NO PLACE FOR MORALISTS IN CINEMA! 

It has been a long time since a film produced in Georgia has been nominated for an Oscar in the name of Georgia. The only recent success is Giorgi Ovashvili’s “Corn Island” being shortlisted, which ends the “success” of modern Georgian cinema in Hollywood. In 2025, Giorgi Sikharulidze’s film “Panopticon” was released on behalf of Georgia, in the hope that this project would impress Americans. The action in the film takes place around Sandro, a high school boy whose mother is in emigration and whose father is in a monastery. Sandro himself lives alone with his grandmother. He is a ...

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IT’S OKAY

გულგრილობა დანაშაულია, ყველაფერი კი რაც მის შემდეგ მოდის, სასჯელი. ადამიანები იბრძვიან ვიღაცის ან რაღაცის წინააღმდეგ და როცა რამდენჯერმე მაინც მარცხდებიან, დანებებას იწყებენ. ისინი ეგუებიან იმ ყოფას, რომელშიც ცხოვრობენ, მოჩვენებითი ბედნიერებით აგრძელებენ არსებობას. ყველაფრის მიზეზი და მთავარი პრობლემა ადამიანის შემგუებლობითი მდგომარეობაა. მას შეუძლია ყველაფერთან ადაპტირდეს, მცირედითაც კი დაკმაყოფილდეს, ოღონდ აღარ დამარცხდეს. სამყარო საშიში ადგილია საცხოვრებლად არა

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ALIENATED AND DOOMED 

ორი – როგორც ამბობენ – სრული ოჯახი (ცოლ-ქმარი + შვილები) – ზაფხულის დღეების გასატარებლად, შუაგულ ტყეში, ტბისა და ჭაობის სიახლოვეს მდებარე საოჯახო სასტუმროში ერთდროულად სახლდება. განმარტოება გამორიცხულია, რაც, სავარაუდოდ, იყო თითოეულის მიზანი, როდესაც დასასვენებლად, სწორედ ეს, „ცივილიზაციისგან“ იზოლირებული ადგილი და გარემო აირჩიეს. ასეთ პირობებში ვითარდება ვახტანგ ჯაჯანიძის მხატვრული ფილმის, „რეალური არსებები“ (2025) ამბავი. განმარტოება, იზოლირება,

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FLYING AWAY

“Have you ever had a bird fly from your hand? Have you ever felt that lightness? That’s the thing… My grandfather shared it with me. I still remember that flying up. I felt such happiness, that…. it seemed that I was also soaring into the sky. At such a time, you feel the whole of your body the movement of your soul…the motion...

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WINTER OF OUR SOLITUDE

სამხრეთის ქვეყნებისთვის თოვლი იშვიათი და ცოტა მისტიკური მოვლენაა, მათ შორის საქართველოსთვისაც. ის თითქოს დროს აჩერებს და ამ გაჩერებულ დროში ადამიანებს სამყაროსგან განცალკავებისა და მარტოობის განცდა ეუფლება.  ბაკურ ბაკურაძის ფილმში, „თოვლი ჩემს ეზოში“ (2024) მძიმე და სველი ფიფქებით თოვს. თოვლი მოდის და დროსთან ერთად გმირების „გაჩერებული“ ცხოვრების მოწმეებად აქცევს მაყურებელს. მთავარი გმირი ლევანია (ლევან გოგოლაძე), ოდესღაც

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WHERE IS HOME?

Abkhazia and the topics of displacement are very common in Georgian cinema. After the 1992-1993 conflict, many people lost their homes, families were separated from each other and thousands of people were forced to settle in other places. This history is still important for Georgian cinema. Directors often return to this topic and show people's pain, loneliness and disappointment from different angles and directors will always have something new to say as long as this conflict exists. Apart from pain, films with similar topics often highlight resilience, mutual assistance and the strength that can save a person in difficult times. That is the reason why films about Abkhazia and displacement...

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BEINGS THAT FAILED TO BECOME HUMANS

Modern consumer society has not only deepened alienation in the 21st century but also given it new, almost imperceptible forms. This problem is historically old, however, alienation has become an organic part of everyday life against the background of technological progress and a life oriented towards consumption in today's life. A person is no longer just alone, he is systematically isolated. It is precisely the diagnosis of this spiritual ...

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REPLY, MUD MAN!

Akhtala. The only peloidotherapy resort in Georgia. 122 kilometers from Tbilisi. According to official reports, after word spread about the healing properties of the mineral-rich mud of volcanic origin in the 18th century, a barrack-type settlement first appeared in the area, which then turned into a village; later, a sanatorium was built there which then became part of the town of Gurjaani. According to a local legend, the origin of the lake is associated with the priest’s meeting with Christ while working in the field on the day of the Transfiguration (one of the greatest holidays of Christian canons). The priest, who violated church law, was punished by God causing the ground to "swallow” him. During the “swallow,” mud began to flow ...

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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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