‘My Happy Family’ wins Transilvania International Film Festival

The award-winning new feature My Happy Family by the directorial duo of Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross has won the Transilvania International Film Festival.

The film tells the story of a 52-year-old Georgian woman caught up in a conflict between her family and her personal freedom. Photo: My Happy Family/Facebook

Receiving Transilvania Trophy, in amount of 15.000 euro, My Happy Family, a German-Georgian-French co-production was released last year with supported by various European cinema funds and agencies.

For her excellent performance actress Ia Shugliashvili also received Best Performance Award, in amount of 1.500 euro, offered by Conceptual Lab.

’My Happy Family’ will be screened in Georgian cinemas this autumn. Photo by TIFF

The film tells the story of a 52-year-old Georgian woman caught up in a conflict between her family and her personal freedom, and who has to face the results of her decisions that cause divisions and confrontation between the people around her.