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The Next Best Picture Podcast

Interview With "April" Filmmaker Dea Kulumbegashvili

The Next Best Picture Podcast

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2542 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

"April" had its world premiere at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, where it received positive reviews and won the Special Jury Prize. Filmmaker Déa Kulumbegashvili ("Beginning") takes us into rural Georgia as we follow an obstetrician who aids patients seeking abortions despite legal prohibition and must defend her values and actions when she is accused of negligence and subject to investigation. Kulumbegashvili was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about her work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which will be released in theaters by Metrograph Pictures on April 24th. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You are listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Amos Sassik's interview with the director and writer for the film April.

0:08.7

Dea Columbegishville.

0:10.2

There, we're, I'm sorry to say, I'm sorry to say, I'm sorry about.

0:16.9

This is our sound, group of sound like to be a specialist.

0:22.6

I don't know. Nina, we have always been a specialist. And I'm a lot of people. But we're not, we're not if we're going to be able to do with us,

0:27.6

but we're, if we're going to do with us,

0:29.6

the first reason, Nina, so, I had to have it for you.

0:35.6

It's incredible. Thank you so much.

0:40.3

Of course. How are you? Thank you. Good. How are you?

0:42.3

I'm doing just fine, a little tired, but I'm okay otherwise.

0:47.3

Thank you so much for your time today.

0:51.3

Is it okay if I take a screenshot?

0:55.2

Please do.

0:58.8

I'm happy that you enjoy my background.

1:00.7

Yeah.

1:05.8

Well, I'm so thrilled to be able to be speaking with you about your film.

1:13.0

I had the opportunity to watch it way back in Venice when it was premiered. And so I know that it's been a long journey for this film to come out. And so I'm happy that I had a chance to revisit it again.

1:18.4

And to have a lot of visceral reactions to this film, I think you knew exactly what you were doing

1:25.2

when making this film and really getting people to

1:28.1

talk about it and view it in a number of different ways so I applaud you for the the

1:34.2

ways that you come back you've put together this film it's not always easy to handle

1:40.0

though I would say because sometimes'm that very emotional of course.

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