I Would Take All Your Misfortunes follows Luka and his mother Mia, the Madam of Lotus Spa, a massage parlor in Tbilisi. While working as a content-filter by day and an online gambling croupier by night, Luka begins to lose his vision, and his already alienated sense of reality begins to seep into the tangential and virtual. Meanwhile, Giorgi, a peddler and longtime customer of the Lotus Spa, seeks to manifest his love for Mia through naive gestures and misguided schemes. At a crisis of faith, the three lives intertwine as they attempt to navigate increasingly unattainable moments of personal connection.

Awards:

Honorable Mention for Best Canadian Film, Vancouver International Film Festival (2023)

Festival Selection:

São Paulo International Film Festival (2023), Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montreal (2023), Vancouver International Film Festival (2023), Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival (2024).

In Tbilisi, Georgia, an apartment tower sits in a liminal state, its construction halted at a critical juncture by the global pandemic. In its shadowy alcoves, Viktor (Matt Shally), a legendary drag queen, and Tarzan (Maqzime Rauch), a teenage drifter, have embraced their collective purgatorial languor, subsisting on brief instances of intimacy. While intermittent television reports apprise them of developments from the outside world, it’s increasingly unclear whether they’re still inhabiting this plane of existence.