks a fragile relationship between father and son in the wild Georgian mountains. Ovashvili opened up about the film’s autobiographical echoes and the collaborative weight of an intricate European co-production spanning six countries.

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