"I REMEMBER, I LOVED YOU. . ."

2023 year, August 2023, Nana Tutberidze, Professional Film /

My interest in Margo Zubashvili's short film, "The Sun is Sleeping" (2017) was caused by two factors: Margo is the daughter of a famous film and television director, and the main role in this film is played by Nino Kasradze, an actress whose participation is a prerequisite for me to be particularly interested in the film or play, especially since I have already seen her in Margo Zubashvili’s previous work, "Dinosaur," where only in one episode she showed us the character, interests with impressive acting skills.

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BUSTLE DURING THE BREAK

2023 year, August 2023, Teona Vekua, Professional Film /

It has been a long time since cinema stopped being a mass entertainment spectacle. It is a reflection of society now - sometimes propagandistic, sometimes harsh and sometimes fantastically bright, but it should clearly show the line between good and bad, white and black and even if it is a film about a negative character, the audience should not want to be in his place.

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FOR US AND ONLY FOR US

2023 year, August 2023, Gvantsa Nozadze, Student Film /

Nikoloz Gabunia's student film "For the Motherland and Stalin" (2019) describes the events unfolded during one day, where the key figure is the main character, grandfather’s foot. It is a kind of attribute for the director to juxtapose two worlds, World War II era and modern Georgia or society. The film does not teach any moralistic, “smart” lessons. Nikoloz Gabunia simply reflects the events, chooses neutrality, does not favor any side, does not try to romanticize anything or offend anyone. He only tells stories.

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A SHORT TRIP INTO THE PAST AND PRESENT

2023 year, August 2023, Maya Levanidze, Professional Film /

In the daily routine, people lose important values, opportunities to communicate with loved ones. It seems to suppress feelings and emotions, it does not allow us to think about how much time we waste on futile actions and acquiring material values. Only the feeling of approaching the end of life makes you look at the world anew and see how important the spiritual freedom of a person is.

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A NOVEL ABOUT WOMEN

2023 year, July 2023, Nana Tutberidze, Professional Film /

After the film "Anna's Life" it became clear that the story told in it would have a continuation. Today, Nino Basilia’s film and two subsequent works - "Person No. 2" and "Chemical Wedding" can be considered a film trilogy, and not only because the same actors participate in them. Playwright, director, writer, Nino Basilia's novel "Plastic Nerve" has this inscription: "female novel." Accordingly, this film trilogy is also about the female gender, specifically "Person No. 2" (2020), if we use a paraphrase, is a "female film." It reminded me of my favorite play,

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FATHER IN THE AGE OF "FATHERLESSNESS"

2023 year, Eka Kukhalashvili, July 2023, Professional Film /

David Pirtskhalava's short film "Father" (2015) is the director's debut work. Dozens of films with similar (or approximate) names have been shot worldwide. Fatherhood or fatherlessness is the main topic of many works. David Pirtskhalava also entered cinema with such an important statement and so interestingly that in 2015, the jury of the Locarno Film Festival acknowledged his film as one of the best and awarded him a prize.

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რაც გინახავს, ვეღარ ნახავ

Old Generation /

ფილმი „რაც გინახავს, ვეღარ ნახავ“ კინოსტუდია „ქართული ფილმის“ უკანასკნელ კინოსურათებს შორის ერთ-ერთი თვალსაჩინო ნაწარმოებია. ა. ცაგარელის პიესა „რაც გინახავს, ვეღარ ნახავში“, რომელმაც აღაფრთოვანა დიდი ილია, გიორგი წერეთელი, აისახა ჩვენი ხალხის გასული საუკუნის მწარე ცხოვრების ერთი პატარა, მაგრამ დიდად მნიშვნელოვანი, იმ დროისთვის ფრიად დამახასიათებელი ეპიზოდი. სცენარის ავტორების – ნ. წულეისკირისა და მ. ჭიაურელისაგან პიესის ეკრანიზაცია დიდ …

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AWAKENING

2023 year, Barbare Kalaijishvili, July 2023, Professional Film /

Winter. The season when time stands still. People lock up themselves in warm houses and almost stop contact with the outside world. They are away from it all until the sun comes through their windows again or they hear a swallow chirping. There is a huge chance of depression during this period. You, as a person, remain alone with yourself and have more time to express your emotions, to find out in life. Depression and existential crisis occur when favorable conditions arise and remain with a person for a very long time.

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FROM HUMANITY TO ANIMAL

2023 year, Teona Vekua, July 2023, Professional Film /

The often used expression, the biggest animal is man, accurately reflects the content of Amiran Dolidze's film, "The Animal" (2019). But a title - "Man as an Animal" would be more appropriate for the movie. The director carefully observes the main character, whose name we do not learn throughout the film. The latter is ready to use forbidden means to achieve the final goal.

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