Beginning, the debut film of Georgian filmmaker Dea Kulumbegashvili, has already made the rounds on the international festival circuit, nabbing important prizes along the way (it was part of the official selection of Cannes, awarded with the FIPRESCI prize at Toronto, four major awards won at San Sebastian, and so on); now that it has been screened by IFFR, Beginning can be streamed for free on Mubi in a few select countries (UK, Germany). Despite its apparent accessibility and of the collective praise that it won, Beginning is not at all a film that is easy to digest – the strong hand with which Kulumbegashvili juggles between divine grace and moral decay is at times merciless, just as how she keeps her protagonist locked in countless cages which she is never freed from.

Georgiana Mușat

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Journalist and film critic, with a master's degree in film critics. Collaborates with Scena9, Acoperișul de Sticlă, FILM and FILM Menu magazines. For Films in Frame, she brings the monthly top of films and writes the monthly editorial Panorama, published on a Thursday. In her spare time, she retires in the woods where she pictures other possible lives and flying foxes.

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