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.
Public opinion and family mentality have always been and will be to a certain extent a determining factor in the formation of a person, especially in a society for which it is important to be attached to conservative values, such as adherence to traditional family, cultural and religious rules. In addition to scrupulously adhering to these rules, an important role in such a society is played by what will be said about him, how he will be evaluated and ...
What would you sacrifice for the person you love? It's an interesting and very philosophical question. All of us, the civilized citizens of modern society, avoid this question. We might even not have an answer to it or we are afraid to answer it at all. We try to control ourselves with a beautiful smile and a neatly tied tie but what happens when the socio-economic curtain no longer covers our inner reality? What will we do when we are compelled to survive? Toma Atanelishvili's student film, "The Price of Kindness" (2021) puts this question. At first glance, it seems banal, but it is very relevant. Subsequently, this is where ...
A town often keeps the stories which are born within its walls. Half-built constructions, hanging cranes, unfinished flats - all this is not just part of the urban landscape. They also reflect people's lives: expectation, hope, disappointment. It is this reality that Rusudan Chkonia's tragicomedy, "Venezia" (2024) deals with, which, at first glance, is just about the endless social construction of a residential building, but in fact tells us about human nature, relationships and moral choices. The film's plot is both realistic and...
It has been a long time since a film produced in Georgia has been nominated for an Oscar in the name of Georgia. The only recent success is Giorgi Ovashvili’s “Corn Island” being shortlisted, which ends the “success” of modern Georgian cinema in Hollywood. In 2025, Giorgi Sikharulidze’s film “Panopticon” was released on behalf of Georgia, in the hope that this project would impress Americans. The action in the film takes place around Sandro, a high school boy whose mother is in emigration and whose father is in a monastery. Sandro himself lives alone with his grandmother. He is a ...
