My name is Meri Dalloway. I was born in 1993 in Georgia, but I have been living in Germany for the past ten years. From a young age, I was captivated by all things creative. I painted, wrote stories and poems, and devoured brilliant works of Georgian and international literature. I would often imagine how I might bring the characters, costumes, and settings from these stories to life, whether on stage or screen. Even at that early age, I knew that one day I would become a film director. As a child, I was fascinated by older people's life stories, spending hours talking to my grandparents and even interviewing a WWII veteran at 12, which remains one of my fondest memories. The 2008 war in Georgia deeply impacted me, fueling my creative work with themes of loss, death, and heroism. I expanded my outlets to photography, school theater, and short films. After school, I gained international experience as an au pair and later worked in a dementia ward during a voluntary social year. That year, with all its challenges, provided me with invaluable insights and inspiration. In 2019, I achieved my dream of studying film directing in Germany, producing several short films and working as an assistant director on the TV series "Alarm für Cobra 11". Inspired by a documentary on Giuli Chokheli, Georgia's legendary jazz singer, I wrote and directed "Giuli - It Was A Dream" in 2022/2023, a film that has won over forty international awards. Since last year, I have been working on my debut novel. It challenges traditional female roles and delves into the inner struggles and tensions that arise when one defies societal expectations. At its core, the novel explores themes such as the role of women in society, mental health, loneliness and isolation, guilt, power and control, paranoia, and obsession. I hope to share this novel with you very soon!