Mystical cinema is one of the most sought-after genres for the world cinema industry. Its production began a long time ago and is still very popular today. Every year, hundreds of such films are made in the world. Mysticism in itself implies that it should contain fictional stories with paranormal events, adventures of maniacs and murderers, etc. However, it is possible that there...
Khatuna Vashadze's debut film, "Bullet" (2022) is quite eloquent and memorable, which leaves the audience with something to think about. It shows a cruel world where one unintentional action can destroy an entire life. When a little boy on a picnic is hit by a blind bullet, a happy family life is destroyed, a once ideal existence turns into torture. The father is trying to somehow save the family, the mother is mourning, the police are powerless, there are no witnesses, there is nothing to do, and the case is closed in a few months. The father will have to find...
When one loses a parent, he is orphaned, when – a spouse, he is widowed but when a child dies, it is so terrible that people have not even found a name for it. It is difficult to find an analogue of this tragedy and imagine yourself in the parent’s place. Tinatin Emiridze, with her short film "Black Sea" (2021), tries to convey to the audience the full depth and magnitude of this tragedy. This is a story about a family that tragically...
When directors started looking for unique techniques and authorial style to express a multifaceted idea, was the time when the fable narrative was created in cinema. Without specifying the place and time, by camouflaging, so as to reflect the images of many people in one character, not to offend anyone and to criticize everyone, at the same time. A great example of this is Tinatin Kajrishvili's film, “Citizen Saint” (2023) – a philosophical fable about faith, fear, people and their weaknesses. It reflects everything earthly and fabulous. The ...
The topic of emigration is widely discussed in cinema. This problem is constantly relevant, not only feature films, but documentaries as well are made about it. Reflecting the fears of people who are ready to leave their homeland and go in search of a better life can be shown honestly in documentary films because the person himself tells his own story, the path he has taken, brings his inner emotions to the surface, consequently, it is possible to convey...
The conflict of generations is one of the eternal and important topics in art. Misunderstandings between parents and children are not so rare, and the older the child grows, the more common it becomes. Many books have been written about it and hundreds of films have been made, so it is very difficult to create something unique. Soso Bliadze's film, "Three Steps" (2017) is an ordinary representative of this category. Imagine how difficult it is for a teenager who, at the same time, thinks about everything, not only adjusting to the...
The Use of mythological symbols in world cinema is not really new. Fortunately, some similar examples can be found in recent Georgian cinema. One of them is Sandro Suladze's short film, "The Watchers" (2021) which deals with this issue from a different perspective. Georgian diverse mythological characters allow to present the topic in many ways. After all, every region...
გლობალური კატასტროფისა და მთელი პლანეტის სიკვდილის იდეა ახალი არ არის, მაგრამ ამჟამინდელ კრიზისულ სამყაროში ის უფრო მიმზიდველია. მასზე საუბრები განსაკუთრებით გახშირდა 2012 წელს, როდესაც მაიას კალენდრის მიხედვით გლობალური კატასტროფა იყო მოსალოდნელი. ახლა ეს უკვე წარსულია და მას კინოში ბევრი ნამუშევარი მიეძღვნა. ამ თემას არაერთმა რეჟისორმა მიმართა. მათ შორის არიან სტივენ სპილბერგი და ლარს ფონ ტრიერი. …
30 years have passed since the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict but it is still a bloodstained, unhealed pain. Representatives of various fields of art try to reflect this sore point in their works: there are many musical, literary and film samples that convey this issue and many artistic and documentary films have been shot. War remains forever in people's mind, even decades after its end, that is why it is always relevant and it is more interesting to present it in a new way. Documentary film is one of the good ways to bring the problem ...
One of the tasks of short film is to present young directors. This format allows the author to introduce a wider audience his artistic language, findings and insights. With a small budget and in less time, the director can create a film that will be remembered by movie lovers. The more experimental such a film is, the more interesting it can be for film critics. Georgian ...