Time seems to stand still in the silent depths of the mountains, and every second feels like a century. Somewhere beyond the nine mountains, people’s lives are no longer subject to the modern rhythm. They live the way heroes in fairy tales do: in silence, rituals and mystery. Levan Tutberidze’s film “Beyond the Nine Mountains” (“The Village”, 2015) takes us on a journey through this very space, to a Georgia where reality is blurred by mythology and every shot is filled with invisible significance. “Beyond the Nine Mountains” is one of the purest and unusually sweet...

THE PLACE WHERE THE SUN RISES DIFFERENTLY Read More

“Truly I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 18:3). This part of the Gospel is read to his congregation by the pastor of the German Lutheran church, priest Friedrich. This church and village were built by German colonists living near Odessa in Ukraine, as well as many settlements around it: Gross Liebenthal, Hiebeldorf, Mannheim... “We could not choose a better country to live in,” says the German Christina, and the Jew Josef agrees with her, but not because there is something wrong with these lands or the labor ...

LIKE CHILDREN Read More

Studying chess not as a sport but as an indicator of intellectual resources that exist in itself is one direction, but the quest for people’s personal portraits associated with it as well as the history of our country's transformation into a chess phenomenon is another direction in today's world. Today, we face and perceive a reality from all sides, where the saying "the smash of authorities" is declared a primitive goal in itself. In the country that has turned into a chess phenomenon, where women have held the world championship in professional chess for decades, no one is surprised today how people struggling with misfortune use these names as a target for their own aggression or insults. This is part of the primitive everyday life of modernity - after ...

THE CHARM FULL OF GLORY 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

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