Wet Sand

A small village on the Black Sea. A community that believes it knows everything about its members. And a secret that remained hidden beneath the surface for decades. When Eliko is found dead, his granddaughter Moe returns from Tbilisi to the Georgian coastal village and uncovers a web of silence, prejudice, and suppressed truths. Together with a new friend, the bar owner Fleshka, she begins to unravel the story of Eliko’s hidden love life and his relationship with Amnon. Elene Naveriani’s WET SAND is a haunting portrait of a village caught between tradition and change, between affection and exclusion. Through rigorously composed imagery, the film tells the story of people fighting for visibility and freedom in a world shaped by patriarchy and intolerance. At the same time, it is a tender tale of love, memory, and the courage to break the silence. A poetic, powerful film from Georgia that gives a voice to rural outsider sand shows how personal resistance and intergenerational solidarity can transform entire communities.