April

Please be aware that this film contains distressing scenes, including references to sexual violence and footage of medical procedures. The film deals with abortion, infant death, and other triggering content. Viewer discretion is therefore advised. Please click here for guidance from the BBFC

Nina is a skilled obstetrician at a maternity hospital in Eastern Georgia. After a tragedy strikes in the delivery room, the grief-stricken father demands an inquiry into her methods. The resulting scrutiny threatens to bring to light Nina's other, secret job – driving, through the stunningly beautiful countryside, to the village homes of pregnant girls and women to provide unsanctioned abortions – and to destroy the work that is the only source of meaning in her life.

Kulumbegashvili's second feature, a singular drama unfolding in rural Georgia premiered in competition at the 2024 Venice Film Festival where it earned the Special Jury Prize. Its UK premiere followed at the BFI London Film Festival in Official Competition, with additional screenings at Toronto, New York, San Sebastián and Sundance film festivals. Kulumbegashvili's first feature, Beginning, achieved a historic sweep at the San Sebastián Film Festival 2020, winning Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress for Ia Sukhitashvili.

April is produced by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Challengers), alongside Ilan Amouyal, David Zerat, Francesco Melzi D'Eril, Archil Gelovani, Gabriele Moratti, and Alexandra Rossi. Renowned cinematographer Arseni Khachaturan (Bones and All) and British experimental composer Matthew Herbert (The Wonder, Starve Acre) bring their distinctive talents to the film.