In the Land of Wolves

A portrait of a Georgian village filmed across the seasons, focusing on family intricacies and working the land in a place of transience and refuge.

"Filmmaker Grace McKenzie came across the village of Argokhi by bicycle. Intrigued by the inhabitants and their history, she returned again and again to document life across the seasons. We meet Jimmy, a subsistence farmer who is deaf. His family are of mixed Ossetian and Georgian origins. Jimmy’s mother arranged his marriage. It failed and Jimmy returned to inherit his grandmother’s turkeys. Their neighbour Sveta, who knew nothing about farming, now has a vineyard, and Frenchman Jean-Jacques also brings change." (Sydney Film Festival)

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