Magic Mountain

April is released from prison after having been busted as an illegal sex worker. In the basement of a luxury hotel in Tbilisi where she works, she meets Dije, a young man who has left his native country Nigeria behind. Believing he is on his way to Georgia in the United States, he finds himself in a country that offers him no future. April herself is hiding and coming to terms with a lost love that is better not spoken of in Georgian society. Between longing and survival, in the searing heat of the capital, an extraordinary relationship develops between these two people who live on the margins of society.

Nine-year-old Luka lives in a boarding school for deaf children. Somewhat hyperactive, the youngster finds it difficult to make friends, and he feels quite isolated – until he decides to take up traditional Georgian dancing and practise for the school’s end-of-year performance. Following this dream changes Luka’s life as he starts to feel the thrill of success.