The Trader (Sovdagari)

 is a Georgian short documentary film directed by Tamta Gabrichidze. This film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on February 2, 2018, then it became available for streaming on Netflix as an original documentary a week later on February 9, 2018. This film documents a traveling trader living in poverty in the rural life of the Republic of Georgia.

Summary
"A traveling trader provides a window into rural life in the Republic of Georgia, where potatoes are currency and ambition is crushed by poverty."

- Official Netflix synopsis

Awards
It won the Best Short Documentary Award at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 2017, and the Sundance Film Festival Short Film Jury Award.