Dreams of a Sleeping Dragon

For more than a year, citizens have staged nightly demonstrations in front of Georgia's parliament to challenge the autocratic regime of the ruling party Georgian Dream. A leaderless community, united by hopes for a European future and independence from Russia, yet divided on the means to reach it. While the government attempts to quell the protests through police violence, steep fines, and pressure on the judiciary, the demonstrators chant the names of political prisoners every evening. Among the participants is twelve-year-old Aguna, wandering the protest ground alone. This is the story of a child whose childhood is stripped away by adults—and who declares himself an adult, a conviction Aguna will not let anyone take away from him.