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Robert Hope is an American documentary filmmaker and Fulbright Fellow based between San Francisco and Tbilisi. His films have screened at Oscar-qualifying festivals, and he holds an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin. Anna R. Japaridze is a British-Georgian filmmaker and Sundance Ignite Fellow. She holds an MFA from Stanford University, and her films have screened at international festivals and exhibitions.
Help us raise funds to support the family and the daughter Mariam's access to specialised care. Help us bring "I Ran Up and I Ran Down", to life, share the story of a family raising a daughter with a cognitive disability in the remote mountains of Tusheti.
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Visit the Cookie Policy pageI Ran Up and I Ran Down, a documentary by Anna R. Japaridze and Robert Hope, follows 16-year-old Mariam, who has spent eight winters isolated with her mother in Tusheti, a remote mountain region cut off by snow for half the year.
Filmed over four years, this intimate coming-of-age story follows Mariam as she navigates the challenges of growing up with a cognitive disability, takes her first steps toward adulthood, and finds her place in a rapidly changing community where traditional ways of life are disappearing.
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