In the history of modern cinema, Zaza Urushadze’s film “The Confession” (2017) is one of the most important works that highlights a person’s internal struggle, the burden of conscience and their relationship with society. The director tries to analyse the depths of a person’s psychological and spiritual state, fears and mistakes. The story begins quite positively. Together with his disciple, father Giorgi arrives in a small village for a church service. In order to gain the locals’ goodwill and partake them of spiritual life, he decides to organise film screenings...

ON REALITY, INTERNAL STRUGGLES AND WEAKNESSES Read More

People look down on each other. They do not speak out about the injustice around them and continue to live in their shells until cracks appear in their housing and they have to go out. Society gives excessive importance to officials. They do not understand that officials are also ordinary people who have found themselves at a relatively high hierarchical level. Mikheil Gabaidze's film, "Vasomotor Rhinitis" (2024) is neither a comedy nor a tragicomedy. It is a sharp social satire that criticizes the indifference and hierarchical structure of society. The film is not just a mirror of ...

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN Read More

There might be a moment in every person's life when they realize that it is time for a change and something pushes them to deviate from the straight, mediocre, wrong path. It could be someone whose one word shakes you like a bolt of lightning or something that completely changes their consciousness and thinking. This happens especially when you realize that life is slowly pushing you towards the abyss, and you follow it like an exhausted, almost weightless log...

TWO DAYS IN ANNA'S LIFE Read More

Tobacco smoking is a serious health hazard that causes lung disease, cardiovascular problems and cancer. Nicotine and other toxic substances cause addiction, which makes it difficult to quit. Nevertheless, many people continue to smoke to relieve stress or for other purposes. Public health programs are trying to raise awareness and reduce smoking. Creating a film script dedicated to such a global problem is a simple but not very new and creative task. From the very beginning, cinema has been the best tool for propaganda but in order for ...

CINEMA – WEAPON FOR PROPAGANDA Read More

Cinema has always been a powerful tool for highlighting and discussing social issues. Film allows us to see our lives from a different perspective. One of the main tasks of directors is to entertain the audience as well as to understand the importance of solving social problems, and, in many cases, they do this in an interesting way in short films. To convey their message, authors do not need a lot of money, famous actors or weepy film music; a well-developed visual ...

MODERN FAMILY Read More

Primitive society lived in harmony with nature. People created, collected and built all necessities themselves. They survived on fishing and farming, provided life with each other’s help. At that time, the concept of property did not exist yet. Then the introduction of trade and money radically changed the structure of society. Money formed rich and poor classes. The concept of property also appeared, and this is where the problems began. Nino, a character in Nutsa Aleksi-Meskhishvili's film "Line of Credit" (2014), tries to solve financial problems by taking out a ...

WHERE IS HAPPINESS? Read More

The pain of the 1990s remains an unhealed wound in the history of Georgia till today, the time when a front opened in Tbilisi and fellow citizens shot each other. As they would have said then, it was a “fratricidal war.” During this period, an entire generation was formed, for whom the street and its “academy” were more valuable than the law or morality. There was complete chaos in the country, where there were both foes and friends who would worry for each other. In this regard, the Georgian philosopher Merab Mamardashvili said, the price of this war is enormous ...

FROM DRUG TO DRUG Read More