Shindisi tells the story of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war through the fate of 17 Georgian soldiers who died during the Shindisi battle. The script was written by Irakli Solomanashvili based on real facts and the cast includes Georgian actors as well as real Georgian soldiers with combat equipment.
Acting
Real soldiers bring unperformative authenticity no actor can fake.
Production
Actual combat equipment from the 2008 war.
Direction
Tsintsadze refuses to glorify what he refuses to forget.
Director
Dito Tsintsadze
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 2008 war lasted five days and killed hundreds, yet remains barely covered in Western media — this film is essentially corrective history.
Director Dito Tsintsadze cast actual Georgian veterans with PTSD; several had fought at Shindisi itself.
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