The famous American writer Stephen King wrote in his 1982 short story, "The Body:" "“The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them - words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out." Stephen King's mentioned quote can be connected to the nature of cinema as a medium. The valuable aspect of cinema is that it allows people to visually express their own feelings and experiences, things ...

SUMMER TREASURE Read More

“Namme” (2017) turned out to be a real success in modern Georgian cinema. This film received a rare response and love from the audience. It became an unexpected surprise for the Georgian moviegoers. This film became a vivid example of what an interesting script, the right direction of this script and the diligence of the film crew can do. Zaza Khalvashi, who is the director as well as a screenwriter of the film, offers us a free adaptation of a mythical story. This is a legend about a girl with supernatural powers who....

SHE IS DIFFERENT Read More

It is common knowledge that Georgians were pagans before Christianity spread in Georgia. There were many deities, idols, traditions, and prayer rituals that people diligently served and performed. However, pagan traditions were not forgotten completely after the spread of Christianity. Small rituals and spells that have been with people since their ancestors’ time in certain villages or regions of Georgia have survived to this day. Iberian-Caucasian mythology combines the pagan beliefs of those peoples who inhabited the North Caucasus and part of the South Caucasus. The deities ...

WHILE RETURNING TO THE FORGOTTEN LAND Read More

Along with the statement on dramatic plot, there is a problem of dramaturgical completeness in the recent period of Georgian cinema, which can be explained by several types of reasons: the absence of the narrative and the artistic vision coincidence; something that deprives a sense of reality to the voice; what hinders the narrative from developing in itself - the suddenly discovered, less organic metaphors between the tasks of the actor and the director. “Memento Mori” (2022) is a short feature film directed by Giorgi Kadagidze and the sad dramatic story of its main characters includes a small dramatic story found on the verge ...

WE REMEMBER Read More

What is the most important thing in the process of creating a film? The script, the direction, the visual solution, the musical score or the acting? Each of these components has its own meaning and value but their synthesis, their combination creates a work that we call cinematic art. There is no insignificant detail in the world of cinema. Every element is important, starting from the composition of the shot, ending with a single movement of the character’s eye in the scene. This is the reason why it is especially important ...

CHAPLIN IN GEORGIAN Read More

Time passes quickly and destroys everything slowly. It is like a train that you have to chase. Those who cannot catch up are lost and cannot continue living. This pace is faster for artists. They always try to find something new and to interest society again. What happens when life does not go according to their wishes and when swimming against the current stops? After several attempts to survive, everyone gives up and follows the current of the river. People give up and stop developing. How difficult it is to watch a person who has given up, from whom even the last part of the moss he

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN Read More

Independent film is very popular in the modern cinema, which is an important part of modern art. Georgian film directors also try not to lag behind this trend and create extravagant works one after another. An example of this is Giga Liklikadze's film, "Pig" (2019), which caused a great response. The majority of viewers evaluated it negatively, however, there were film critics who saw something unidentified and profound in it, thus considering the film the beginning of a new direction. This film is about three young people (Bachana, Ramo and Makho). Bachana, who was discharged from military service, is going back home. On his way, the bus breaks down. While he is waiting for it to be repaired,

SELF-EXPRESSION OR ART BEYOND THE LIMITS Read More

People experience love shortage. They spend their entire lives in quest of their other half - sometimes they find it, sometimes they don't. When a relationship goes into a dead end, there begins the process of looking for the culprit within themselves but seldom is only one party to blame for the split up. The problem is that mistakes are often not corrected - they are only repeated, and this ...

EPITAPH TO LOVE: THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF LOVE - MODERN TRAGEDY Read More