KIN-DZA-DZA: Desert Visions Film Week at FOMO Cinema Tbilisi
Tuesday 23. June at 20:30 - 22:45
FOMO Secret Cinema, Tbilisi
June 23-28 FOMO presents Desert Visions, a journey through some of cinema's most unforgettable deserts. From Australian outback nightmares and American road movies to spaghetti westerns, Soviet science fiction, spiritual quests, and stories of people searching for meaning at the edge of civilisation. These are films about vast landscapes, strange encounters, reinvention, survival, and what happens when the familiar world falls away.
KIN-DZA-DZA!
Georgiy Daneliya | 1986 | Soviet Union | Russian with English subtitles | 2h15m
If I had to choose a single film this week that most people have never seen but are most likely to fall in love with, it would probably be KIN-DZA-DZA!.
A Moscow construction worker and a student encounter a strange drifter, press the wrong button on a mysterious device, and suddenly find themselves stranded on a distant desert planet. From there the film becomes a science-fiction odyssey filled with absurd customs, bizarre technology, social hierarchies, and some of the driest humour ever put on screen.
What makes KIN-DZA-DZA! so special is that it feels completely unlike anything else. It's funny, melancholy, philosophical, ridiculous, and strangely moving all at the same time. The desert landscapes could easily belong to a post-apocalyptic future, yet the film is really about human behaviour. Status, power, language, greed, friendship, and the arbitrary rules societies create for themselves.
I've programmed it as the opening film of Desert Visions because it captures the spirit of the entire season. A journey into an unfamiliar landscape where the rules no longer make sense and where every encounter forces you to see the world a little differently.
For me, it's one of cinema's great discoveries and it was directed by one of Georgia's most beloved directors.. This is the sort of film you spend years recommending to people after you first see it.
FOOD AND DRINK POLICY: FOMO Cinema Lounge Bar opens 1 hour before the first screening of the day and closes at 02:00, serving a wide selection of beer, wine, cocktails, and non-alcoholic refreshments including coffee and tea, as well as fresh hot popcorn! Outside food is allowed in the bar but not in the cinema. No alcohol from outside allowed. All guests are invited to arrive early and stay late!
LOCATION: FOMO Secret Cinema, Bazari Orbeliani, Tbilisi. A five minute walk from Liberty Square metro.
HOW TO FIND FOMO: Enter Bazari Orbeliani via Atoneli St above Carrefour and take the stairs on your left to Level 1. Signage on the door. You can also check our Instagram story highlights for a video showing exactly how to find us: https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTMzMTA2Mjk0MDI5MjM1
FOMO Secret Cinema • Bazari Orbeliani, 0105 Tbilisi, Georgia
