Wir sehen uns in Tschetschenien

See You In Chechnya

From a media point of view, both Chechen wars were largely told through the lenses of foreign journalists – by adventurous lone wolf types who move from crisis region to crisis region. Georgia, 1999: the Second Chechen War has begun and Alex Kvatashidze decides to follow a female French photographer to the front. Until this moment, Chechnya seemed so far away. Unprepared, he is confronted with violence and misery, and notes naively that this war has nothing in common with what one normally sees in the media. Then, in 2008, Russian tanks roll into Georgian cities.

Source: Filmfestival goEast 2023