April

TBC134 min

Synopsis

Nina (Ia Sukhitashvili) is a skilled obstetrician at a maternity hospital in Eastern Georgia. After a tragedy strikes in the delivery room, the grief-stricken father demands an inquiry into her methods. The resulting scrutiny threatens to bring to light Nina’s other, secret job – driving, through the stunningly beautiful countryside, to the village homes of pregnant girls and women to provide unsanctioned abortions – and to destroy the work that is the only source of meaning in her life.

Dea Kulumbegashvili’s second feature premiered in competition at the 2024 Venice Film Festival where it earned the Special Jury Prize. Its UK premiere followed at the BFI London Film Festival in Official Competition, with additional screenings at Toronto, New York, San Sebastián and Sundance film festivals.

The producers include Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Challengers) and April reunites Kulumbegashvili with key collaborators from her debut feature Beginning. Renowned cinematographer Arseni Khachaturan (Bones and All) and British experimental composer Matthew Herbert (The Wonder, Starve Acre) bring their distinctive talents to the film.