Harking back to the tradition of mystical, lyrical Georgian cinema, the exquisitely photographed Namme pits tradition against modernism in the tale of a young village woman who is torn about following in her father’s footsteps. Namme’s father Ali is the guardian of a healing spring and treats the locals with its curative waters. His grown sons have moved away from home and from their father’s beliefs. One is an Orthodox priest, one is a Muslim mullah and the last is a teacher (the area’s only one), obsessed with philosophy. Meanwhile, Namme shares her father’s belief in the power of the spring and its ageless fish as well as his healing touch. But Namme, like her brothers, has a yearning to go her own way, especially after she meets and heals a young van driver. Shooting in the remote southwest of Georgia, veteran director Zaza Khalvashi beautifully contrasts the sounds of running water and of silence.

In competition for the FIPRESCI Award.