For the first time in the history of Georgian film, the portal of Georgian film criticism.
The project is funded by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth of Georgia.
Overview of Georgian Film
The platform Georgian Film Review is dedicated to an overview of modern Georgian film, its
features, trends, major aspects, and new movies; however, the reader will also find some materials from the history of Georgian film and also the best reviews developed in the early years by the film critics of the older generation.
Professional and student film critics are involved in the working process of the website, whose analytical articles regarding Georgian professional and student feature, documentary, and animated films will greatly contribute to the refinement and development of our film criticism as well as the popularization of the Georgian national film.
The website is bilingual, in Georgian and English, in order to provide desirable and proper information for both local and international movie fans.
Poverty is one of the most important social and economic phenomena that affects the integrity and development prospects of both the individual and society. It is defined by the lack of material, educational, or cultural opportunities, which limits a person’s social integration and a dignified life. Frequently, deprivation, poverty, and various needs destroy moral boundaries. This is the reason why poverty has become an important and interesting topic in cinema, as the visual narrative convincingly reflects the social contradictions and individual feelings that arise as a result of poverty. Soso Bliadze’s student film, “The Most Precious” (2012), tells the story
Gvantsa Meparishvili’s short psychological film, “Number 26” (2021), tells the story not only of a physical tragedy, but also of human uncertainty which arises in conscience and silence after committing a crime. Evil is not expressed here as it is in classic films. The main questions here are - how does a person behave in times of fear? How long will the truth be hidden? The tragedy at the ski resort begins with the negligence of a young coach, Nika (30 years old) - he violates safety rules and secretly takes one of his students, 15-year-old Anna, to the upper slope. During the ...
“And God said: Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness” (“Old Testament, Genesis”). The given quote from the Bible can be said to be one of the first symbolic metaphors of separation between light and darkness, day and night, as the embodiment of goodness, hope, faith, and, on the other hand, hopelessness, the unidentified. Although darkness does not ...
Most films show war with noise, action, confrontation but there is another way - a slow, silent one, based on things. Nino Gogua’s documentary “The Things” (2017) is the representative of this different language. It speaks with things, the archive of the past and silence. It is not just a chronicle of displacement, it is a cinematic attempt to restore the idea of home in a space where home no longer exists but things still speak. What remains when a house is taken away, words ...
