# 'April' Director Dea Kulumbegashvili

An episode of [IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1142632832), 2 May 2025, 42 min.

Audio: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PMC6622643977.mp3?updated=1746124962

Directing 'April' put director Dea Kulumbegashvili and her team into hot water with the Gerogian Government. Dea joined IndieWire's Chris O'Falt to talk through the ways she tackled controversial topics like abortion in her film, and how catching parts of 'First Blood' on TV during rare electricity surges hooked her on cinema. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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