Film director, screenwriter, and producer Dea Kulumbegashvili was born and raised in Georgia. She studied film directing at Columbia University School of the Arts, and media studies at The New School in New York. Her debut short film Invisible Spaces (2014) was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 67th Cannes Film Festival. It was also the first film from independent Georgia to be part of the official competition at the festival. Her second short, Léthé (2016), was nominated for the Illy Prize at the 69th Cannes Film Festival. Beginning is her debut feature.