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Taming the Garden
Salt Beyoğlu, Online
February 20, 2026 19.00
![Imgi 46 1517 <i>Taming the Garden</i> [Bahçeyi Evcilleştirmek] (2021) filminden bir kare
©Vadim Jendreyko, Erik Winker, Martin Roelly, Salomé Jashi](/directus/media/thumbnails/imgi_46_1517-jpg-780-5000-false.jpg)
Still from Taming the Garden (2021)
©Vadim Jendreyko, Erik Winker, Martin Roelly, Salomé Jashi
©Vadim Jendreyko, Erik Winker, Martin Roelly, Salomé Jashi
February 20, 19.00, Salt Beyoğlu, Walk-in Cinema
March 1–8, saltonline.org
Taming the Garden (2021)
Director: Salomé Jashi
91 minutes
Georgian; Turkish and English subtitles
Taming the Garden follows the former prime minister of Georgia, who has developed an extraordinary and unsettling hobby: collecting centuries-old trees from across the country. By commissioning teams to uproot these massive trees, some as tall as fifteen-storey buildings, he has them transported to his private garden along Georgia’s coastline. To make these transplants possible, landscapes are radically altered: trees are cut down, roads are carved through mandarin plantations, and electric cables are rerouted.
Centering on the act of uprooting, director Salomé Jashi reveals a process that reshapes both natural and built environments. Exposing the asymmetries of power embedded in extraction and control, the film offers a critical reflection on ownership, displacement, and the transformation of landscapes.
Following the Walk-in Cinema screening on Friday, February 20 at 19.00, the film will be streamed at saltonline.org between March 1–8. Online access is limited to audiences in Turkey.
March 1–8, saltonline.org
Taming the Garden (2021)
Director: Salomé Jashi
91 minutes
Georgian; Turkish and English subtitles
Taming the Garden follows the former prime minister of Georgia, who has developed an extraordinary and unsettling hobby: collecting centuries-old trees from across the country. By commissioning teams to uproot these massive trees, some as tall as fifteen-storey buildings, he has them transported to his private garden along Georgia’s coastline. To make these transplants possible, landscapes are radically altered: trees are cut down, roads are carved through mandarin plantations, and electric cables are rerouted.
Centering on the act of uprooting, director Salomé Jashi reveals a process that reshapes both natural and built environments. Exposing the asymmetries of power embedded in extraction and control, the film offers a critical reflection on ownership, displacement, and the transformation of landscapes.
Following the Walk-in Cinema screening on Friday, February 20 at 19.00, the film will be streamed at saltonline.org between March 1–8. Online access is limited to audiences in Turkey.
