REPLY, MUD MAN!

ახტალა. ტალახით სამკურნალო ერთადერთი კურორტი საქართველოში. თბილისიდან 122 კილომეტრის დაშორებით. ოფიციალური ცნობებით, ვულკანური წარმოშობის მინერალებით მდიდარი ტალახის სამკურნალო თვისებებზე ხმის გავრცელების შემდეგ, XVIII საუკუნიდან, იმ მიდამოებში ჯერ ბარაკული ტიპის დასახლება გაჩნდა, რომელიც შემდეგ სოფლად გადაიქცა, სადაც სანატორიუმი აშენდა, რომელიც, მოგვიანებით, ქალაქ გურჯაანის შემადგენლობაში მოექცა.  ადგილობრივი ლეგენდის მიხედვით, ტბის წარმოშობა ფერისცვალება დღეს (რომელიც ერთ-ერთ უდიდეს უქმედ […]

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MOTHERHOOD UNDER CONTRACT

In 2012, a documentary was broadcast on TV Channel 9. It was a story about a young woman who grew up in an orphanage and lived in the street with her 4-year-old son. She worked every day, begging for alms to rent a place in an Internet cafe for 5 GEL, where she would spend the night with her child. The audience took her story to heart and was moved by it. People were calling on television to find this woman and help her. Soon the authors uploaded the film to the Internet, set up a bank account there and it became possible for the main character, Zhanna to rent a house and leave

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GUARDING KIDS IN THE RYE FIELD

“If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream. The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown,” said Rene Magritte. It might be said that the attempt to understand the unknown is one of the main life challenges of any person. This should be a doubly interesting and complex process for an artist but what happens when he deviates conversely from the path and chooses a surrealist path for this purpose? This is probably the fate of only desperate ....

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BETWEEN TRADITIONS OF PAST AND NEW TIMES

ბობ დილანი 1960-იანი წლების გარდამავალ პერიოდში, როდესაც ახალ და ძველ თაობას შორის დაშორება ყველაზე მეტად გამოიკვეთა, ახალგაზრდობის „ხმად“ მოგვევლინა. მისი სიმღერა „დროები, ისინი იცვლებიან“ ერთგვარ მანიფესტად იქცა ჰიპურ რევოლუციას ჩამორჩენილი უფროსი თაობის მისამართით. ომის შემდგომი ახალგაზრდობის ფრუსტრაციისა და არსებული რეალობის პრობლემების „მიკროფონად“ ეს მინესოტელი პატარა კაცი აირჩიეს. ინდუსტრიალიზაცია, ომები, მასკულტურა – ქაოსსა და გაურკვევლობაში ამყოფებდა

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THOSE WHO DIDN'T SURRENDER

War was invented by people to revenge. When it begins, it destroys everyone and everything around. It doesn't matter which side is right. It brings only corpses, ruined cities and pain. There are no winners in war - only losses and wounded are counted there. The buzz of bullets remains in people's memory for a long time. The most bitter is the war between brothers: it feels like you are cutting off part of your body and bleeding. Giorgi Barabadze's film, "Sokhumi" (2025) tries to convey this merciless and devastating national tragedy onto the screen. Many films have been made about the Abkhazian war and directors have always...

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THE SEA, THE OATH, AND THE ETERNAL SHADOW OF MUHAJIRISM

There are pains that time cannot heal. They only disappear in silence, turn pale and stick like needles into people's bodies from time to time. Similarly do collective traumas as well, hidden from us from generation to generation, completely devoid of emotions. Do many people remember the catastrophe of forced displacement, Muhajirism, which took with it the fate, future and happiness of thousands of people? However, there will always be people who cannot escape these traumas, who will live with this pain and take it upon themselves, dragging these tragedies on their backs. How do the pains of the past control ...

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WNHERE ARE YOU, WHERE ARE YOU, WHERE ARE YOU?..

Nothing special or absolutely “nothing” seems to happen in Alexandre Koberidze’s film, “Dry Leaf” (2025). This story has neither a plot nor a classical dramaturgical structure but a solid and clear “internal” outline and an unusual structure. It is unlike anyone else and does not repeat anything “from the outside.” It is light and bright, though involves many problems – personal and universal. Reporter Lisa leaves her parents a farewell letter and...

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GRANDMOTHER, MEMORIES AND WARMTH

A grandmother is the warmest memory in a person's life. A voice that comes from the past and comforts the future. A person who has known you longer than you have known this world. It is interesting that each grandmother had her own story, each lived their lives differently and became a sweet memory in the end. It is this path that makes a person who they are. In the village of Utsera in Racha region, there is a house with a beautiful yard. A grandmother, a warm, loving and painful adventurer lives here. It is about this woman ...

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FORCED FRIENDSHIP CAUSED BY LONELINESS

The depiction of loneliness in cinema is well-adapted and the ways of expressing it are diverse. Directors try to convey characters’ feelings in various ways, since such topics are often successful at international film festivals. Some directors manage to do this particularly subtly, expressing inner loneliness gently, others less deeply, although almost all works have the power to give the viewer the opportunity to think. Especially appreciated are those directors who tenderly present the emotional difficulties of a person's inner state in a way that loneliness does not turn into just a spectacle but becomes a bridge between the viewer and the character. Bakur Bakuradze's film, "Snow In My Yard" (2025) observes two people’s inner ...

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EXPERIENCE REVIVED IN DRAWING

The unique ability of animation to convey a person’s inner world in a surreal way lies in its complete freedom to ignore all the laws of physics and logic, which feature film can never achieve. This medium becomes a direct window into the subconscious where emotions, fears and thoughts are not only described but also materialized on the screen. Surreal animation allows objects and environments to change shape and content instantly and illogically, thus directly letting the image follow the flow of the character's thoughts. For example, during times of deep anxiety, objects ...

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