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\nThis week, BAM is partnering with the prestigious International Film Festival Rotterdam<\/a> to present to American audiences the winners of IFFR’S Tiger competition (given to first- or second-time filmmakers). I went to many of the press screenings last week (as should be obvious by now), and reviewed as many as I could. The screenings for the public are going on this week (see schedule in link above), and this is a great opportunity to get a look at films that have little to no chance of getting distributed in the States.<\/p>\n Here is my review of the Georgian film Street Days<\/i><\/a>, directed by Levan Koguashvili. A bleak and also hysterically funny tale about life on the streets of Tbilisi, Street Days<\/i> focuses on one junkie, Checkie, and his moral dilemma. The cops want him to procure drugs for Ika, a teenage boy, who is the son of a minister in the government. Ika is the son of Checkie’s childhood friend. Checkie is a junkie, a magnificent portrayal of the dead-end quality and yet also the manic desperation of addiction. Add to that an insightful portrayal of life in Georgia right now – the birthplace of Stalin – and you get a fascinating film. Go check out my review. It screens at BAM on Monday – that is, today (follow link above for more information).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week, BAM is partnering with the prestigious International Film Festival Rotterdam to present to American audiences the winners of IFFR’S Tiger competition (given to first- or second-time filmmakers). I went to many of the press screenings last week (as … Continue reading