A story of vulture conservation from the Eagle Gorge of Kakheti, Georgia. Creatures our world’s ecosystems depend on.
Georgian title: “გაუჩინარებული ცის ღმერთები”
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Vanishing Sky Lords synopsis
Vanishing Sky Lords (გაუჩინარებული ცის ღმერთები) tells a story of vultures; a creature of crucial importance in our ecosystems, that in many parts of the world, face a battle against extinction.
Vultures have gone from a prominent figure in tales and myths, in various ancient civilisations, to a misunderstood – and even misrepresented species. In reality, they provide a needed function in our planet’s biodiversity systems – and are one of nature’s “unsung heroes”.
In the Kakheti region of eastern Georgia, a country of the Caucasus, wildlife conservationists study their population of vultures, and explore their own mythical tale of Paskunji (ფასკუნჯი).
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Media coverage
Included in Patagonia Pro community newsletter
Front page in Georgia Today newspaper
Awards
- Vaasa Wildlife Film Festival – Finland
- Festival du Film Vert – France
- China International Green Film Week – China
- International Folklore Film Festival – India
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The stills above features: Nika Paposhvili and Nika Kerdikoshvili carrying out fieldwork in Eagle Gorge (located in the Kakheti region of Georgia) on behalf of Ilia State University (Tbilisi, Georgia), artwork of a Bearded Vulture and the film cover artwork created by Luka Tkemaladze.
The following images are available for republishing, providing a link to the film or this page are provided. The images are available for download on this Google Drive folder.
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Paskunji is a mythical-fairytale bird from the stories of Kartvelian (pre-Christian Georgian) mythology.
The creature is described to have the body of a lion; yet with the beak, wings, and claws of an eagle. It moves between the underworld and the afterlife. The creature was said to be intelligent, thoughtful, sometimes even talkative.
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