Humans often tend to drown in a sea of thoughts. It seems to be one of the inherent characteristics of each of them. And this excessive thought can be caused by their own fears, complexes or even inner desires. They have the ability to capture a person's mind at any place or time and this is where encountering fears begins - when a person comes across not a real problem but a version he created within himself. Thoughts, control of which should be in our hands as a rule, often direct us and transform daily life into a constant tension. Maria Sichanin's student film, "Traffic Light" (2011) can be...

AWAKENING FROM IMAGINATIONS Read More

The famous American writer Stephen King wrote in his 1982 short story, "The Body:" "“The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them - words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out." Stephen King's mentioned quote can be connected to the nature of cinema as a medium. The valuable aspect of cinema is that it allows people to visually express their own feelings and experiences, things ...

SUMMER TREASURE Read More

It is common knowledge that Georgians were pagans before Christianity spread in Georgia. There were many deities, idols, traditions, and prayer rituals that people diligently served and performed. However, pagan traditions were not forgotten completely after the spread of Christianity. Small rituals and spells that have been with people since their ancestors’ time in certain villages or regions of Georgia have survived to this day. Iberian-Caucasian mythology combines the pagan beliefs of those peoples who inhabited the North Caucasus and part of the South Caucasus. The deities ...

WHILE RETURNING TO THE FORGOTTEN LAND Read More

Most people have an auditory memory - certain phrases, melodies and tunes are easily remembered, and hearing them after a long time evokes a feeling of nostalgia. What feeling would you get if you listened to some old Georgian radio now? With its program introductions and the voices of familiar presenters. This has become something very distant and nostalgic, since now most people turn on their favourite music in their cars via Bluetooth, but there is one place where you can hear these familiar and forgotten tunes - a taxi. Traveling by taxi is like traveling ......

DANCING WITHOUT PASSION 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

If we apperceive the main idea of the literary work “The World as Will and Representation” by the 19th century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, we will understand that these two concepts are the basis of the essence of the human race, its insatiable desire and natural aspiration for life. Therefore, any obstacle that an individual faces can be overcome if there is a motive and desire, of course. Otherwise, it sinks into absurdity and complete meaninglessness ...

THE STRUGGLE FOR ACQUIRING MEANING Read More

  Human isolation has its own language – a form of dialogue between the mind and the outside world, both silent and destructively noisy, suffocating for human identity. Salome Vepkhvadze’s student film, “Me, They and Daddy” (2014), skillfully addresses this language and draws the viewer into the main characters', a 12-year-old girl and her mentally ill father. The film won the main award for best foreign language...

SILENT HEALER Read More

  One of the outstanding representatives of the 20th century creative field, David Bowie, often connected his work with spirituality and the concept of the existence of God. He even mentioned in a 1997 interview that the search for God is one of the main components for making life a living. It is with this genius musician’s famous song, “Space Oddity,” that Giorgi Psitidze’s student film, “A4 God is at Work” (2022) begins. We hear the first strum of the guitar and simultaneously see views of Tbilisi. With faded colors and the non-static nature of the camera, we get ...

AND GOD LABOURED ON THE SEVENT DAY TOO Read More

  Each person has different dreams, desires and goals. Regrettable is the life of a person who has none of them and strives only for satisfying natural needs. Such people, in fact, do not even think about the comfort and rights of others and sometimes violate them indirectly or explicitly. Anyone can become their victim today, tomorrow or even at the end of the week. Archil Sichinava's student film, "Sunday" (2016), tells the story of just such people. It describes events in four people’s lives, which unfold on one day, judging by the title, Sunday. You will not find any kind of dialogue ...

THE GIRL BY THE LAKE Read More