Competition Programme  

Ramin Lomsadze, a 75-years old Georgian wrestler who once won seven matches in 55 seconds, is getting ready for a fight with his last and most formidable opponent – Loneliness. He boards a train and sets off for a remote Georgian village to seek out the girl he loved (and lost) fifty years ago. Will he find her? Will she remember him? Will a woman finally enter Ramin’s life? The film presents Ramin’s journey through the Georgian landscape and through the landscape of his memories.
 
Festivals and Awards

ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival, 2012 – Special Mention
Visions du Réel International Film Festival, Switzerland, 2011
Moscow International Film Festival, 2011
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, 2011

Audrius Stonys

He was born in Vilnius in 1966. In 1989 he graduated with a degree in TV and film directing from the Vilnius Conservatory. In 1989 he studied at the Jonas Mekas Film Anthology Archives in New York. In 1992 his film Earth of the Blind received the Felix Award from the European Film Academy as Best Documentary Film of the year. In 2004 and 2005 he lectured in documentary cinema at the European Film College in Denmark. He is an active participant at various international creative workshops and is also a jury member at film festivals.

Selected Filmography

Through Fire I Went, You Were With Me / Aš perėjau ugnį, tu buvai su manim (2010)
Four Steps / Keturi žingsniai (2008)
The Bell / Varpas (2007)
Uku Ukai / Ūkų ūkai (2006)
Fedia. Three Minutes after Big Bang / Fedia. Trys minutės po Didžiojo sprogimo (1999)
Earth of the Blind / Neregių žemė (1992)
Open the Door to Him Who Comes / Atverti duris ateinančiam (1989)