Dry Leaf

Dry Leaf
International promotional poster
Georgianხმელი ფოთოლი
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Directed byAlexandre Koberidze
Screenplay byAlexandre Koberidze
Produced by
  • Mariam Shatberashvili
  • Luise Hauschild
  • Alexandre Koberidze
Starring
  • David Koberidze
  • Otar Nijaradze
CinematographyAlexandre Koberidze
Edited byAlexandre Koberidze
Music byGiorgi Koberidze
Production
company
New Matter Films
Distributed byHeretic (Germany)
Release date
  • 13 August 2025 (2025-08-13) (Locarno)
Running time
186 minutes
Countries
  • Germany
  • Georgia
Language
  • Georgian

Dry Leaf (Georgian: ხმელი ფოთოლი) is a 2025 experimental road movie produced, written and directed by Alexandre Koberidze, starring his father David Koberidze as Irakli, it follows a father searching his missing daughter across rural Georgia.

The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 78th Locarno Film Festival on 13 August 2025, where it won the Special Mention prize.

It is Koberidze's second film shot in digital 144p low resolution following Let the Summer Never Come Again (2017).