#atwd interview

Sweden is in many ways similar to Georgia, very homogenous country and if you have dark hair and you look like me it's always gonna be like: oh, where are you actually from? Like: what's your origin? And there's a sort of casual racism still I would say is Sweden. I think that Europe, especially northern Europe is quite tricky in that sense. So, yeah, I mean I've always had that sense of being an outsider. If I'm in Sweden or if I'm here then it's always like: oh, yeah, he's georgian but not really or like: he's swedish but not really. You know I think that's a part of stories that I tell. My stories are often about people who go from one place to another, or, you know, can't fit in. Like in And Then We Danced. You know, And Then We Danced is about a boy who desperately wants to love his culture, to love his tradition but he's not allowed to because he's different. So I think that theme is something very close to me.