Elene Naveriani is a filmmaker influenced by the avant-garde but most at home with traditional narrative (in the background: Portuguese actress Leonor Silveira, who lent her portrait in the 1993 classic "Vale Abraão" for the poster of the Director's Fortnight section, where Naveriani's film was screened). Christopher Small read aloud pause X Geneva-based Elene Naveriani’s Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry was the most remarkable Swiss film to premiere at Cannes this year, exploring taboos and marginalised figures in the Georgian director’s home country. This content was published on June 5, 2023 Christopher Small A middle-aged, raven-eyed woman, Etero (Eka Chavleishvili), walks alongside...