April () is a 2024 drama film written and directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili. It stars Ia Sukhitashvili, Kakha Kintsurashvili and Merab Ninidze.
The film had its world premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize.
Nina, an obstetrician in rural Georgia who aids patients seeking abortions despite legal prohibition, must defend her values and actions when she is accused of negligence and subject to investigation.
Following the success of her first feature film Beginning, Kulumbegashvili was awarded a 2022 Baumi Script Development Award to begin work on her next feature, then titled Historia, about a Georgian obstetrician who provides illegal abortions. That December, Cineuropa reported that filming would commence the following March with financial support from Arte France Cinéma. It was shot by Georgian cinematographer Arseni Khachaturan, who also shot Beginning, on 35mm film.
April was acquired for international sales by Goodfellas, then known as Wild Bunch International. By December 2022, the project was slated for a 2024 release date, though Screen Daily reported in May 2023 that the film was expected to premiere at that year's Cannes Film Festival.
In July 2024, April was announced as a main competition entry at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. It has been selected for the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024 under the World Cinema section.
"Déa Kulumbegashvili presents an utterly uncompromising and audacious sophomore feature with <i>April</I> .... Rooted in female experience, KulumbegashviliâÂÂs curiously titled film is an odd, searing story about the nature of seeking and refusing to look away from the vivid realities of the feminine experience. The directorâÂÂs own pregnancy during production only furthers this tension of femininity through simultaneous motherhood, work, and artistic expression."
In June 2025, IndieWire ranked the film at number 53 on its list of "The 100 Best Movies of the 2020s (So Far)."