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Taming the Garden and a Masterclass with Salome Jashi
film and masterclass
05.12.2026 17:30
A millionaire’s spectacular whim versus the well-being of the local community.
Centuries-old trees are being transported across Georgia by truck and ship to end up in the private garden of one of the country’s most powerful men, former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili. His peculiar passion for collecting sets in motion a massive logistical operation: new roads must be built, power lines cut, and surrounding vegetation destroyed to satisfy one man’s whim. Salomé Jashi observes this process from a distance, allowing the absurdity of the situation to reveal successive layers of meaning.
Monumental trees, resembling giants torn from their roots, bear witness to the conflict between private whim and the common good, human domination and nature, wealth and the powerlessness of local communities.
In carefully composed shots, reality takes on the dimension of an allegorical parable about power that knows no bounds. The titular “subjugation of the garden” turns out to be an attempt to subjugate the entire world, even at the cost of its destruction.
Ewa Szabłowska
Age rating: 15+
Centuries-old trees are being transported across Georgia by truck and ship to end up in the private garden of one of the country’s most powerful men, former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili. His peculiar passion for collecting sets in motion a massive logistical operation: new roads must be built, power lines cut, and surrounding vegetation destroyed to satisfy one man’s whim. Salomé Jashi observes this process from a distance, allowing the absurdity of the situation to reveal successive layers of meaning.
Monumental trees, resembling giants torn from their roots, bear witness to the conflict between private whim and the common good, human domination and nature, wealth and the powerlessness of local communities.
In carefully composed shots, reality takes on the dimension of an allegorical parable about power that knows no bounds. The titular “subjugation of the garden” turns out to be an attempt to subjugate the entire world, even at the cost of its destruction.
Ewa Szabłowska
Age rating: 15+
