A Cinema of Silence: Discussing April

Join us for a discussion of Dea Kulumbegashvili’s April (2024), a stark and unsettling film that moves between intimate human drama, social reality, and something more mysterious and abstract.

Rather than simply reviewing the film, we’ll explore its visual language, pacing, use of silence, sexuality, motherhood, and the tension between the everyday and the uncanny. We’ll also discuss what Kulumbegashvili’s austere style makes possible—and what it asks from the viewer.

No preparation or specialist knowledge required. Come with your interpretations, questions, disagreements, and uncertainties. The discussion is the point.