Documentary film “Europe in Javakheti”

Javakheti – a farthermost region in the south of Georgia; Villages that are sometimes unreachable even for Jeeps and trucks and a Europe built in a Soviet-period farm; How the cheese is produced from the milk provided by Swedish cows and an European-style collective farm; How a remote and godforsaken village of Kartsakhi was turned into an international arterial highway passing through the alpine zone and connecting western and eastern economies; Utter poverty of the local residents and the rescue from Europe – you can see it all in the film.

European Union launched agriculture assistance program in three regions of Georgia 5 years ago. Javakheti was one of those regions. Projects worth 1.5 million Euros were implemented in Akhalkalaki district; they covered live-stock farming, apiculture, fishing and agriculture spheres. Food safety program is being elaborated in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia; it should encourage export of Georgian products abroad. The project was finished two years ago, but the cooperative farm in Kartsakhi village is still successfully functioning.

Author – Dachi Grdzelishvili

Cameraman – David Lomidze

Film Director – Toma Chagelishvili