ONE STONE OF HOPE

Tamta Melashvili's "Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry" was recognized in literary circles as the best Georgian novel in 2020. This fact received mixed reviews from critics and society. Part of the public was delighted with the work largely appreciating the author's courage and attempt to bring taboo topics to light in Georgia, talking about women's problems from an angle that is only discussed behind the scenes. Some accused the author of stereotypical thinking. Despite the mixed attitude, the fact is that Tamta Melashvili's work turned out to be so relevant that shortly after its publication, Elene Naveriani revived Etero’s image in the cinema. The character of the film...

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LOST IN THE LABYRINTH OF MEMORIES

„სამოციანელები“ ეწოდება რეჟისორთა ერთ თაობას, რომლის წარმომადგენლებმაც ყველაზე მეტად მოახერხეს დაპირისპირებოდნენ „მამებს“ თავიანთი ეროვნული, დემოკრატიული ღირებულებებით, თავისუფლებისაკენ სწრაფვითა და ინდივიდუალიზმით. ფაქტობრივად, ქართული კინოს განვითარების შემდგომ ეტაპებზე ვერც ერთმა თაობამ ვერ მოახერხა მათი ჩანაცვლება, მათთან დაპირისპირება, პირიქით, სწორედ „სამოციანელების“ ხელოვნებამ „ასაზრდოვა“ შემდეგი თაობების კინო. ლანა ღოღობერიძე იმ რეჟისორთა რიცხვს მიეკუთვნება, რომლებმაც საბჭოთა კავშირში არსებული ძლიერი ცენზურის …

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PEOPLE LOST IN SEARCH OF EQUALITY 

Under the conditions of the existence of the Soviet government, censorship and ideological pressure, documentary cinema became a passive attester of reality, although in this routine, monotonous process of development there were stages when it tried to state the author's vision and citizen's positions. It can be said that the 1920s and 1960s are the stages of the rise of Georgian documentary cinema....

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A SHORT TRIP INTO THE PAST AND PRESENT

In the daily routine, people lose important values, opportunities to communicate with loved ones. It seems to suppress feelings and emotions, it does not allow us to think about how much time we waste on futile actions and acquiring material values. Only the feeling of approaching the end of life makes you look at the world anew and see how important the spiritual freedom of a person is.

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WHEN LAW AND MORALITY ARE ASLEEP

The internal and external confrontations, wars, conflicts, pandemics, social problems, destructive processes in the world that have existed in Georgia for years affect the formation of the mental thinking, lifestyle and form of the modern society. The feeling of walking in a vicious circle, of not being able to get out of the situation, caused the internal constitution of the modern man to break, which ultimately led to the change of the existing moral codes. The world has focused on the personal needs of the "I," it has become somewhat closed...

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