HOPE LOCKED UP IN THE BOX

The quest for comfort and an aspiration for something better is fitted tightly in human nature. Usually, when an individual in a dead end cannot break through the walls, he frantically fumbles for openings instead of giving in to complete despair - he might notice the empty spaces that life has failed to fill, and he finds himself on the other side of the wall by stepping on them and clinging to the last dream that has been woven into a thread. America is not called the “Land of Dreams” ...

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BIRD HAS FLOWN AWAY

There is no doubt that acting and role-playing are thought of by humans but who fits whose role and which one they prefer is already dictated by their conscience. Most people might suddenly enter a role according to the situation, while some have only one mask adjusted and have it so tightly and firmly attached that it takes quite a long time to tear off this worn-out mask and face ...

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VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE

Street vendors are those people whose work is as much invisible as it is visible. It is visible since they seem to be an integral detail of the exterior of streets and cities. Invisibility also stems precisely from the faded images of this daily encounter and the possibility of seeing, to which the eye is somewhat accustomed, the physical body will pass by or purchase the daily necessary products, just...

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 YOU ARE INVITED TOO 

Decades ago, paintings were found on the walls of a cave on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Using the latest technologies, it was revealed that the paintings were created 51,200 years ago and are the oldest works of narrative art ever discovered. According to researchers, such paintings had great importance for early Homo sapiens. The walls depict a scene of a boar hunt – so was declared in one of the world's articles on...

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BEING ONES FOREVER

A documentary film allows the viewer to immerse themselves in real stories, learn something new and interesting. It can promote and influence society. John Grierson, who was one of the people who had a great influence on the fate of documentary cinema, considered that rather than showing the distant exotic world of the Earth, it is better for the viewer to see what is happening right under their noses, everyday life, the working process of a man, accompanied by ...

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LIFE AFTER THE WAR

The war took everything from people – freedom, a feeling of peace, a sense of security, relationships. No one had any hope of continuing their lives. There was no goal in sight. Everyone was wandering aimlessly, trying to find a way to survive somewhere. Tomorrow would either come or not. The history of Georgia was divided into two parts. Life before and after the August 2008 war. People learned how to live anew. Along with other emotions, a new feeling emerged – expectation. They were ...

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DANGEROUS AND SAFE DATES

Since the early post-Soviet years till today, Dominant in Georgian cinema has been the trend reflecting the reality of life, political circumstances, social and economic reality and, consequently, in society, in most cases, among young people, the lack of prospects, the breakdown of relationships, the issues of confrontation and conflict between parents and children, people of different classes and generations, beliefs, orientations, interests, and their discussions...

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IT HAS HIT THE TARGET

The “little man” has existed since the beginning of humanity, but in the last two centuries it has become one of the most dominant subjects of discussion in art. Be it literature, fine arts or cinema – the existence of the little man and the issues that accompany it are seen as a significant and insoluble problem. Mikheil Gabaidze’s film, “Vasomotor Rhinitis” ...

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THE PLACEBO EFFECT

Society has a hard time accepting different people. They try to make you like them and make you have nothing special, they don’t accept new things, they drown in a world full of dogmas and shackles that they suffocate. Monotony is like a noose around their necks and they can’t breathe. If they notice that you’re not like them, they scold you and don’t hesitate to throw stones at you. This is not just a Georgian problem, it’s the same in other countries too. It’s...

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ROYAL TREASURER OF GEORGIA

Films based on real events are especially popular with viewers. People are much more interested in the world saved by Superman single-handedly, not the feat of a real person, a person who did not give up in a difficult moment and followed his goal to the end, so making films based on true stories is becoming more and more relevant, which is very good. Such films provide an opportunity to look at events in a new way and evaluate them with different eyes, which...

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